2-2-2 broke the game (told you so)

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@Crissan-1144

That’s pefectly fine and you all are free to express your opinions on the matter.

Thank you

@Crissan-1144

Me personally I’m just a bit annoyed at the mention of que times being X amount when in MY experience and the experience of the people that I know, that is not the case, as well as Blizzard stating that it isn’t.

Your experience is your experience. It is not ours. It’s a common fallacy to think, “Well I’m not experiencing it so it’s not happening.”

@Crissan-1144

However as I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’m not saying that it can’t happen, and that some players might be experiencing an issue or flaw in the system that might need to be looked at.

Precisely. So you admit that your annoyance is rather unjustified.

@Crissan-1144

Still it needs to be said that the issue if it exist, is not rampant on the server, otherwise players would literally stop playing,

And many literally have.

@Crissan-1144

I don’t see how players would wait more than 15 minutes to play a game, that is not only unacceptable, it is just plain boring, players would quit not out of spite for the game or the system, but simply because they cannot literally play the game.

I 100% agree with that statement!

@Crissan-1144

But that is not actually happening,

But that is actually happening. I’m glad you’re not experiencing it. Truly. I’m happy for you.

@Crissan-1144

As for those who do, I truly hope that the devs address the issue and continue to refine and potentially evolve the system to make things better, which I do believe that they will.

And that’s all anyone is asking for I think. Short of removing RQ altogether, which seems unlikely at this point, they need to address the queue times - which they themselves have acknowledged as a problem.

@ScottMercer

We’re monitoring the data very closely, and I can share some information here. Across all skill ranks, we do see higher queue times for players who specifically queue for Damage Only. Most damage players usually see 3-6 minute queues, unless they’re in the masters or grandmaster skill tiers. Players with very high SRs will always see higher queue times because there’s fewer players of similar skill to match against them, but we’ve seen reports and have data showing some players are waiting 20-30 minutes. We’re investigating this and are already working on some matchmaker adjustments for future updates to help address the issue. If you can find a friend who plays Tank or Support, queuing together as a Damage/Tank or Damage/Support duo drastically reduces the queue times you’ll face.

Now, inb4 you say “3-6 minute queue times aren’t that bad,” remember it’s higher than we had previously. I would agree with you that a 2-3 minute queue time is not horrendous. It’s long, but not unbearable. When you ask people to wait 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes+, it defies credulity to think that such a request is conducive to an enjoyable gaming experience. And, as you will note from the video posted, the estimated wait time was about 9 minutes even though it (thankfully) joined in about 5 minutes.