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SkySweptRainbow
Seasoned Rookie
1 year ago
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GW1 Can't connect to any lobbies

Since today (21/11/24) the GW1 servers have begun acting strange and not allowing people to matchmake properly. On PC there is still a playerbase and typically you can find lobbies on Gardens and Graveyards. Now, when searching for a lobby, the game tells you that "There are no available matches meeting your criteria. Please try again later." This is not just an individual occurrence, as many of my friends are also experiencing the same thing.

Continuing to search for a lobby can eventually throw you into an empty one on Cactus Canyon, but this takes time (you have to retry dozens of times) and no one joins. You can invite people on your friends list successfully though so you can still play with friends... kinda. Even if you do get a lobby going, the game is very laggy, almost unplayably laggy.

This is clearly the result of serverside issues, and the community would greatly appreciate a fix for this. There have been matches fought daily for months, even years, and it would be very sad for us to lose this game we adore. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

There is another post that I think references this same error from December last year, but it's marked as resolved? Idk if this is caused by the same issue or if it's something else.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-Plants-vs-Zombies-Games/Issue-Resolved-PvZ-Garden-Warfare-1-Matchmaking-Failed-Error/td-p/13306184

  • EA_Cath's avatar
    EA_Cath
    1 year ago
    Hey everyone, is everything back working for you? The teams expect the issue to be fixed now!

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  • @SkySweptRainbow @EA_Shepard Yes. I have been having the same issue on Xbox Series X since 11/23/2024. This is definitely an issue because it was never a problem to find a full lobby in the Gardens and Graveyards, Team Vanquish or Mixed modes no matter what day or the time of day. I have been playing full lobbies with no issues everyday until today (11/23/2024). Please fix this EA, this game is very important to many people. I've been playing since launch in 2014. Thank you very much.
  • @SkySweptRainbow As a Playstation player who tested this on both consoles (PS4/PS5), i can confidently say lobbies do not work in EU servers at all. please fix this as im trying to play this great game!
  • I have had the same issue on EU PC as well. Either I get an error about not having a game with my search criteria or I get put into an empty Cactus Canyon lobby

  • proonion201's avatar
    proonion201
    Seasoned Novice
    1 year ago

    I’m an Xbox One player too, and i also do have problems queuing up on lobbies in Gw1. It throws the same errors: “Your match doesn’t meet the current Criteria, please try again” Or “Unable to connect to a session, please check your connection and try again.” Everyone on my friends list is experiencing the problem. We need to spread the word so that EA could do anything. That’s the only option we have.

  • Same thing is happening to me today (EU servers on PC)

  • SkySweptRainbow's avatar
    SkySweptRainbow
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 year ago

    Can confirm that American GW1 servers are still active with matches being held on Gardens and Graveyards.

  • I'm on Xbox & still find full lobbies every day. Matchmaking has been off in GW for over 24 hours. GW2 (which also still has plenty of players) matchmaking isn't working properly either in my region Europe, but I have been able to join American games with full lobbies & without any problems. I don't know if the two games are suffering the exact same issue? Unfortunately you can't select region for GW1 so this can't be used as a temporary workaround to play.
    Would appreciate EA investigating & fixing whatever server issues are going on for both games

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