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Anonymous
10 years ago

Matchmaking - Cannot find other players (PC)

My brother and I are both playing on PC.

Starting after that last patch, we are having a terrible time finding a lobby to play in. The last 2-3 times we tried, regardless of what Region we chose or what game mode we chose, it would stick us in a lobby with both of us on a team, and no other players. We'd try to be patient and see if anyone would join, but it was a rarity to see anyone else come in. Or we might find a lobby and it ends up being us 2 vs 1 other player. But most of the time, it sticks us in an empty lobby.

We found that the only way we could find a lobby with other players was choosing "mixed-mode", which isn't preferred, but we played it anyway.

Sometimes we get lucky and can find a 5v5 or 6v6 lobby, but it's become extremely rare to find a full lobby. And then immediately after the round, players leave when the game mode changes and we are left with lobbies like this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdaAN7sUMAAyJEy.jpg.

Takes a LONG time to finish a Vanquish/Vanquish-Confirmed matches when playing 3v2.

We have no issues playing any other games and finding players. Ports are open. DNS has been flushed.

Any ideas?

16 Replies

  • There is actually a problem with this lately. The game is not dead. I, playing on European servers in the morning, sometimes encounter problems finding players. In event portals you can always find players, but playing in normal multiplayer on some modes, e.g. gnomobomb.
    there are no players. It may be that no one is playing in this mode but a few months ago you could find a full lobby in all modes.

    Maybe it's the fault that people are already switching to the newer version of the game, Battle for Neighborville, and are playing less and less in GW1 and GW2.

  • I am having this exact same issue in 2021! Whenever I go into the multiplayer portal, no matter what game mode I choose, it sends me to the same map with no other players except for me. I have requested a chat with the staff at EA and a kind worker named Suchet is helping me solve the problem.

  • sean43214's avatar
    sean43214
    3 years ago

    yeah, it's not working for me either, AND IM IN 2022!

  • well, it's march 2023 now. I wasn't having a problem at first since I was getting into full lobbies in mixed mode then one day I couldn't find a match no matter how many times I tried. I tried looking to see if anyone else had the same problem and it turns out a lot of people can't get into a match even though it was fine just a while ago. I might just start a new account on steam but idk if I should.

  • WOOOO 9 year long issue! Except i just cant get into any lobby in any region.

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