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Re: Diamond+ Ranked queue times

Longest que I've ever had so far was 2 minutes. I wait way longer on almost any other ranked game. (I no life it so usually top ranks) League is a perfect example I've waited a legit 15 minutes on that before. I live East coast on NYC servers usually insta-pop except super late night 2am+

I also thought ranking was PRETTY open? I get matched with bronze/plat/diamond/gold/silver etc. I'm D3. I get paired with just about anybody honestly cause not a lot of people at the higher tiers.

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Anlbrd
6 years ago
@VisualfEX How long do you queue to get Diamond to populate with players from other ranks?

Only had 1 Diamond friend on to test with on Xbox but we couldn't get a game to pop at all. Queued for somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes.
WHITEyy6969
6 years ago
I dropped a b****** starting ranked so late. I was late to it anyway but thought there wouldn't be any harm as the better players will have levelled up early leaving the lesser skilled players.
Now while you could say that is true it's such a grind to start out with because of all the lesser skilled players. So often you (well I am) paired with sub 30 level players who drop skull town/bunker wherever but get knocked down immediately leaving a 3 on 1 etc. The only real tactic I have when that happens is to go for as many kills as possible to at least get some RP because I know I'll struggle later on being a 1 man team.
I'm finding myself having to send countless friend requests and invites to anyone remotely good I get paired up with to avoid the utter garbage teammates Bronze tier provides.
It shouldn't be long till I pass this phase but I don't see why it was ever like this. Hence the countless threads regarding higher requirements for ranked.