Cannot wait to play tonight guys. I now have about 3.5 hours experience online. It is awesome. I can say that last night was the first time I missed having a lobby system.
My bro in law, myself, and 2 random guys were were playing with were all chatting, working as a team, etc. So we created a squad at the beginning of a round, and our team won every single objective. At the end of the round, the top 4 players were us 4. We worked together, and totally owned together, by communicating as a team.
The very next game, since I assume Auto Balancing was turned on, we were split up and could no longer work together. I was on a team with a bunch of noobs, nobody would accept squad invites, nobody talked, and we got owned.
I hope they can add a lobby system for those that want it, since it is pretty important for playing with friends. Didn't Resistance 1 add a lobby system after launch? Maybe that was just squads that they added with a patch, I forget.
The game is easily the most smooth online console game I have ever played. I honestly have not seen 1 single framerate dip in even the most hectic firefights with a dozen people on screen, smoke, sparks, bullets, etc.
Also, the voice chat sucks right now. Everyone is garbled one minute, then it sounds great the next.
Has anyone had an annoying loud pitched squeal in their headset? I was playing and everyone kept getting the most annoying high pitched ringing sound in their ear. We could barely hear each other so everyone just turned off their headsets. However, that was just one match, never happened again.
Hopefull GAFEAST can get a little practice or some games in tonight.