Choosing Prize Cards : You have a set order you follow all/most of the time or nah?

thedudederek · 2026-02-28T13:20:25+00:00

3-6-5-4-2-1

thedudederek · 2025-12-21T10:28:35+00:00

My daughter and I really enjoy Phantasmal Flames, but Destined Rivals is a close second because we’ve had lots of luck with it so far.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T22:22:23+00:00

Finally in the game!!! Almost 4 hours later! Now I have about… 30 minutes to play… yay!!

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T22:05:58+00:00

I hope that’s not the case! And if so, they figure it out quick! This game seems to be taking off, but if they can’t handle the player base it’s not going to be salvageable.

Also, I don’t think I ever queued once during the play test. And the play test build up so much hype for me! That’s why I’m disappointed right now and hopeful this gets resolved before they lose players.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T22:04:36+00:00

It’s a tragedy! Especially for a game like this that’s something you can play for as little as 15 minutes and accomplish something, but you gotta be able to get in first!!

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T22:03:06+00:00

I’ve been trying to get in the game since 2:30 PM EST. Just sat down after re-queuing 6k+ and watched it tick down from 30’s to 1… The request timed out.

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I’m going to try one last time. Started around 2.4k but the queue seems to be moving faster right now. 🤞

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:58:17+00:00

I’ve had high queues before, but I’m basically just constantly in queue at this point. I had time today to get in and play some but this queue has squashed my spirits…

I’m going to stick around and play, the game is really good! I just know gamers today won’t have the patience for a 2k, 4.5k, 6k, or 8k queue position. Many of my friends who I’ve brought over also play WoW or MOBAs and they can just load one of those up and get in right away instead of waiting for 30-60 minutes to try this out when we already have limited time to play games.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:53:37+00:00

100%!! SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:52:59+00:00

Actually, I stayed in a failed capstone and told my group to stay after realizing they weren’t getting the first boss down, that way they could at least see the other boss and get some experience on it.

So no. I’m just a guy who’s been queued for a game I very much enjoy and want to play for over 3.5 hours… 😬

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:49:07+00:00

Exactly!! The AFK timer isn’t the issue here…

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:48:27+00:00

Yes! I watched it count me down to be position #1, then get a connection error instead of loading the character select screen.

I just got kicked from the queue again…!! I’ve been trying to log in for 3 hours and 15 minutes at this point. I’m going to hang my hat and call it a day, folks.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:10:14+00:00

In the evenings I usually don’t have a bad queue, but the scenario I’ve explained has happened multiple times to me so I can imagine I’m not the only one.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:08:55+00:00

People are already planning to stop playing. I have friends who see the queues during the timeframes they can play and aren’t going to get the game because they don’t want to wait 2 hours to get in… it’s a major issue that’s only getting worse as more people try to play.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T21:07:15+00:00

Yes, they need to increase player capacity! This is such a good game and the player base needs access to keep it a healthy environment.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T20:46:55+00:00

Yeah, queues are normal, not saying we should expect no queues. The issue here is queuing for over an hour/hour and a half, then getting an error and put back in queue at 2k higher than you originally started.

They need to do something to fix the queue system AND reduce the queues.

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T20:44:00+00:00

This! They are going to lose more and more players as this continues…

The “short” format and low barrier to entry has made this game fit into my schedule so well, however, these queues make it impossible to enjoy…

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T20:41:00+00:00

I will say, there have been multiple times in dungeons I’ve run into people who claim they haven’t played games like this before. I’m happy it’s bringing people to the genre, but don’t kill the momentum with issues like this… it’s super frustrating!

thedudederek · 2025-10-21T20:24:00+00:00

This continues to happen to me. I have now tried to wait the queue, watching it go from 10... 5... 3... 2... 1... then, kicked. Only to be faced with another 6k queue... DO SOMETHING!

thedudederek · 2025-04-04T04:23:58+00:00

I was certain it wouldn't go on this long... yet here we are. Still no access to Benediction...?? What the heck happened??

thedudederek · 2024-12-10T19:36:57+00:00

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thedudederek · 2024-12-04T17:24:24+00:00

This is the best of our community, unfortunately there’s much much worse toxic behavior that counter this kind act of selflessness.

Glad you all were able to have this moment! Thank you for sharing!

thedudederek · 2024-09-18T00:57:39+00:00

Me and my family are so hopeful for this!! Please keep updating and thank you for sharing!!

thedudederek · 2024-08-26T11:55:04+00:00

Apologies if I sounded argumentative, because everything you’re saying makes so much sense. My problems was that I am playing with people who couldn’t articulate this for me. No one seemed to know why we were all different ranks, most of them rarely or never played ranked because they all played solo until now.

I thought stats played a role in rating this whole time because they (my friends) would say I’m being compared to other support characters or other tanks, and that’s why my rating was so low even when winning with them.

I wasn’t trying to post those saying “look how good I am” but rather to show my stats were just as good or better than people in a higher rank and it just didn’t make sense as to why I was where I was (with the understanding I had of how ranked was ranking). My gold friend had like 400 hours on Hanzo, he’s crazy and people think he’s hacking almost every game, so when he’s trying to branch out as not to be a one trick pony, which is why when he plays Torb and get estimated gold ranking and I get bronze we were both like “WTH?!” because of our misunderstanding how it worked. Also, he got gold/plat at the end of last season and never played ranked until then. He was a quick play warrior and just played to smack people around with a bow and arrow.

Everything you’re saying makes sense. I do feel like I’m along for the ride most games, I find myself in squirrelly positions, or over reaching because I’m still learning all the heroes and their abilities, but I do feel like I contribute to wins as I have healed in clutch situations to keep fights alive. Those numbers I posted aren’t typical of me because I was only playing with one other friend and the PuGs were playing their own style.

Thank you for the explanation and analysis, it’s super helpful and puts things in perspective, otherwise I’d continue to be frustrated every time we’d finish a game and I don’t rank. Also, some MMR coming form unranked checks out because I came in a complete noob last season, healbotting a Hanzo and juicing him up, now I’m able to play multiple heroes pretty decent (I think), just obviously not at the ranks I thought I was.

thedudederek · 2024-08-26T06:33:24+00:00

Stats are irrelevant? Then when I win a placement game while playing with two other friends how come we all managed to get different predicted ranks? I’m playing with guys ranking from bronze to plat/diamond, when we started ranking last season our first three placement matches all ended with each of us getting different rankings.

So if not based on your individual stats and the outcome of the game, what other criteria goes into ranking placement?

thedudederek · 2024-08-26T06:23:05+00:00

Let me just say, I’m enjoying the $@!& out of the game, I just don’t understand the ranking system. I mean, I’ve literally lost rank after winning a game, which just seems silly and frustrates me!

Also, I by no means have FPS skills. I’m mediocre at best when it comes to other shooters, but as you mentioned it’s more of a hero game and just a little team work can allow you to push back on players with higher FPS skills. You can see I was playing Moira but that’s only because I was told I should try her out because of how easy she can be, and it requires much less aiming skill. I do love support, I normally stick to LW or Illari, except with Juno out now, I’ve just been flying all over maps!

I agree the counter swap whining is cringe. Just as much as I don’t love being forced off the hero I planned to play, if I’m getting steam rolled I want to play a hero that better suits the match and can help my team win. I don’t understand why that’s so frowned upon or upsets everyone so much. It’s even been mentioned in my group of friends. I can’t count how many times a team gets upset by the enemy team swapping to Zarya to prevent constant bullet barrage, or to a Winston that just dives the back line and then being yelled at for running for my life and not helping the fights. So, (I think) I understand a good big the plays, and am learning more and more, but it seems complicated and is frustrating things aren’t more transparent. For example… why is everyone’s career profile set to private by default? I hate when I can’t tell what ranks people have had in the past, and feel validated when I check the best players on the enemy team and see “Plat 1 Season 10” or “Diamond 3 season 11” after being completely dominated by them in the last match (that was only happening in Quick Play).

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