Arena VS Hard mode AI

[FluffyRuff]

I shouldn't have to be in a 8min+ queue for a bot game LOL.

Like in smite 1, just give me the option to play with bots (like you usually are when you play this game mode now) so i can just get right into playing.

[Murderdoll]

I have been unable to find a game since hard mode came on... Usually after 10mins I give up. I just want a quick pick up and play but not even against a full team of bots is happening.

[HEX: SOLO QUEUE]

Originally posted by FluffyRuff:

I shouldn't have to be in a 8min+ queue for a bot game LOL.

Like in smite 1, just give me the option to play with bots (like you usually are when you play this game mode now) so i can just get right into playing.

Yea, I was curious yesterday and queued for one of these. I just logged out at 3 minutes. It's not worth the time.

[Wolf ♫]

Originally posted by FluffyRuff:

I shouldn't have to be in a 8min+ queue for a bot game LOL.

Like in smite 1, just give me the option to play with bots (like you usually are when you play this game mode now) so i can just get right into playing.

Originally posted by Murderdoll:

I have been unable to find a game since hard mode came on... Usually after 10mins I give up. I just want a quick pick up and play but not even against a full team of bots is happening.

Originally posted by HEX: SOLO QUEUE:

Originally posted by FluffyRuff:

I shouldn't have to be in a 8min+ queue for a bot game LOL.

Like in smite 1, just give me the option to play with bots (like you usually are when you play this game mode now) so i can just get right into playing.

Yea, I was curious yesterday and queued for one of these. I just logged out at 3 minutes. It's not worth the time.

Where do you guys live? I haven't noticed queue's for this long. Maybe it has something to do with your region/internet provider?

[Murderdoll]

I am based in Europe.

[Wolf ♫]

Originally posted by Murderdoll:

I am based in Europe.

Well, I know the matchmaking has been a bit rough but I usually tend to get a match in between 2 to 5 minutes. If I don't get a match I re-queue and that usually fixes it.

[HEX: SOLO QUEUE]

Originally posted by Wolf ♫:

Where do you guys live? I haven't noticed queue's for this long. Maybe it has something to do with your region/internet provider?

I'm on the NA East Coast server playing prime time EST (like 6 PM). It's definitely not my connection (my background is IT and I work from home exclusively). Regular Arena matches are like ~2 minutes. It's making people wait for more than one person to queue for a BOT MATCH.

The population is not big enough for all these separate instances - especially not for making people wait to play against bots. I get they don't want to do those client side because cheaters but ... they would be instant like Practice Mode is, without using server resources if that's the concern.

[Burma Jones]

NA here, same issue. Regular games sure, you need players in them. But bot games? Just add bots to fill the gaps. I assume when they added the new difficulties they forgot to change from default "queue settings," e.g. whatever mm rules are on people games or normal conquest etc.

Just like for a week they didn't allow parties to queue up AI matches, I would bet someone simply forgot to make a simple tweak or change before release. Considering all the layoffs they've done I assume it's hard for the downsized staff to test and catch these things before it goes live.

[projectmayhem]

NA here as well, eastern time. I've tried hard mode que three times and each time was 10+ mins and then I left que.

[Krush]

I dunno... I mean honestly how many people do you expect to be queuing for Hard mode bots? lol I agree they should let you just play with other bots on your team so it gives new people a chance to practice without ruining real matches for others.

[nakama7777]

You are 100% right, Worst case, just queue with ai vs ai.

[HEX: SOLO QUEUE]

Originally posted by Krush:

I dunno... I mean honestly how many people do you expect to be queuing for Hard mode bots? lol I agree they should let you just play with other bots on your team so it gives new people a chance to practice without ruining real matches for others.

Yes, it pretty much negates the point of them existing.