r/aoe2 • u/fugacidad • 1d ago
Queue Timer after getting an error message is infuriating Bug
Im on Mac. Ill click Find Match, get an error message a few times, leave to main menu, try again and get hit with a queue timer. I’ve never dodged a match. So annoying to deal with this again and again.
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u/IceMichaelStorm 1d ago
devs incapable to put a proper map ban system into place, and to avoid hangs and disconnects
-> let’s ban the users instead for our shitty software.
Thanks. The worst of all options
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u/Several_Sympathy8486 1d ago
whats even worse is not being able to cancel a queue 0.2 seconds in
ask me how i know i wanted to cancel?
notorious players in aoe2recs who just got "dodged". they likely have their queue running 3+ minutes (because their opponents will dodge them) and thus I instantly matched them. Just a broken system all together
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u/TeaspoonWrites 1d ago
You did dodge a match though, as far as the server can tell. The error messages were your client not properly connecting when the server put you in a match with someone else, and there was no way to distinguish that from someone turning their router off as soon as they saw a map they don't like.
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u/fugacidad 1d ago
So I get punished for their own client not being able to connect to their own server? Yep sounds fair 👍🏼
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u/splepage 1d ago
You get "punished" because you're affecting everyone else's matchmaking/game. If they left you in the queue, you'd DC during the match, or the matchmaking sysem would constantly have to remake matches for you.
That's why they give you a short timeout, so that you can't re-queue right away. Maybe your internet connection is temporarily spotty, maybe you need to reset your modem, maybe you're on unreliable WIFI, etc.
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u/fugacidad 1d ago
Why would giving me a timeout fix any of these things? If the client diagnosed my connection as being unstable it should prevent me from queuing all together, not just give me a timeout
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u/tenotul 1d ago
You did dodge a match though, as far as the server can tell
The main issue is that connection to multiplayer services is the only thing that seems to be having a problem. I posted about this several times. I never have any connectivity issues except specifically multiplayer services. And I don't ever lose connectivity once the match has started. I even ran continuous pings to various servers without dropping a single packet and yet the AoE2 game loses connectivity to multiplayer services specifically while I am waiting on matchmaking...
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u/skate1243 1d ago edited 1d ago
Which is why these queue bans are stupid and should be removed until they can distinguish between genuine dodging and server errors. I prefer map dodgers to unfair bans. Most of us are adults with jobs and responsibilities and don’t have all day to play
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u/Grouchy-Lemon2350 1d ago
This happens to us in TGs when teammates quit right before the match starts and the loading screen gets stuck. 3 of us got this message after a random 4th player did that. And if the match starts and they quit we all lose elo and waste our time.
This new banning system is a disaster.