Epic issues temporary fix for Gears 2 match-making problems
Everyone loves Gears of War 2, right? Of course, but some, plagued by match-making issues, probably aren’t so ecstatic about the game.
However, the good news is that Epic knows of the problems as is working hard to release an official patch to remedy said problems. Even better, they have given a breakdown of what one should do to cope with the problems until the patch is released:
- Ensure that your router is set correctly so that your NAT is considered ‘Open’ by Xbox LIVE as ‘Moderate’ and ‘Strict’ NATs make Xbox LIVE matchmaking more difficult.”
- If you’re experiencing long delays (longer than 2 minutes) or you’re seeing your matchmaking search restarting over and over again, please try a different playlist as that indicates a possible population issue with the currently selected one.
- The problem seems to be heightened for parties of 1 and parties of 4 so please try to invite at least one friend into your party before matchmaking. And of course the fastest way to play is to have a full 5 person party before looking for a match since you won’t have to find any teammates beforehand.
- After a match, if you’d like to continue to play with the 9 people you just played with, simply press Y to look at the previous match stats and press X to invite them all to your party so you can continue to play in a Private match if they accept.
Read(ArsTechnica)