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I used to load games of Shadowrun while getting other things done, like reading a few volumes of the encyclopedia, or planting young saplings and watching them grow to maturity. But since the new networking patch, games load extremely quickly—well below a minute. And lag issues seem improved, though I'm not sure if this is due to better matchmaking or something on the server end...or if it's just my imagination.
Still, there are a handful of options we'd still like to see implemented in a currently nonexistent, future patch:
1. Even if I set my options to only find one map, I often cannot play that map. Why, after no suitable game is found with my preference, can't I have the option to begin my own?
2. Server connection losses can be common when server players quit. How about a clear notification when you are server, with the option to be like, "Hey, I'm just playing this one round and I don't want to screw 16 people so don't make me server this time, ok?"
3. DLC DLC DLC DLC DLC
4. UPDATE: Splitting parties. Yeah. What's up with that?
I've been digging Shadowrun. And while there aren't 1,000 levels, the only downside I've seen to the design is that character models are limited, sometimes confusing identity of attackers by repeating skins (and cutting my bloodlust as I mow over endless streams of pitiful katana elves.
In summary: New patch works. Pick up the game. Lose to me often.
