So erm.... what have they done to queue times?

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Hopped online to see whatever this monstrosity is.

(https://imgur.com/a/E9eLfxZ)
https://imgur.com/a/ZhDkE1b

And no, quality didn’t feel better. It felt worse.

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Those queue time estimates have never been very accurate in my experience.

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I’ve just sat in queue for support for 8 minutes 21 seconds (it was havana so an insta-leave but that’s besides the point).

Some more pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/V9SJ6ls
https://imgur.com/a/1oHCa9S
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In my m2 support lobbies my queue time is about a minute or two, with a max of 6 min if im playing at like 4 am

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Well here are my current queue estimates:

and a minute or two after

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Idk, other people are also saying queues are longer than usual.

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Sure, just establishing that those queue time estimates aren’t very reliable.

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Its been horrible tonight. I have been in support Q for 15 mins now in QP solo

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They’ve done nothing, there is just not enough players left in this game. If you play above dia/masters = ggs q time.

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Surely it’s just a bug don’t worry in 2 weeks it will be fixed :+1:

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The only time queues are long for me is if I’m in a 5 stack with friends. If I play solo it’s typically a minute or less. With friends we’ll sit there for nearly 10 minutes which makes me think blizz is actually trying to match stacks against stacks.

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that’s how it was in OW1 endgame days.

I guess we’re back to those numbers. So much for OW2 success =/

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It’s been over 10 minutes tonight in a QP 3 stack. And then the matchups are still crap. So… I rather have faster queue times than to spend more time in queue than in game.

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or just solo/duo queue? a lot of people need a stack to ruin other people’s fun…
there isn’t even an LFG, so it’s to be expected that you wait.

just like the chairlifts at the ski resorts…express is for singles/solo.
stacking is trading quality for quantity → so to the wait line you go

game isn’t alive and well so everyone makes sacrifices i guess.

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I wouldn’t say that… I just find this game pretty darn boring playing solo, so I always hop on with friends, not to make others have a bad time, but so that I can enjoy myself more.

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Less people playing and some tank fixes have those wanting to DPS again. Going from 6 v 6 to 5 v 5 really changed Q times…

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This is why I think open queue is always going to be superior considering it doesn’t suffer from this issue where any imbalance in the ratio can cause long queue times…

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Could it be that Overwatch isn’t as popular as it was in the past?

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Probably them trying to tighten the matchmaker. Everyone needs to understand that we can have fast queue times or good matchmaking but not both.

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I’ve played with the same 2 people since OW1. Queue times had gotten a little worse last month… 3-5 minutes. But it’s like 10 minutes now. I prefer playing with friends - we’re not even playing seriously like calling shots or anything. Right now they are singing Celine Dion.