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In our previous post, we let you know a little about what’s in store for you in our next Title Update.
Today, we reveal a little bit more about Title Update 1.05.

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Thursday February 11 2010

Yesterday’s blog post about our Experimental Weekend results sparked quite a bit of debate in the comments and on the PlayStation.com forums. That was not unexpected, especially when we have such a great, vocal multiplayer community. Changing some aspects of gameplay is never an easy consideration for us, nor is it something easy for the players to adapt to. I’m sure once Title Update 1.05 goes up, it will renew the debate. As always – we’ll be reading closely and seeing how the multiplayer matches are playing out.

There’s quite a bit more in store for everyone with Title Update 1.05 and it’s all really good stuff.

In our very first Title Update we introduced a penalty system to deter players who were spuriously quitting from matches (also to quite a bit of debate).The deterrent actually worked really well – we saw in-match departures drop significantly almost immediately. That didn’t mean that the system we worked out was the best implementation, so we looked at ways to improve it, which will be active when Title Update 1.05 goes live.

The cash penalty for leaving a match will now be commensurate to your level at the time the penalty is applied. REMEMBER: You won’t receive a penalty for leaving a match for whatever reason for the first time within a particular span of time. The tiered penalty by level is as follows:

Levels 1 – 20: -10,000
Levels 21 – 40 = -20,000
Levels 41 – 60 = -40,000

We’ve also noticed – and heard your reports – of players who are flagrantly AFK during matches, apparently affecting Plunder matches the most. We’ve put in some hooks to look out for AFK players and remove them from the active matchmaking player pool until they’ve returned. That doesn’t mean you won’t run into AFK players or that some less than honorable players will find a workaround, but this should aid matches stay more balanced between teams.

Since Title Update 1.04, we’ve started to hear from you about seeing your individual Level being reset and also seeing your Ranked playlist skill rank reset again during the course of play. Both cases have been some very nasty occurrences that have not been easy to completely eradicate, despite our best efforts. Thanks to some aid from our community, we have been able to get to the bottom of what’s been affecting a small portion of our players. Addressing this as soon as possible was incredibly important to us, which is while you’ll be seeing Title Update 1.05 released very soon.

One last, more cosmetic, detail you’ll see in Title Update 1.05 concerns the multiplayer menu screen. Back in Title Update 1.02 we added leaderboards in various categories to the menu screen. To supplement this, we’ve added a crawling ticker to the bottom of the menu screen which displays select stats from the leaderboards.We’ve posted a couple screenshots of this in action in the Title Update 1.05 Flickr set.

It may be hard to believe, but we haven’t covered everything that’s in the upcoming Title Update 1.05 yet. Stay tuned for more!

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Posted by: Tbags on 02-13-2010

if i got kicked, i didnt intentionally do anything to get kicked, and if others left after i did, they certainly werent friends of mine. it can get pretty whack sometimes and yes killing teammates happens sometimes. i definately dont meen to.

Posted by: DarkDuneMRK on 02-15-2010

Tbags,

I don’t think it was you specifically. I played a match with people using “TBag” as their clan tag. Think I’ve played a match or two with or against you though, and you’re alright in my book man.

Posted by: Takashy87 on 02-17-2010

Exactly.. I doubt that any of the ND guys would rather stay and play their game than quit because one of their friends is in the hospital or anything similar to that which obviously would be more important than a game.. (-_-);

Posted by: Jekahog on 02-12-2010

sometimes i am oblige to quit a game, for example if all my other teammate leaves me because of connection error then what?
Am I forced to stay and keep playing so i could get my K/D ratio go low and mess it up??
i don’t think so.
we should not get penalized for quitting a game.

Posted by: wvlightning27 on 02-16-2010

I agree with you ALL2000 on the free thing.I was playing a game the other day and I killed a teammate twice by a gernade. So the player kicked me from the game but I was also charged 40,000 for not finishing the game. If a player kicked me then how is that my fault for not finishing a game? I shouldnt be charged for that.

Posted by: lcancu45 on 03-05-2010

Personally i think that it should be an option for all 3 of more plyers to agree to opt out a game, like pressing the start button with an option to ask player to quit the game, an if all plyers agree, then we all opt out. And if they don’t agree, and you quit anyway, then I think that player should be penalized for quiting. Also the penalty should be as follow, loose 1 number from there rank, and 40.000 from from their earned points, and kicked out for thirty minutes. Sorry be a quiter is a loser, and losers are bad sportsmanship.

Posted by: bwiqui on 02-12-2010

There will always be Lag issues.

Check out these Classics -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMicjHWn4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ojsXZS3ec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akcaYdW_Zg0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWglxGJHj44

More Uncharted 2 Videos -
http://www.youtube.com/user/bwiqui

What I would like is the $50K winning amount increased. You penalize us for leaving what about rewarding us for staying. (Especially when your in a lagging game)!!!

Posted by: PeteX19 on 02-14-2010

LOL I laughed so hard at these

This is why I stopped playing the multiplay because it happen to me all the time. Along with the 40k penalty connection errors the game was just to frustrating to play.

Cant believe ND are wasting staff, time and money on the 40k issue, just get rid of it all together and concentrate on the important things such as the lag issues shown in bwiqui’s videos

Posted by: jkh on 02-16-2010

i hate the update they turned everything that i loved about the online was taken away now were playing 3rd person Call of Duty u die way to fast example: 1 shot from sniper, i was able to kill a guy from far with the shotgun the M4 is weaker every1 runs to the former balanced weapons and now there stronger then the dam RPG wth ND this is afull u guys better put uncharted 2 back to its glory or i might as well just play the wii

Posted by: yuffiethegreat on 02-16-2010

I agree with WhisperGamer. It makes the matches unfair and no longer fun. If I wanted to be glitched I’d return to Metal Gear Online. If you’re not sure what glitches these guys are practicing go on Youtube. They seem to pride on their ability to cheat and even go as far as creating tutorials online.

Please stop the glitching. Especially the missing trophy one in plunder. Hate when they purposely toss the treasure into the waters on the Fort Map and turn it into 20 minutes of boredom while we wait for it to reappear.

Posted by: NIGHTLUFFY01 on 02-21-2010

First health needs to go back to normal but that aside there is still more work needed for the Fort stage. Still to many openings for people to cheat and or glich the map, im happy that the treasure glich was fixed, but still the games good and difficult, but we dont need lazy player cheating the honest players out of a good game. So please Naughty Dog fix what needs to be fixed

Posted by: GekkeKip_Be on 02-12-2010

Some ideas are simply terrible.

Killstreak rewards? Go away and play CoD.
No penalty for quitting? So you can quit more because you’re losing and run away like a little bitch? No way dude.

ND just keep it up, I love your game. Much more than my 360 games with online multiplayer.

Those who are complaining: Play Gears of Lag 2 first, then come back.

Posted by: portillo2011 on 02-12-2010

this game seriously needs a replay button in cinema mode lol....i love going to the cinema and looking at unbelievably immpossible kills lol. i hate rewinding all the way back to the beginning of the movie… this is a pretty small thing to be implemented and i think 1.05 can easily accomodate that

Posted by: KylieDog on 02-12-2010

Look this lessening the penalty system is one thing but I still get punished sometimes when someone else quits and the game does not continue for whatever reason.

There are also co-op players who refuse to move along to the next area (where all three need press triangle) and pretty much hold you hostage in the game until you quit. Very easy form of griefing.

Posted by: Nocturnal_Dragon on 02-12-2010

i still disagree from how much earnings you lose when u quit the game caus sometimes i have to go and wen i quit i lose $40,000....i probably lost $40,000 like 7-8 times already...i would be like lvl 51 or 49 by now!!!

Posted by: MoonLover9 on 02-13-2010

I am happy to hear that, I play in the game under Myself_46 and I did suffer alot from all the points mentioned here. I can’t wait to play the games with new maps....!! Incidently; I would love to see them Video mode on your site is that possible???

Posted by: alshid on 02-13-2010

Greetings from Costa Rica Arnee and Naughty Dog team . I love Uncharted 2. Arnee I have seen a lot of cheaters how can I report them? and I will get the new DLC, well I will get any DLC you guys bring because I love playing this game with my clan ( a bunch of lousy costarican people ) the only bad thing I can say about this game is I am having some connection problems, especially when I try to group with my friends, sometimes I cant hear them or even join them, that happens to some of us. I am not sure if its on our end or is some problem in the game. Anywho, I hope ND continues supporting this game and fixing some minor bugs. Btw I want a sexy evil villain girl!

Posted by: Crashdude55 on 02-13-2010

Hey can you please fix the freezing glitch. My character suddenly stalls for no apparent reason, leaving my vulnerable to other people who want to kill me.

Also can you get your system to recognize when a PSN error/ethernet cable/DNS error occurs - because I get booted out of a match, meaning I end up getting fined $40,000 for being the victim of an error.

Thanks.

Posted by: jiggyjoe21 on 02-13-2010

Well ND, I love the new DLC and additions your making with 1.05, everything but the weapon damage tweaking, if its anything like the test weekend we had 2 months back, all of my friends (Including me) and probably just about everyone about the 51 mark, will be quiting due to it being extremely cheap.

Posted by: i-FreaKy on 02-13-2010

I really hate the stupid penalty. I usually get it everytime I disconnect which is dumb since I get that penalty on purpose. I think you guys should raise the cash on medals and remove the penalty, when the person leaves they loose like 10k of cash from medals and the person stays on the same level… if you know what I mean.

PS: I was cursed on Level 28 to 29 because of that dumb penalty, I keep going back to 28 then I go back to 29 for like the last two months. But now I’m level 41.

Posted by: Gamerdude01 on 02-13-2010

Ah thats pretty cool ^^

And the minus cash program is cooL i hate that when guys think that they loose and leave the game!

BTW Naughty Dog is it possible that Naughty Dog plays with us (the user)?
Thats one of my biggest wishes to play vs or in Team with Naughty Dog :D

Ok then
Bye

Posted by: x_Pr1vate_Pyle_x on 02-13-2010

i sitll cannot connect to online at all.. its really pissing me off to no end… ive deleted data and all that shit re installed and sitll cannot connect ive prolyl tried over 150 times… error synching models everytime… help plllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: westxtk on 02-14-2010

At the moment, my only complaint is the unbalanced matchmaking system. I HATE playing against a stacked party with a bunch of random players. It’s as if the system doesn’t recognize the level of the players when they’re in a party. Oftentimes, I will find myself against 50+ with a bunch of random 20- players. It ruins the experience when my team gets creamed.

At least match party v. party. Then fill the gaps with random players.

Posted by: BreasticalsIRL on 02-14-2010

O.K I know this update is to lower health to stop this complaint about “Bullet sponges” but in all my hours(alot) of playing this ive NEVER came across a bullet sponge.......
I’ve came across laggy people who you unload a clip into them and the drop dead after 3 seconds (I can see were people think there sponges)
But I seriously think people who complain about people being “bullets sponges” just have a bad aim.......sorry but I do.
Anyway this is a bad move I’ve been talking to some randomers on U2 MP (Mostly 30 plus ranks) and the majority of them think its a bad choice some were even sad…
P.S All said if yous pull this off ill think twice before mouthing off with any changes yous bring....although I did think twice and gave the Experimental weekend a chance but despised it to the highest order.....
Fix connection errors and uneven matchmaking instead

Posted by: deletedboi1985 on 02-15-2010

I think NaughtyDog has done a great job with this game, including updates, fixes and what not, but as always nothing can be perfect, I give 5 stars for the team keeping Uncharted 2 as exciting and fun since the demo release and I hope a lot more is to come. I agree with other’s tho in the fact of getting kicked out of a game; I have accidentally killed team mates with grenades due to one or two being by one while I tried to killed an enemy and then they will kick me out. I had 15 kills ahead of all my team mates and then I get kicked, or it’ll happen to other team mates and then you are left with two others to defend for yourself, which can be fun and a challenge, but I don’t like getting kicked out, and it’s usually from lower level users because more experienced players understand. But all in all I am a happy campter and find myself addicted to Uncharted 2 Online and putting less time into newer games! THANKS!

Posted by: T-O-S-T-A-K-Y on 02-15-2010

hello

you say in this paragraph
“Since Title Update 1.04, we’ve started to hear from you about seeing your individual Level being reset and also seeing your Ranked playlist skill rank reset again during the course of play. Both cases have been some very nasty occurrences that have not been easy to completely eradicate, despite our best efforts. Thanks to some aid from our community, we have been able to get to the bottom of what’s been affecting a small portion of our players. Addressing this as soon as possible was incredibly important to us, which is while you’ll be seeing Title Update 1.05 released very soon.”
, it happened twice a friend, its level increased from fifty-six to 1.

It’s normal?

Posted by: iTz_JEEZY on 02-15-2010

One shot one kill with the sniper are you kidding me? And the Fal wasn’t overpowered enough that you thought giving it more power wouldn’t hurt. I loved everything about the update till i saw this.
The weapons were fine change them back.

Posted by: roccoSH on 02-15-2010

Hi naughtydog, can you leave the penalty to quiting at a smaller money range because half of the time i “leave a match” its a connection error and i still get deducted money. im not saying its a bad thing, despite the fact im a level 58 and i get $50,000 per-match, its just that with the 1.02 update all the way up to now, i have actually been getting connection errors everyday.

Posted by: XxHYDROZILLAxX on 02-16-2010

I’m having a major issue with the new update. Everything is great except for one small thing that is pissing me off in a major way. When I pull up to shoot while I’m running it always goes to the left shoulder, but when I’m idle it stays on the right. I’m missing clean kills and with the new health modifications I can’t afford to give away my position with a few missed shots. This never happened before the update, and I’ve tried using another controller. Please address this issue a.s.a.p.

Posted by: Hndsmboi18 on 02-16-2010

So just because a majority of the voters liked the change means that they’re the only ones that get considered? Cmon ND. I think that if you guys planned on tweaking things, then you should have taken EVERYONE ingo consideration. I mean finding a way to keep everyone happy. The game is seriously not as fun as it used to be. No skill required at all anymore. I wont just flat out not play U2 anymore but I’m definitely not happy overall. I seriously wish you guys would put the weapon tweak back the way it was.

Posted by: AdmTurbowhine on 02-17-2010

I only just found out about the penalties myself last night myself… And it sucked.
Had the game freeze during a deathmatch in the train crash level and had to restart my ps3. Went back into the game, and it ended up being another deatmatch in the train crash level. It froze a second time (I was in the exact same spot on the map both times too, right near the cliff). I had to restart my ps3 again…
Went back into the game for the third time, and got penalized $20 000 for quitting games!! It totally killed any desire I had to play anymore, it just turned it off.
I suppose I can understand trying to keep people from dropping out of games early, but getting penalized for random system/connection issues really sucks.

Posted by: renostheflash on 02-21-2010

naughty dog that with the penalty is wrong because every time someone leaves the match 1 sec before the match starts the game stucks so i have to shut it down.then it tells me that i lost 40000 for no reason.today i lost 120000 for this bullshit so fix it

Posted by: Amigdalos on 02-21-2010

Good job guys with the update. Its fair for everyone now with the new health. Very good.

One thing that is very annoying is when i play CO-OP arena and i have to choose between two Gold Rush stages.
Please separate Gold Rush and Survival.
For me Gold Rush sucks.

Another thing is “Looking for player” times. Sometimes it takes up to 6-7 minutes to find other players.

Since the release of the game i haven’t touch eject button on PS3 yet.

NAUGHTY DOG RULES!!!!!

Posted by: vI-FoDDeR-Iv on 02-26-2010

Update 1.05......
i’ve noticed that when aiming after the updates that u will alternate between left and right shoulders, this is annoying due to the fact that ur expecting it to go over the right shoulder and it end’s up lookin at a wall ur stood next to, plz fiz NDI it’s ruining a good game and gettin me killed due to the extra couple of seconds it takes to tap the joystick, this glitch blows

Posted by: MirageM2 on 02-26-2010

Great job, ND! I really love what you guys are doing with the game. I do have a few complaints though. I disagree in you penalizing players who leave matches. I don’t leave matches often, but sometimes I DC from them and when I come back I find that I’ve been penalized. Also, when I’m looking for a match and I get DCed, I come back to a message that says,
“We noticed you didn’t finish the last game that you started so you will receive a $20,000 earnings penalty, and a reduction in your skill rating.”
I shouldn’t be getting penalized for DCing accidentaly, ND.

Also, perhaps a better idea than penalizing is to do what most shooters do; instead of penalizing players for leaving, just let more players be added to the match! I like that when I look for a match it’s a brand new match, but I’d also prefer to join an already on-going match.

Overall, great job ND, and thanks!

Posted by: Wii_Amputee on 02-28-2010

put health back. Uncharted 2 is now a campers dream. FAL + Camp = not fun. i still get 20+ kills but i HATE the way it plays out now. the whole game just changed. you are losing loyal fans of the online by doing this. none of my friends are buying the DLC or playing online till the health get’s fixed. it’s pretty clear to me from reading all the comments that the loyal, vocal fans appreciate the game how it was.

Posted by: SNAPS_24 on 03-04-2010

its good that you loose your money if you worked hard for finsh the match and gain more money even if you lose i hate playing matches with guys that quit and then i i loose and its now on my record the only time you should lose your money is if its ranks though

Posted by: Conviper on 03-10-2010

READ THIS PLEASE!
It’s right that AFK-players has to get -$40.000

but every time, I’m normal playing, and then no connection.
often I have it twice
so ill get -40.000, 9 times happened before, I’m so angry then:(
I dont wanna have the -40.000 anymore for normal players

Posted by: KyuubiNaru on 03-12-2010

Lovin’ the update so far! I just hate the fact then when you’re caught in the open, you have no chance to hide. ^^; But it’s still good. (Especially if you catch the other guy.) But the real issue is all the glitces people keep finding. A friend of mine and I are willing to show you guys what, where and how to do them if you’d like? The main problem one is in the Fort, but there’s one in the Ice Cave that we found that hasn’t been exploited yet.

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In our previous post, we let you know a little about what’s in store for you in our next Title Update.
Today, we reveal a little bit more about Title Update 1.05.