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[1Exitar1]

Anyone else having long que times for quick play this weekend? It is taking me far longer to get into a match then it is to play the match itself! Usually weekend wait times are shorter than during the work week.

[Heavy Money]

Its because there's Event Queue going and a lot of people are playing that.

[BLACKR0SE]

5 second. very fast.

even many servers have very low ping, normal big matches, high ping servers 1vs1 are also very good.

[BLACKR0SE]

the proof is here



I earned all of them from the event.

[sjdroz1]

very long time to get into games when I queue with friends, by myself, very short less than 5 seconds

[Meep Meep]

When I first log in and try to join a game it can take a while to get a match but usually if you jump right back into the queue afterwards it goes pretty quick.

[1Exitar1]

For me it is 5+ minute wait for most matches.

[sycocys]

Stop running heavy and assault. Med/Lights are almost always in the 1-2 minute range tops.

But that event queue is reasonably good for the c-bill grind even if you have to play ring around the rosie on the last 2 maps. Still going to get 3-4 drops at a minimum per qp match for the same exact reward roughly.

[PocketYoda]

Noone does quickplay when events are on because there is no reason too..

[sycocys]

PocketYoda, on 22 January 2023 - 07:29 AM, said:

Noone does quickplay when events are on because there is no reason too..

There was still plenty of matches last night when he posted, I don't care for the ring around the rosie Solaris maps the last two were so its QP or MW5. Rather make less c-bills and not be running around in circles on a small map.

[Meep Meep]

I'm still doing qp because I have almost a billion cbills and enough gxp to insta elite any mech I feel I want to try at this point of the game.

[1Exitar1]

sycocys, on 21 January 2023 - 10:26 PM, said:

Stop running heavy and assault. Med/Lights are almost always in the 1-2 minute range tops.

I have been playing light and mediums for the last few weeks, so it's not not.

[sycocys]

1Exitar1, on 22 January 2023 - 03:42 PM, said:

I have been playing light and mediums for the last few weeks, so it's not not.

Do you have server restrictions? The only drop that takes any amount of time for me is usually the first one almost exclusively playing mediums. Last night wasn't any different on this end, most drops NA but I wonder if having the restrictions on alters your place in the the queue.

[Tarl Cabot]

sycocys, on 22 January 2023 - 09:59 AM, said:

There was still plenty of matches last night when he posted, I don't care for the ring around the rosie Solaris maps the last two were so its QP or MW5. Rather make less c-bills and not be running around in circles on a small map.

MM no longer works like that, it is based on Tonnage that is... flexible and has been that way for a few years. Now, early on, when PGI had the 2-2-2-2 hardcoded (shudders), then changed to 3-3-3-3 before they got tired of having to adjust the valves when new weight class specific mechs went live, then they allow the valves to open QUICKLY to simply matching weight classes across both teams (Solo QP) while Group QP was all about tonnage but valves would open there too.

The current MM setup/merge the Solo Queue INTO the Group Queue. I think the MM delay might be with how PGI has the MM setup, and it is based on the seeded Player OR Seeded Group... ie.. get a drop that is seeded by a Group, MM is then trying to locate another group(s) for the other side, whereas the MM is seeds a single player, then it bypasses the Group issue and simply needs 23 other single players... Of course, without actual logs, the above could have been going back and forth, more groups waiting for a drop but not enough solo players to finish out the teams.

The above would be an excellent question to ask PGI, provided they would review the logs, with an overall view, as well as what was happening during a specific time period, ie every 4 or every 6 or every 8 hours. Wouldnt really need actual numbers (PGI wouldnt give those anyhow) but at least percentage wise. Also include server selections, ie players who had all servers selected vs those with only 1 or 2 servers selected...

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 23 January 2023 - 06:57 PM.

[sycocys]

Wish I had the option still to turn oceanic off then, don't run hardly any laser vomit and the 200ms+ pings absolutely eats srms which I got back into after finding the Bushwhacker-P1. Can imagine how bad it is if you are running any of the cannons.

The frustrating part is that no one seems to be dropping from that area, unless they have 200ms pings from in that zone.

[Tarl Cabot]

sycocys, on 23 January 2023 - 07:29 PM, said:

Wish I had the option still to turn oceanic off then, don't run hardly any laser vomit and the 200ms+ pings absolutely eats srms which I got back into after finding the Bushwhacker-P1. Can imagine how bad it is if you are running any of the cannons.

The frustrating part is that no one seems to be dropping from that area, unless they have 200ms pings from in that zone.

I am able to turn off the Oceanic server. It can become bugged while logged in and after a game. Do it before playing any games. Uncheck the box, then log out of the game (dont X out of the game) then log back in.

Or edit your attributes file with notepad in the saved game, profile, player name folder. Just check the number there from 7 to 3 once located and save. if you do edit/save the file, do it while LOGGED out of the game. I added the 3 ... to prevent the forums from trying to "format" the code

<....Attr name="RegionSelection" value="3"/...> This is with only NA/European servers selected

<...Attr name="RegionSelection" value="7"/...> This is the line code with all servers selected

Other numbers would be NA only, European only, Oceanic only, European/Oceanic only, NA/Oceanic only.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 23 January 2023 - 08:15 PM.

[sycocys]

I haven't had an option to change server settings in game for a good month or better now. Had left it on previously just for faster match times, but the pings have went from ~100ish ms to well over 200. Trying to hit lights with srms is all but impossible to do with any amount of reliability at that ping, especially when everyone in the match is high ping.

I'll have to look into that edit if the server there isn't fixed soon.

[Meep Meep]

sycocys, on 23 January 2023 - 08:39 PM, said:

I haven't had an option to change server settings in game for a good month or better now. Had left it on previously just for faster match times, but the pings have went from ~100ish ms to well over 200. Trying to hit lights with srms is all but impossible to do with any amount of reliability at that ping, especially when everyone in the match is high ping.

I'll have to look into that edit if the server there isn't fixed soon.

That sounds like the server ui button bug. Close the client and restart and before you do anything click the server region arrow and it should open.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Or switch into Faction Play and back again. Works every time for me.

[PocketYoda]

sycocys, on 22 January 2023 - 09:59 AM, said:

There was still plenty of matches last night when he posted, I don't care for the ring around the rosie Solaris maps the last two were so its QP or MW5. Rather make less c-bills and not be running around in circles on a small map.

Well then you must wait 5 mins i guess.

Being Oceanic i turn off EU myself. 400+ ping times is too much.

Edited by PocketYoda, 27 January 2023 - 08:23 PM.