How long do you wait for battlegrounds?

Tasear

I been noticing a lot of complaints about the queue for battlegrounds. So would like to get more insights in the issue from everyone.

roarr

instant

usually almost instant and im disgusted by matchmaking at the same time, very often im 3v4v4 or against premades

jaws343

It's usually right away, and then it is 5-10 minutes of continually hitting accept until the group finally forms.

VaranisArano

A minute or two for the Daily Random Battleground in Below 5 with one or two times before it forms a group. PC/NA

Thestephenmcraeub17_ESO

instant

Never have to wait more than a minute. Hooray for my low MMR!

Mojomonkeyman

30 mins +

SoloQ:
25-30min on my main after 1k+ games, 5-10min on the copy char I grinded with summerset after 200 games by now...

Oreyn_Bearclaw

30 mins +

Solo, not long, typically less than 5 minutes. In my normal 4 man group, 20-30 minutes is about average, and 50/50 its at least one of the same pre-mades we just fought. I am guessing I am the lowest MMR in my 4 man, because I haven't been at them that long, but i can feel the queues getting longer by the day..

ak_pvp

5+ mins plus

5-15 min. I have a super high MMR since I only main 1 char currently, so not many other people to match with, and when I do its mainly premades with other MMR.

And I don't quite know how accurate this is, but I am often on the 3 person teams, whereas both others have 4, maybe it compares MMR only and not the number, but this is a massive disadvantage no matter how good a team is.

The queues also bug, been in 30min+ queues to leave and (comparatively) instantly get a pop.

ChunkyCat

30 mins +

If my queue hit the 5 minute mark, I used to be able to just requeue and get into an instant match. That doesn’t work anymore. At least not for me. I started requeueing every five minutes, with no match invite popping up. Nowadays, I’d say for every hour I’m waiting for a match, I might play 2 matches. If I’m lucky, I’ll get 3 matches in an hour.

I started playing Cyrodiil again in between matches. Made me realize that with the right 4 man group of regulars from BG, we could dominate all of Cyrodiil. Heh. Seriously.

Just running through Cyrodiil, bored outta my mind, I’d run into a small group of enemy players not even caring about dying, only to come out victorious and thinking “how the *** did I just solo those 5 dudes?” Or I’d run into a group of enemy players and obviously die, but not before taking 3-4 of them with me. If I’d had even one of the BG regulars with me, we coulda taken out a whole Zerg.

It was an interesting insight. Heh.

Shanjijri

instant

Usually, I wait a few seconds, but sometimes one or two minutes.

Toc de Malsvi

15 mins+

First que is always longer, the follow up ques if you just que immediately after leaving the BG are usually noticeably shorter.

code65536

instant

It's virtually instant--never had to wait 5 or more minutes. I always queue solo. And since I'm really just farming the random daily reward, my BGs play time is divided between 6 characters. This has probably resulted in a fairly low MMR for me.

Strider__Roshin

15 mins+

I solo queue while doing other content. Such as crafting writs, surveys, fishing, questing, cook food, etc.

Mojomonkeyman

30 mins +

@FENGRUSH really? I watched your stream lately a few times and you don't wait 1h+ on any of your chars.... max is 15 min soloQ for you on your main, almost instant on your other characters.

GroupQ is an entirely different scenario and even then you don't wait that long on your main when being in full group.

Aliyavana

30 mins +

most people don't have high mmrs and don't wait that long

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

@FENGRUSH really? I watched your stream lately a few times and you don't wait 1h+ on any of your chars.... max is 15 min soloQ for you on your main, almost instant on your other characters.

GroupQ is an entirely different scenario and even then you don't wait that long on your main when being in full group.

his mmr for his new chars are low, mmr is character based. on his main character it is long. I get 20 minute solo ques

Asmael

30 mins +

30mn+ is extremely common during soloQ. Haven't tried groupQ all that much this patch, but that ranges anywhere from 30mn to over 1h (or until we just get bored of waiting and go to sleep).

Fake Remedy

30 mins +

Coming from someone who only plays one character in battlegrounds and used to log in solely for that. Queues are are around the 15-30 minute mark solo, 30 minutes + Duo (both plagued with 3v4v4) & full group, not a chance.

Defo head over to the BATTLEGROUNDS & DUELING for more insight into the monitored and adjustable competitive battleground queues.

Mojomonkeyman

30 mins +

Aliyavana wrote: »

most people don't have high mmrs and don't wait that long

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

@FENGRUSH really? I watched your stream lately a few times and you don't wait 1h+ on any of your chars.... max is 15 min soloQ for you on your main, almost instant on your other characters.

GroupQ is an entirely different scenario and even then you don't wait that long on your main when being in full group.

his mmr for his new chars are low, mmr is character based. on his main character it is long. I get 20 minute solo ques

Dude, I'm one of the highest MMR players on PC EU. Whenever I watch his stream, his longest waiting times on his highest MMR char is 10-15min soloQ, so I don't understand where he is pulling the 1h+ from? I'd be happy to be corrected and linked to one of his streams where he is waiting for 1h+ regularly on his main soloQ.

You even quoted me saying this - the "you" in the quote was specifically aimed at him, not me saying its impossible to have such waiting times - it's just that to my knowledge he doesn't suffer such waiting times.

Francorider

For the queue to pop? A few seconds. To actually be able to enter a damn battleground? 15+ minutes.

Skoomah

15 mins+

ChunkyCat wrote: »

If my queue hit the 5 minute mark, I used to be able to just requeue and get into an instant match. That doesn’t work anymore. At least not for me. I started requeueing every five minutes, with no match invite popping up. Nowadays, I’d say for every hour I’m waiting for a match, I might play 2 matches. If I’m lucky, I’ll get 3 matches in an hour.

I started playing Cyrodiil again in between matches. Made me realize that with the right 4 man group of regulars from BG, we could dominate all of Cyrodiil. Heh. Seriously.

Just running through Cyrodiil, bored outta my mind, I’d run into a small group of enemy players not even caring about dying, only to come out victorious and thinking “how the *** did I just solo those 5 dudes?” Or I’d run into a group of enemy players and obviously die, but not before taking 3-4 of them with me. If I’d had even one of the BG regulars with me, we coulda taken out a whole Zerg.

It was an interesting insight. Heh.

Chunky Cat is indeed a bad a$$.

zTrok

instant

Longest que I've ever had was 10 minutes

Maura_Neysa

instant

Nearly instant que, Also never finished a match, gave up after 3 penalty time outs. The severs are NOT fixed.

jkolb2030

15 mins+

It's been about a 10 min wait for the queue to pop, and then an additional 10mins hitting accept.

Not sure if its because of a buggy queue system still, or if people genuinely miss queues because of how long they sit in them and go AFK or something.

NupidStoob

5+ mins plus

Toc de Malsvi wrote: »

First que is always longer, the follow up ques if you just que immediately after leaving the BG are usually noticeably shorter.

Well yeah since the other people on your mmr requeue too then. The higher the mmr is the less groups are playing at that time. Best would prolly be for high mmr people to add each other and coordinate queueing a little.

Raammzzaa

instant

I only just started playing BGs. Went in since I wanted the achievement to get the SMK title and had a blast! My que pops almost instantly, but I’m alone and have only done less than ten.

Lykanus

instant

Getting in really fast. Longest time i'd have to wait is about 3-5mins, but most times its nearly instant. Just heard the higher MMR are having problems with long waiting times...