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[Magister Wolf]

What's up with 20 minute wait times for anything other than a light mech???

[Darian DelFord]

Magister Wolf, on 24 June 2021 - 08:54 AM, said:

What's up with 20 minute wait times for anything other than a light mech???

Light Mechs are so overpowered if you ask anyone, that no one wants to play them.

[Nightbird]

Another reason to nerf light mechs I'm sure, OP in queue wait times!

[Fragga ONE]

Maybe now the C-19 thing is almost done and dusted (we have had the double vaccine in our country) and the bars, clubs, shops and cinemas are open again full throttle people are actually going out again and not stuck next to their PCs so expect the rush to MWO caused by the house-bound many to return to what the f!!! they were doing before hand therefor only natural = less players and more waiting for a game that the epicillay advanced and omnisient Match maker deems who we should play

[LordBraxton]

This game is 9 years old and hasnt had serious improvements in ages. Cauldron shook up the meta but they also buffed PPFLD which makes the game less fun.

Really this game is on life support already, but it's lived a long time and had a decent run.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Magister Wolf, on 24 June 2021 - 08:54 AM, said:

What's up with 20 minute wait times for anything other than a light mech???

What servers selected? What GMT time?

[Cerebus23]

solaris clan or light mech. ques need redone or light need armor nerfs.

[justcallme A S H]

Magister Wolf, on 24 June 2021 - 08:54 AM, said:

What's up with 20 minute wait times for anything other than a light mech???

Mech weight class is not a factor so I do not understand what you mean by this.

The weight class governance of the MM was removed back in May 2018

Additionally I have not waited 20mins for a match in over a year and I play in the quietest timezone. With population being so high as well - double what it was a year ago, 20mins - I'm just not buying it, sounds highly exhagerated. I think we'll need a bit more of an explaination.

[Katrina Steiner]

Sure you didn't hit the "searching" bug? Unless you cancel the search and click launch again you can sit for awhile. I've actually let it sit "searching" for I think it was about 12 minutes maybe about 2 weeks ago. Cancelled and hit launch and got a match in like 20 seconds. Happens to me every now and then.

[Bud Crue]

Solaris?

[Meep Meep]

Sometimes when I first log in and hit battle it takes a bit to get a match but after that they pop up pretty fast. I think over time the population 'syncs' up on drops as battles end and new ones are created so you get a large amount in battle at one time with periods of no new battles created as everyone is fighting.

[Monkey Lover]

Solo players waiting more than. 5 minutes should cancel and try again. Sometimes match maker gets buggy

[LordNothing]

20 seems excessive, even off peak with your preferred regional server. its probibly better to pick the two best servers rather than just one. its a trade off between ping and wait times, so chose accordingly.

game really ought to take out the manual region selection and do smart region selection based on the players in the match. if you add up all the ping times for all players to the servers in each region, and compare them, you can pick the region with the lowest value and optimize everyone's ping times.

Edited by LordNothing, 27 June 2021 - 07:17 PM.

[w0qj]

OP is talking about QP (Quick Play), and not Faction Play, right?
Never had a QP wait of more than a few minutes, and usually much quicker than that!
QP of "20 minutes" definitely sounds excessive; OP should press "Cancel" and restart QP queque if anything more than a few minutes.

Faction Play, however, with its red "Play" button, would take longer to wet up, as it takes 12 IS players, and 12 Clan players to start.

Trust OP is talking about Quick Play?

[pbiggz]

justcallme A S H, on 24 June 2021 - 02:13 PM, said:

Mech weight class is not a factor so I do not understand what you mean by this.

The weight class governance of the MM was removed back in May 2018

Additionally I have not waited 20mins for a match in over a year and I play in the quietest timezone. With population being so high as well - double what it was a year ago, 20mins - I'm just not buying it, sounds highly exhagerated. I think we'll need a bit more of an explaination.

I had noticed longer wait times a few weeks ago when i was grouped with a friend. Not sure if it struggles when you are in a group. Solo always seemed quick.

This is of course all anecdote, but the thread is based on anecdote too, so...

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Group slots are actually limited per match. Thus, when many groups are searching for a match, there might not be enough solos to fill an appropriate number of matches. This was noticeable after the first cauldron patches, for example.

[Daneel Hazen]

All weekend it was short on light mechs and suggested to play them.

(No pref here, I play them all)

Edited by Daneel Hazen, 28 June 2021 - 09:58 AM.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Yeah, that little window keeps track of weight class distribution, but your chosen class does not affect matchmaking time.