Play While you wait beta expanded pass 2v8.
With the most recent induction of 2v8, a new beta feature was introduced with it, "Play While You Wait" or in this instance i will use PWYW to shorten it up a bit. I am here to list my reasoning for why PWYW to be expanded in the base game mode.
On the release of the PWYW beta we had unexpected server issues but those were fixed, nor can I say that issue was the result of the beta or something else.
Another unexpected result of the PWYW beta is that the que times for killer have increased. Averaging from 10-15 minutes to 18-24 minutes. The result of this could be explained by possible stats that i can not see from the movement of amount of players queing for 2v8 killer than before.
Now after listing to two downsides of this is to list the boons.
1st, so far the beta seems to be working as intended with no impactful issues or bugs, which is great.
While the que times may be longer, it isnt as noticed because you are actively doing something in the inbetween time, which is great for everyone but really good for content creators/streamers since having large wait times in-between matches hurts their ability to provide content, which this can happen even in the base game mode depending on the time of day, day of the week, mmr, and what side they are playing on. For example on Saturday nights it common for more ppl to be home playing with their friends, thus survivor ques in the base game become longer do to the influx of survivors playing. Thus making me think that PWYW would be great for ppl experiencing the longer ques time due to the reasons listed prior.
But how and when to make PWYW an option?
Well in regards to when, with the PWYW beta another lesser mentioned feature added is the estimated que time which is great and be used as guide line for when PWYW to become active. Say if its 3 minutes or greater then I could become active.
Okay, while now active what should it do? Since 3 minutes is too short for an match, how about sending ppl to customs. Their they can teach, explain, explore, 1v1, and practice. Friends being able to 1v1 inbetween matches would be great. Or a killer main streaming waiting for a match and open up a custom and play their viewers.
Just make it so the players will be notified or pulled from the custom in to the lobby they que'ed for.