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there's 50K playing the game, wth is wrong with queue times?

notsonew
notsonew Member Posts: 269

i am rank 1 killer and there's 10+ minutes queue times, how does this makes sense????

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  • Steel_Eyed
    Steel_Eyed Member Posts: 4,033

    I’ve noticed the last couple weekends that survivors wake up around noon. Until then, queue times.

  • Peanits
    Peanits Dev Posts: 7,555

    The number of people playing the game does not determine queue times alone. Regions, time of day, rank, and role all play a part in that too. In this case, you might be having long queue times as a red ranked killer because there are a lot of other red ranked killers playing in your area at the time. Or there might just not be a lot of red ranked survivors playing in your area at the time if you're playing in off-peak hours for your region.

  • notsonew
    notsonew Member Posts: 269

    at 22K players i have instant/less than 2 minutes queue times, still makes no sense to me, if there's even more people playing i should get games even quicker, if at 22K i have intsant lobbies, makes no sense i wait 10 minutes with 50K

  • Chickenbrains
    Chickenbrains Member Posts: 23

    My guess is the games you used to find are now being given to rank 15/20 killers who are back for the bloodrush.

  • PrettyFaceKate
    PrettyFaceKate Member Posts: 1,776

    Same here. I tested survivor and it's immediate, but I got paired with green ranks.

  • Peanits
    Peanits Dev Posts: 7,555

    Again, the total concurrent player count is not the only number that matters here. Yes, there's more people playing overall, but that doesn't mean that there's an even distribution of people between the two roles. You need four survivors for each killer (4:1). If there's more killers playing than expected (4:3, for example), then suddenly there's not enough survivors to fill everyone's lobbies. In that case you'll have to wait for other people's matches to finish and for their survivors to requeue before your lobby can fill up.

    Also keep in mind that the concurrent player count is worldwide. There may be a lot of people playing somewhere, but there may not be a lot in your region.

  • C3Tooth
    C3Tooth Member Posts: 8,266

    50k players. Tell there are 10k Killer & 40k Survivor

    Split into 5 difference rank. 2k Killer & 8k Survivor

    Split into 4 region (6h play time a day). 500 Killer & 2000 Survivor

    Even if you & me are in the same time region, doesnt mean you & me play the game at the same time. Should drop the players play at a time to 50%. 250 Killer & 1000 Survivor

    Not so much anymore if MM works exactly as they're intended to be.

  • Ihatelife
    Ihatelife Member Posts: 5,069

    Someone is playing the killer now? ugh

  • Okoru
    Okoru Member Posts: 144

    I'm a rank 3 survivor and have been playing with my friends who are also red rank (1,3) and the queue times have been instantaneous. Although its been quick, a lot of them have been green rank killers. I feel like this is the case just because so many people are playing killer rn for BP. When I queue for killer as a rank 8, the queue times have been 5-15 min everytime.