State of EASHL / WoC
With the removal of search settings, “queue dodging” is becoming a widespread issue. Player goalies are being forced into unfair matchups against AI, and lag in some games is completely out of contro...
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Not a community manager but I'm 90% sure this is because queue times would suffer significantly if they didn't do this for the early access week. When the full release happens tomorrow, the feature will come back. (Don't quote me but I think this happened in the early access week in 24 as well)
It was the same last year (enabled on official launch) but the community manager at least recognized it as something they were looking into when it blew up on the forms for 24 early access. The silence this year is weird.
When EA is silent on things it usually means they know it's going to be a wildly unpopular move.
