11 replies to this topic

[Brizna]

The amount of players compared to a month ago hasn't changed much. But waiting times seem to have more than doubled since a few days ago. Something is not working right. My gut tells me that 8vs8 weekend when reverted changed something in MM, maybe made it more strict with the different criteria. Anyway, whatever it was it's making "playing" quite a bore of 5 minutes of action followed by 15 minutes of staring at a blank screen.

[RockmachinE]

Yesterday during peak times I've noticed slightly longer queue times than usual. Not as bad as you said, but definitely longer than usual.

[LordNothing]

this was one of the things i liked about 8v8. the wait times were significantly better.

id even say run 8v8 monday-thursday only with the weekend being 12v12. or make it scale with population in real time. regardless wait times over 5 minutes kill the game and this should be avoided at all costs.

Edited by LordNothing, 07 September 2024 - 07:06 AM.

[CFC Conky]

Weird, I play at all times of day/night and have never waited very long for a match, maybe two minutes tops.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[torsie]

Wait times in 8v8 were shorter because matchmaking did not work and you could get one team full of assaults and one full of lights. With everyone playing assault it will be even longer because instead of 5 assaults on each side for 12v12 you can put only 2-3 in 8v8.

[Just a Kobold]

I dig the idea of 8v8 during low-pop, although I'm not sure if it would be well received. It might even start a negative feedback loop where players see it's 8v8 hours and decide not to play at all.

[RockmachinE]

Also depends on server settings and Tier. I play T1 EU which significantly increases waiting times.

[LordNothing]

CFC Conky, on 07 September 2024 - 07:54 AM, said:

Weird, I play at all times of day/night and have never waited very long for a match, maybe two minutes tops.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

im not saying its an every game thing, but it does happen sometimes, especially off peak. think of it more as a threshold of acceptability. if we start passing 5 minutes regularly or during peak hours, 8v8 will almost be a necessity. i lost interest in fp when wait times > 10 minutes.

Edited by LordNothing, 07 September 2024 - 04:28 PM.

[LordNothing]

Nine-Ball, on 07 September 2024 - 06:59 PM, said:

Last few days of comp queue so alot of reward teams are getting in their matches to qualify (20 games minimum or something). Therefore soup queue will take alittle longer at times!

yea but what percentage of players actually participate in comp?

[kalashnikity]

We should have an option to click which allows people to be dropped into higher tier games... that would shorten ques, at least a little bit.

[LordNothing]

kalashnikity, on 09 September 2024 - 11:22 AM, said:

We should have an option to click which allows people to be dropped into higher tier games... that would shorten ques, at least a little bit.

that's called being in any tier > 4.

besides high tier games are rarer than middle tier games.

Edited by LordNothing, 09 September 2024 - 04:05 PM.