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[Alwrathandabout42ninjas]

What is up with these ridiculous que times? Its been worse than it ever has been since PSR came out. This week its almost unbearable, I feel like im waiting for CW matches. Im hanging out in the forums between matches spending more time here than in the game, its kinda sad.

I used to be able to play solo que matches back to back with not much wait time at all it was fun. Now it seems I cant do it anymore without waiting 5-10 minutes in between matches, which happens to be about the same time I actually play in a match, if I dont get hammered by a 180-240 point alpha from 3-4 other mechs when rounding a corner in the first 5 minutes. Something is seriously wrong here.

Hey PGI wanna fix your game?

Edited by Alwrath, 06 October 2015 - 08:32 AM.

[Mcgral18]

Time them.

My average in Lights was ~2:20 over 10 matches, and Assault was ~2:30.

Highs at 6 mins, other times 10 seconds.


Heavies would likely be worse due to demand.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Heavy que is completely clogged, been that way for a while though.

Usually takes about 5-15 seconds to drop in the light que, double that for Assault, triple that for Mediums, and then go get coffee do Laundry and come back and still waiting for Heavy que to drop

[Paigan]

My wait time for assaults is somewhere between 10 seconds and maybe 2 minutes.
Lights and mediums is way less.

If you play mostly heavy, don't complain about wait times.

[Mister Blastman]

Medium wait times are about to go way up. The plus is we'll have fun stepping on little crabs.

[Monkey Lover]

Increased search time for better games is fine with me.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Plus, make sure you are searching with the least amount of restrictions. Search on as many server regions that are reasonably playable, and search all game modes.

Lastly, like many said, you may want to avoid the mech class that contains the newest mech that was released. Earlier it was the heavy class (BK), now it will soon be the medium class (Crab).

[Thorqemada]

OP, have you marked all checkboxes or excluded Servers and Modes ?

[Alwrathandabout42ninjas]

MeiSooHaityu, on 06 October 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

Plus, make sure you are searching with the least amount of restrictions. Search on as many server regions that are reasonably playable, and search all game modes.

Lastly, like many said, you may want to avoid the mech class that contains the newest mech that was released. Earlier it was the heavy class (BK), now it will soon be the medium class (Crab).

I have no restrictions and I am searching all game modes, always have. There is no reason for these wait times, its stupid and not good for a online game. People may leave over this crap.

Edited by Alwrath, 06 October 2015 - 08:48 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Odd then. I'm not having the wait time problems you are having. The only time my wait times have been a little longer is when I have been playing my BKs to level them up. When I switched to any other class, I seemed to find matches reasonably quick, and I'm filtered on NA servers only.

Bummer.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 06 October 2015 - 08:54 AM.

[Shae Starfyre]

I really wish that during slow gaming hours, the MM reverted to 8 on 8 matches.

[Thorqemada]

As Tier 1 you are restricted to Tier 2 and Tier 3 Players - it must be a combination of time, weightclass and Player concurrency that makes your waittimes increase so much...

[Monkey Lover]

Thorqemada, on 06 October 2015 - 09:37 AM, said:

As Tier 1 you are restricted to Tier 2 and Tier 3 Players - it must be a combination of time, weightclass and Player concurrency that makes your waittimes increase so much...

I have to wait until elementary school gets out until teir6 has some players

[Coolant]

mw4:mercs has a mandatory 2 minute lobby wait time before drops. As long as the average is ~2 minutes what do u have to complain about.

I think it's amazing that there are peeps playing this game that didnt play mw4. U should play it and compare with mwo and ur viewpoints might change.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

EU server only , 30 secs to 1 minute in the evenings, during day max 3 min.

[DaZur]

Tier 1 first world problems...

So sorry the mm flood gates are not adequately releasing enough newb fodder into the Tier 1 gauntlet / farmers market.

Down here in the T4 celler we have sub 1 minute wait times...

Price of getting gud apparently.

[CDLord HHGD]

Still nothing like the old days. I remember waiting so long the thing timed out and you had to queue all over again. Imagine doing that 3-4 times in a row before you got a match.

[crustydog]

Right now the wait times are stupid ridiculous - players drift way and do other things and have to be recalled when a match actually appears.

Time for some serious adjustment to the MM.

[Sabazial]

Mcgral18, on 06 October 2015 - 08:30 AM, said:

Time them.

My average in Lights was ~2:20 over 10 matches, and Assault was ~2:30.

Highs at 6 mins, other times 10 seconds.

Timed mine a few days ago since i felt my queues were getting ridiculous, despite having both eu and US servers selected. Times averaged between 2m10s up to as high as 4m51s and it didn't matter what chassis i chose being light / heavy / medium.
Think i've had some longer waits too, but it's painfully obvious that the in game population is getting low enough that the matchmaker is struggling to create matches. I know 90% of my games always end up activating the release valves and it's a stomp in either direction.

[Sabazial]

Coolant, on 06 October 2015 - 10:13 AM, said:

mw4:mercs has a mandatory 2 minute lobby wait time before drops. As long as the average is ~2 minutes what do u have to complain about.

I think it's amazing that there are peeps playing this game that didnt play mw4. U should play it and compare with mwo and ur viewpoints might change.

It's kinda pointless comparing a 15 year old game's queue times with MW:O to be honest, things are very different in online gaming these days compared to how it was back then.