Halo: Reach Beta Overwhelmed

04 May 2010 at 00:31:29 by Paul Younger

If you've been trying to get some Halo: Reach action going this evening then you'll be pretty frustrated with Bungie having all sorts of server and matchmaking issues.

According to Bungie the backend servers are being 'hammered' and they are doing their best to get things up and running as quickly as possible. In the latest update from Bungie they state:

So, yup some stuff is on fire here at the office and if the forums are any indication, we were totally unprepared, don't care about our real fans, and should totally give everyone their zero dollars back with a side of free Xbox LIVE. While none of that's the case, our test team just broke away from an epic struggle with some molten server metal and 600,000 players to deliver us some quick tips to help you get games going a little bit faster

• Don't restart your search, even if load times are long. The initial load for map and game type will take a really long time, which is super lame, but once you've made the connection, the files will be cached to your hard drive and the next time you load to same map/game type, it should be nice and fast.
• Don't reboot or reload the beta. It won't help and it will actually clear your cache, making your wait times much longer.
• Don't leave your party. Since everybody in the party has to load the same files, your wait is tied to other player's download process as well. Stick with the same crew and things should iron out.

The mass influx of players grabbing the Beta and trying to get into the action was to be expected so server problems were bound to be an issue. Remember, this is a Beta after all.

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