[Arena mode] Thank you for fixing matchmaking

[Ba3henov]

We appreciate the developers for listening to the community and fixing arena's matchmaking. Making sure every player is ready before the game starts will save us a lot of headaches.
I'm not too happy it took almost half a decade to implement this change, but it's better late than never. I finally be renewing my subscription to show my support.

[FSKFSK]

Really? I hate the new change. I loved the fact that, in Arena, people were penalized for AFKing while in queue. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to start several games and failing because someone is AFK.

It also no longer shows your opponents' arena rating. However, you can always click on their profile after the game starts, which makes it kind of pointless.

[Ba3henov]

But isn't it significantly more time consuming to have to sit through the entire timer to expel an afk player?

[FrankJones]

Really? I hate the new change. I loved the fact that, in Arena, people were penalized for AFKing while in queue. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to start several games and failing because someone is AFK.

It also no longer shows your opponents' arena rating. However, you can always click on their profile after the game starts, which makes it kind of pointless.

Some games take a VERY long time for the arena game to start. It's a bit iffy to expect a player to sit there staring at the computer screen for a long time waiting for an opponent to join. But, before this change, that was necessary, because multi-tasking with a new browser window would mean the game could start without notice and result in a forfeit.

[Lemuriano]

I'd also like to thank to BGA. This has been a huge problem for me in past versions. It's definitely fun to play this way. It's incredibly frustrating to wait an hour for a game, then go to another tab and have the game start without warning.

Thanks!