if you queue an unpopular arcade mode late into the season early in the morning you wont find a match its really funny. like 3 seasons ago near the end of the season me and a friend queued capture the flag at 4am didnt find a match until 10am. i had time for my local donut shop to open then for me to walk there buy some donuts then walk back home and i was still in queue
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Huh? I am queuing in peak times. I’ve been playing arcade tonight from 10pm. I played earlier between 5 and 7. These should be peak but I have been waiting for every game. 10 players coming free from a game takes up to 2 minutes in peak times. I’ve played all the different modes currently in arcade except the 1v1.
Nobody is playing in arcade and Blizz does nothing to fix the problems of the various modes so the numbers can only drop from here. Soon you won’t get a game at all.
A good start would be to merge the Assault Maps mode and the No Limits mode. These are the two steadily available arcade modes, and there doesn’t need to be two queues for them, imo. Integrate them, and increase the player pool for both, please.
Except No Limits on defense in Assault Maps would be kind of broken.
I find No Limits currently almost never has any duplicate heroes. I think people are playing it as OQ with the ability to leave. The only duplicate I ever see is torb.
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The answer. Make an arcade mode that’s “Mix PlayList”.
That’s basically a randomized mode picker. And you get a ton of people queueing into that mode.
Or better yet, do it Titanfall 2 Style, where you add a custom Playlist of Aracade modes, and let the matchmaker pick which mode it ends up being.
It’s over pretty quickly regardless. Assault maps got relegated to arcade partly because the competitive matches could drag on for 30m if the teams were too evenly matched. Quick Play style modes don’t have that problem. Defense can be kinda tough, but not impossible.
Imagine getting things by playing the game rather than spending money for each item. A barbaric time indeed
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Would be cool if players could queue up for 3-4 modes at a time and just join whichever pops first. Or maybe (to expand on your idea some) the devs could introduce a checklist of all arcade modes, and players could check whichever boxes apply depending on the modes they were willing to play.
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This is a great idea. Instead of the cards for role, have a card for each arcade mode with a checkbox under it. Everyone is used to making a choice in that way so it would feel familiar.
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It’s because the game is dropping player numbers. The more players you have overall, the more players will queue into those modes. Even in the dead times of overwatch 1 you could get a CTF blitz or no hero limits game pretty quickly.
hmm they should change arcade to like an all in one box queue like flappy bird mercy or dodge cars etc stuff like that.
Back in season one 2cp was 6v6 in arcade, needless to say they removed it lol.
I know, what i meant is the the majority of people would go there and play just during the events, to drop event theme lootboxes. There was no incentive in dropping normal lootboxes, especially for players playing from 2016 who had everything or almost.
They should add a general arcade queue that just tries to fill a game. I dont really care which one I play but I can never figure which mode actually has anyone on it. It’s easier to spend the time in custom games or QP