We've heard in the past that blizzard didn't want to rush in to any quick fixes and was considering the queue time issue carefully, so hopefully that means they've found a solution that will stick. Thus far, aside from the occasional mishap from a sneaky warlock and the lack of certain expected class changes, they seem to have had a smooth and well received patch on their hands.
While some people were asking for a hot fix in the thread, Bornakk assured them that the change was complicated enough that needed a patch. Being someone who often ends up running his 2v2s on Saturday or Sunday evening and experiences queue times that sometimes climb to 10 minutes or more, I'd say the wait will be worth it if it means I don't have to wait around quite so long in the future. Faster queue times, at the least, mean I can fit another daily or two in.
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2-14-2008 @ 11:50AM
Tech said...
So does anyone know how they are planning to reduce queue times?
Are they going to get rid of the team rating matching system (not that it works all that well to begin with)? I would rather wait the extra 5-10 min, than getting put up against teams with much higher ratings which usually means much better gear and an almost certain loss for me as I am relatively new to arenas.
I hope Blizzard would not implement this sort of change just because people were crying about queue times!
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2-14-2008 @ 12:17PM
G.F.C. said...
They've stated the issue with long queues is the number of arena instances that can occur simultaneously. Allowing teams with vastly disparate ratings to battle wouldn't affect the number of matches happening at a single time. Seems like the only solution to the problem would be to increase the number of arena instances.
2-14-2008 @ 4:54PM
brucimus said...
omg 10 mins! I can't wait that long /cry
Are you serious people can't wait 10mins ? i find that funny
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2-14-2008 @ 9:27PM
frosty85 said...
Yes ten minutes plus the five it takes to acutually play the match mean one game every fifteen minutes, not cool.
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