Has anyone been getting lots of empty servers lately in US west?

[Jerry San]

The last week I have been in like runs of empty servers which has never happened before. at a normal evening time at 8-10 I will be having normal full lobbies and then a run of three empty lobbies back to back, which leads to me quitting out of boredom. Is anyone else having this issue?

[Ash Princess]

yeah, the player growth is from China and Australia and Europe while US West is shrinking.

[Oobaneko]

They all playing on EU, according to lags on EU.

[Duncan.Idaho]

No, I only get empty games when I play around 5am. Things are busy by 9AM and that carries through the day until the early hours of the morning once more.

[Bill Waggoner]

Matchmaker bugs out. Do not let the matchmaker searchbar reach 100%. Cancel it at 90%, restart your queue and you will immediately get a full game, unless you want to farm, in which case let it go to 100% and you will most likely be in there solo/with your team only.

No idea what causes the bugout, but it happens every so often.

[Duncan.Idaho]

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

Cancel it at 90%

The Developers issued a notice that you should not do this. They system is designed to progress to the end. And it is no indicator that your match will not have players in it.

I can confirm this. I get plenty of good games while letting the match making timer run to the end of 5 minutes. (happens in the early morn)


Its mostly luck in a low pop environment you cannot influence it by interrupting the match maker.

[geordiebroon58]

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

Cancel it at 90%

The Developers issued a notice that you should not do this. They system is designed to progress to the end. And it is no indicator that your match will not have players in it.

I can confirm this. I get plenty of good games while letting the match making timer run to the end of 5 minutes. (happens in the early morn)


Its mostly luck in a low pop environment you cannot influence it by interrupting the match maker.

there should be a mark to the players if they want to allow early start or not then people wouldnt cancel at 90%

the issue is no one is botherd even when its only half full as there is nothing going on and most people actually want the active side of matches not just to camp

[Duncan.Idaho]

Originally posted by stetheboro:

If it does there is a high chance the round will be empty.

Not really, the Developers clearly stated this is not how their system works.

And I can confirm it.
Its become a joke now among us. When the timer gets to the end, we sometimes make the remark that "we REALLY should leave! the match! they told us it will be empty!....."

Then we get in, and there is players, and we have a good match...

[EmperorC3]

Yes, I've also had this issue on US West with my 5 star buddies. My 3 star buddies had no issues. My guess is limited player counts at that mmr? Idk. It was 7pm, so not a super weird time.

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

Cancel it at 90%

The Developers issued a notice that you should not do this. They system is designed to progress to the end. And it is no indicator that your match will not have players in it.

I can confirm this. I get plenty of good games while letting the match making timer run to the end of 5 minutes. (happens in the early morn)


Its mostly luck in a low pop environment you cannot influence it by interrupting the match maker.

I let the bar get to 100% three times in a row and every game was an empty lobby. I have screenshots if its hard to believe.

[Duncan.Idaho]

Originally posted by EmperorC3:

Yes, I've also had this issue on US West with my 5 star buddies. My 3 star buddies had no issues. My guess is limited player counts at that mmr? Idk. It was 7pm, so not a super weird time.

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

The Developers issued a notice that you should not do this. They system is designed to progress to the end. And it is no indicator that your match will not have players in it.

I can confirm this. I get plenty of good games while letting the match making timer run to the end of 5 minutes. (happens in the early morn)


Its mostly luck in a low pop environment you cannot influence it by interrupting the match maker.

I let the bar get to 100% three times in a row and every game was an empty lobby. I have screenshots if its hard to believe.

You can go listen to the Devs say it in a live stream if its hard to believe.

[Anderaz]

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by EmperorC3:

Yes, I've also had this issue on US West with my 5 star buddies. My 3 star buddies had no issues. My guess is limited player counts at that mmr? Idk. It was 7pm, so not a super weird time.


I let the bar get to 100% three times in a row and every game was an empty lobby. I have screenshots if its hard to believe.

You can go listen to the Devs say it in a live stream if its hard to believe.

For Duncan, the devs seem to be some kind of Authority. Wouldn't wanna write what they are to most of us, I guess

[EmperorC3]

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by EmperorC3:

Yes, I've also had this issue on US West with my 5 star buddies. My 3 star buddies had no issues. My guess is limited player counts at that mmr? Idk. It was 7pm, so not a super weird time.


I let the bar get to 100% three times in a row and every game was an empty lobby. I have screenshots if its hard to believe.

You can go listen to the Devs say it in a live stream if its hard to believe.

I don't think you ever addressed the issue with the empty lobbies after letting the bar get full.

[Duncan.Idaho]

Originally posted by EmperorC3:

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

You can go listen to the Devs say it in a live stream if its hard to believe.

I don't think you ever addressed the issue with the empty lobbies after letting the bar get full.

I didn't think it needed to be said... If there is no one to play with, there is no one to play with. And nothing is going to change it. Then there is bad luck, might be a full match, but you are the odd one out.
Take this morning as an example. here it is nearly 11am and the servers on the west coast are still low pop and some matches are empty. Normally it would be hopping by now.

TLDR some days are slow.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by stetheboro:

If it does there is a high chance the round will be empty.

Not really, the Developers clearly stated this is not how their system works.

And I can confirm it.
Its become a joke now among us. When the timer gets to the end, we sometimes make the remark that "we REALLY should leave! the match! they told us it will be empty!....."

Then we get in, and there is players, and we have a good match...

YOu need to learn how to evaluate things yourself instead of always taking the words of strangers.

We all experienced first hand the increased odds of an empty lobby when the timer is maxed.

Stop being such a dense tool.

[Duncan.Idaho]

Originally posted by prototype81:

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Not really, the Developers clearly stated this is not how their system works.

And I can confirm it.
Its become a joke now among us. When the timer gets to the end, we sometimes make the remark that "we REALLY should leave! the match! they told us it will be empty!....."

Then we get in, and there is players, and we have a good match...

YOu need to learn how to evaluate things yourself instead of always taking the words of strangers.

We all experienced first hand the increased odds of an empty lobby when the timer is maxed.

Stop being such a dense tool.

I have indeed evaluated things.
What the develpers say, lines up with what I experience.
Why should I doubt the veracity of what they say?
And that is not even bringing into it that they built the system.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by Duncan.Idaho:

Originally posted by prototype81:

YOu need to learn how to evaluate things yourself instead of always taking the words of strangers.

We all experienced first hand the increased odds of an empty lobby when the timer is maxed.

Stop being such a dense tool.

I have indeed evaluated things.
What the develpers say, lines up with what I experience.
Why should I doubt the veracity of what they say?
And that is not even bringing into it that they built the system.

interesting. Wheres that link from the devs saying that maxing the queue timer does not increase the odds of being in an empty game. It obviously does. I mean thats the whole function of the system. In this game and ALL matchmaking games.