Board Game Arena

I understand why it might seem like there's less waiting time because there's less time in queue, but if I show up looking to play a game at 8:15 that doesn't start until 8:20 then I'm still waiting 5 minutes. I'm just not in the queue while waiting (this has the added negative of not being able to focus on doing something else during that time lest you miss the timing). As mentioned by others it feels like a double whammy if you're the odd one out and have to wait another 10-20 minutes for the next group. I would at least like to be able to queue up for a game before the next minute mark and just be notified if I was paired. I know this risks people going afk and not being ready at the right time, but that's what the "accept" button is for right?

Overall, I don't mind having to wait a couple of extra minutes for a good match as long as I feel free to do other stuff in that period.

Well looks like I missed my chance to play Tzolk'in, maybe I'll be back in an hour but probably not

The whole Arena mode was a very nice surprise, nevertheless this last change made me to want to play less, the waiting times are dreadful.

What i see is that the colluder still number 1 in 7 wonders, if to get number 1 one can collude, this mode is pointless. Until it's proposed a method to deal with colluders and colluders are removed from arena, this mode is pointless.

Now that we can't chose our own settings in Arena, can anyone enlighten me as to what the fixed settings for Arena turn-based games are? In particular, Yahtzee. Specifically moves per day. Could not find this mentioned anywhere.

Thanks.

sprockitz wrote: ↑07 February 2020, 00:33 the turn based arena matches are all showing up as real time and screwing up everything...I can't step through the games like in turn based mode so I have to open every single game just to see if it is my turn! This is a huge pain to the point of making them unplayable.

Same problem, with only 4 tables it's already a pain.

vraiment l'attente est difficilement supportable pour un jeu comme can't stop. (plus longue que le jeu !)
je n'y joue presque plus alors que j'enchaînais les parties.
dommage.

et en plus on vient de me refuser l'accès parce que le nombre était impair !
résultat : 10' d'attente supplémentaire (10' !!!)
j'arrête.

...again second time tonight not enough players for 6 nimmt (4 out of five) and now we have to wait 20 minutes. If a fifth player turned up anytime within the next 20 minutes - under the old system, we could play, but now we have to wait 20 minutes - and inevitably someone will leave before the next session so ensuring in 20 minutes we can't play. Again!

PLEASE revert to the old system without designated start times.

Rc

It seems like the old system was loved by many people it wasn't acutally intended for at first. If you want to play without scheduled waiting, just play simple mode. If you wanted to play competetively (to me that means against equal skill level), then I think we have to accept the waiting.

Simple mode is still there (like always), if you JUST want to play, then play. Yes I know you want to play competetively without waiting but I don't think that worked so well.