Make "Game Over" flow quicker

[Oiski Poiski]

It's Legit faster for me to Alt+F4 and launch the game again, when I hit 0 health, than waiting for the "Game Over" flow to finish up and queue up for the next match.*

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Just time it, it took 4 seconds from the time the match ended to the time I was back at the main menu, whereas it takes 10 seconds to reach the main menu from game launch. Not saying you're not experiencing what you're claiming, but it certainly isn't the case for me.

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

Just time it, it took 4 seconds from the time the match ended to the time I was back at the main menu, whereas it takes 10 seconds to reach the main menu from game launch. Not saying you're not experiencing what you're claiming, but it certainly isn't the case for me.

Of course, slower systems might take longer to boot the game (:
However, being able to skip the slow-as-hell "Win"/"Defeat" animation would work wonders here.

[Nec]

Just lower your consumption of short form media, eventually your attention span and patience will get a bit better.

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Nec:

Just lower your consumption of short form media, eventually your attention span and patience will get a bit better.

TBF... I'm not even using TikTok or any of the other apps of that kind.
When I watch YouTube I mostly watch videos +20 minutes.
Although, in reality that has nothing to do with my patience, really.
I must say, though, I find it a bit strange for you to come into this thread with the assumption that I consume a lot of short form media just because I don't like staring at an animation that serves zero purpose.

It's fine if you like it, however, I don't. I'm simply voicing that opinion. A quick fix would be to make it skippable. It wouldn't even take a programmer 10 minutes to do.
I should know. I do it for a living. My patience is not bad, my problems at work can span months ;)

But when I sitting down to relax and play some game I do enjoy the game itself and the faster I can get into the next one the better.
If I could queue directly from the "Defeat"/"Win" screen the problem with also be solved.

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

First world problem

[Nec]

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

Originally posted by Nec:

Just lower your consumption of short form media, eventually your attention span and patience will get a bit better.

TBF... I'm not even using TikTok or any of the other apps of that kind.
When I watch YouTube I mostly watch videos +20 minutes.
Although, in reality that has nothing to do with my patience, really.
I must say, though, I find it a bit strange for you to come into this thread with the assumption that I consume a lot of short form media just because I don't like staring at an animation that serves zero purpose.

It's fine if you like it, however, I don't. I'm simply voicing that opinion. A quick fix would be to make it skippable. It wouldn't even take a programmer 10 minutes to do.
I should know. I do it for a living. My patience is not bad, my problems at work can span months ;)

But when I sitting down to relax and play some game I do enjoy the game itself and the faster I can get into the next one the better.
If I could queue directly from the "Defeat"/"Win" screen the problem with also be solved.

It was a joke mostly, but I understand why you're offended.

Also there is no way your game boots faster than letting the victory/defeat screen run down.

Connecting to Arena's servers is almost entirely on them, and it takes longer than 2 seconds to do so on average.

[Winter Wolf]

I am with you on the animations slowing the game down in a negative way. I would prefer to have a version of the Arena client with the option to turn off the animations and extra screens. I have suspicions as to why this will never happen.

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Nec:

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

TBF... I'm not even using TikTok or any of the other apps of that kind.
When I watch YouTube I mostly watch videos +20 minutes.
Although, in reality that has nothing to do with my patience, really.
I must say, though, I find it a bit strange for you to come into this thread with the assumption that I consume a lot of short form media just because I don't like staring at an animation that serves zero purpose.

It's fine if you like it, however, I don't. I'm simply voicing that opinion. A quick fix would be to make it skippable. It wouldn't even take a programmer 10 minutes to do.
I should know. I do it for a living. My patience is not bad, my problems at work can span months ;)

But when I sitting down to relax and play some game I do enjoy the game itself and the faster I can get into the next one the better.
If I could queue directly from the "Defeat"/"Win" screen the problem with also be solved.

It was a joke mostly, but I understand why you're offended.

Also there is no way your game boots faster than letting the victory/defeat screen run down.

Connecting to Arena's servers is almost entirely on them, and it takes longer than 2 seconds to do so on average.

I just timed it.
If I alt+F4 the second the game is over I can boot the game in around 8 seconds on average. If I wait for the "Game Over" sequence to finish it takes around 15 seconds on average.
That's 7 seconds more than just booting the game back up.

*These numbers might vary depending on your own system, however, with my system this is the timing. I did not include match queue loading as that can vary depending on how fast a match is found. I began recording the "Game Over" sequence the second the "BOOM" animation starts from the player profile and stopped the timer when I was in the menu.
When doing alt+F4 I started the timer the second I closed the game and stopped it as soon as I hit the menu.

If you do not mind the sequence it's fine, however, I'd rather skip it and get into the next match 7 seconds faster.

For me it's annoying that I can't skip it. It frustrates me that I'm forced to sit there and watch the animation until it's finished playing before I get control back.

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

I am with you on the animations slowing the game down in a negative way. I would prefer to have a version of the Arena client with the option to turn off the animations and extra screens. I have suspicions as to why this will never happen.

I agree. By simply skipping the sequence the ordeal with be solved.
End game wouldn't feel so slow.
What's your suspicion?

[Winter Wolf]

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

I am with you on the animations slowing the game down in a negative way. I would prefer to have a version of the Arena client with the option to turn off the animations and extra screens. I have suspicions as to why this will never happen.

I agree. By simply skipping the sequence the ordeal with be solved.
End game wouldn't feel so slow.
What's your suspicion?

Well there is some backend stuff that happens whenever someone does something on a client and they want that to be consistent with the time it takes (minimally). So I assume they designed the UI/UX with this in mind. My suspicion is simply that they are happy with how it works despite it being inconvenient for the player.

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

I agree. By simply skipping the sequence the ordeal with be solved.
End game wouldn't feel so slow.
What's your suspicion?

Well there is some backend stuff that happens whenever someone does something on a client and they want that to be consistent with the time it takes (minimally). So I assume they designed the UI/UX with this in mind. My suspicion is simply that they are happy with how it works despite it being inconvenient for the player.

There are ways to offload processing behind the scenes while still keeping the UI interactive.
I'm a Software Engineer so I'm very familiar with the inner workings of such systems.
If it's synchronization of data it could defo be done behind the scenes while the client keeps the momentum.

[Winter Wolf]

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Well there is some backend stuff that happens whenever someone does something on a client and they want that to be consistent with the time it takes (minimally). So I assume they designed the UI/UX with this in mind. My suspicion is simply that they are happy with how it works despite it being inconvenient for the player.

There are ways to offload processing behind the scenes while still keeping the UI interactive.
I'm a Software Engineer so I'm very familiar with the inner workings of such systems.
If it's synchronization of data it could defo be done behind the scenes while the client keeps the momentum.

Something you might not remember or be aware of is that WOTC's trackrecord so far has shown that software engineering is not in their typical wheelhouse. :p I am not saying they are bad it but I am also not not saying that. What I mean is, hope for the best, expect the middling.

[Argstein]

Make "This Topic's Deletion" flow quicker

[Oiski Poiski]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Originally posted by Oiski Poiski:

There are ways to offload processing behind the scenes while still keeping the UI interactive.
I'm a Software Engineer so I'm very familiar with the inner workings of such systems.
If it's synchronization of data it could defo be done behind the scenes while the client keeps the momentum.

Something you might not remember or be aware of is that WOTC's trackrecord so far has shown that software engineering is not in their typical wheelhouse. :p I am not saying they are bad it but I am also not not saying that. What I mean is, hope for the best, expect the middling.

Maybe some day it will change.
Sadly a company like WoTC rarely change their ways.