While in a full group, Total Mayhem queues can be upwards of 60 minutes. Can we have this tweaked a bit so others can play? I’ve noticed a lot of the groups we used to run into stopped playing all together due to the queues.
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yeah its so annoying, plus when i finally get a match ppl leave and it cancels the match - itd be great to fix the queues and do smth about the amount of ppl who leave matches in arcade in general tbh
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The most popular arcade mode game, Total Mayhem, is getting ruined by these ridiculous queue times. Even queueing solo or even duo, it’s typical to wait at minimum 20 minutes. With a full stack that Overwatch supposedly encourages you to play and group with friends, it’s waiting a full hour. Seems like an easy fix for the devs and a quick win, definitely needs to be a priority to fix. Stop adding more heroes and new game content when players can’t even play in this current state since we’re all just WAITING to get into a game. FIX THE MAYHEM QUEUES!
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Yeah, I think leavers can be tough on a game. But for now, can we even get a game? There used to be like 10-12 full groups in Mayhem. Most of them are gone.
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I’ve experienced this problem too. I think there’s some sort of bug or something with older accounts like it can’t pair you against a newer account. I had some friends make new overwatch accounts just to be able to queue for mayhem again and they said its only like a 5 minute queue. Something’s wrong. I have waited 30, 40, 60 mins plus to get into a game. It’s my favorite mode, I just want to play mayhem.
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I’ve mostly stopped playing it as you can’t progress weeklies in it 
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45 minutes per game! Solo, 1 minute! Cmon Blizzard we can do better. Fix the experience, it won’t be that hard. It’s arcade we don’t need a precise Comp level MMR.
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FR why can’t they just down scale the damage/heals/etc by the amount they’re boosted for tm anyway. Let us play the way we want. While we’re at it, they stopped tracking tm stats too. I remember you used to have a tab/section for them and it was cool to look at.
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Another day of 45 mins plus! We literally have people coming in, finding a game, then back a few times before we find 1 game!
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It’s unbelievable how poorly optimized this is!
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Please blizzard! 4 stacks at 1.5 minutes yesterday. Why is a full 5 an hour a game!
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No joke, the same thing is happening to me, insufferably long 30-40 min queue times. I’ve been playing since 2016 and it has never been this bad.
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And here we go an hour plus!
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4 stack waiting for 40 minutes today and a 2 stack waiting for 20 minutes yesterday. Wasn’t even super weird hours or anything.
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Rivals has had at max 3 minute queues.
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Today has been 45+ minutes for a game in a 4 stack. It’s bad.
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Blizzard hypes new content and changes coming, but nobody is playing. A good start might be to fix what you already have-- starting with the matching system & queue times.
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Long queues are happening on console as well. I’ve also had to start using a new account just to get a match. Then it seems unfair as i can carry those games 1 v 5. I agree it seems to be happening to old accounts.
Worse than the queue times is the wonky damage bug. The outcomes of matches are being determined by this bug. Often 2 pairs of players on the same team have the same damage. Sometimes it’s even all players. In a recent match Orisa & Moria both had ~19k damage, Ball & Junkrat had ~22k dmg and on the enemy team Junk & Doom had 28,237 and 28,238 damage. I reported this back in December, but i don’t think they care, otherwise Ball would’ve been fixed years ago.
You are getting matched against similar skill Mayhem players on your regular account. There aren’t many of them so it takes forever to get a game. But with a new account with fresh MMR, you are free to smurf against people that don’t know how to play the game.
Total Mayhem used to be one of my favorite modes, but ball just ruined the mode for me more than sombra ever did. It’s just not fun anymore.