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Takes forever to start a match

Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

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  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    ...detered me from playing them. is everyone else experincing this issue?

  • Peasant
    Peasant Member Posts: 4,104
    This time delay is perfectly normal, the wait times depend on several factors. 

    1.) Number of other killers hosting lobbies.

    2.) Number of survivors at your rank online.

    3.) Number of survivors online.

    I believe that the peak time for players is somewhere around eleven o'clock A.M. to one o'clock P.M. , but don't quote me on that.
  • pauloandrade22
    pauloandrade22 Member Posts: 697

    The match maker has a chance of buggin itself out. if you get long waiting times try to restart either the lobby or the game itself.

  • hill_o
    hill_o Member Posts: 56

    The match maker has issues, like other people have said. Also the ranking system is extra wonky lately, so it seems like it's pretty easy for survivors to climb out of the low level ranks which means as a new killer you probably have more competition to get matches? That would be my guess, anyway.

  • Master
    Master Member Posts: 10,200

    @RainbowPatooie said:
    Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

    What rank are you?

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    @Master said:

    @RainbowPatooie said:
    Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

    What rank are you?

    I think I was rank 17 when I made this post?

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    @Master said:

    @RainbowPatooie said:
    Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

    What rank are you?

    I think I was rank 17 when I made this post.

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    On a sidenote, I've had no problems with queuing as killer since the event started.

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    @Master said:

    @RainbowPatooie said:
    Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

    What rank are you?

    I think I was rank 17 when I made this post?

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    @Master said:

    @RainbowPatooie said:
    Somewhat new player here. I've noticed it takes 10-15 minutes to start a match as killer (as in waiting for survivors to join my lobby). This has deter

    What rank are you?

    I think I was rank 17 when I made this post.

  • RainbowPatooie
    RainbowPatooie Member Posts: 322

    On a sidenote, I've had no problems with queuing as killer since the event started.