Insanely long queue times?

[V]

Anyone having long queue times on OCE servers? Is it due to low player population? Kind of hard to believe that a few weeks ago we were getting almost instant queues but now we've been waiting for 20+ minutes and still not found a game. Anyone else having similar issues? Is there a fix?

[Kai]

Originally posted by V:

Anyone having long queue times on OCE servers? Is it due to low player population?

Yes. it is due to low player populations. You can try to minimise the wait by prioritising heroes with lower pick rates (over 90% of games have a Haze so obviously don't pick her if you want balanced matches or quick queues). If you play during peak hours in the evening and play solo then you'll also get shorter queue times.

[Yep_Yep_fool]

Whats your rank? it could be how high you are. I'm getting pretty long Que times in general through the week mostly because people play weekends or after working hours.

[dxdx]

EU here. Seems like the majority of players are in low prio Q lol.
In the past weeks it takes me 5 minutes on average to find a match. Yesterday I was put in low priority Q for leaving and it found 2 matches in less than 10 seconds.