Dota 2 dev explains why you might be experiencing longer queue times The Loadout The Loadout Dota 2 dev explains why you might be experiencing longer queue times Valve veteran Jeff Hill has revealed some extra changes were made to matchmaking during a recent Dota 2 update, which aim to improve match quality Jamie Hore Published: Jul 13, 2022 07:02 ET Dota 2 Matchmaking in multiplayer games is always a contentious topic, and is a side of competitive games where it's usually impossible to make everyone happy. There have recently been some tweaks to Dota 2's matchmaking in order to improve the quality of matches, but some players are reporting horrendous queue times, especially when stacking. A Valve dev has now taken to social media to explain exactly what's changed and why players might be experiencing these lengthy waits to get into matches. In response to a Reddit post bemoaning a 99-minute wait for a game of Dota 2, veteran Valve software engineer Jeff Hill apologises for the players' experience, but also provides the community with some insights as to why this is happening and reveals some extra changes were made in a recent update. Hill explains that alongside Valve's change to allow five-stacks to surrender matches in early July, two other "long-desired" tweaks were made to matchmaking. The first is that the matchmaker now considers the minimum wait time of a player or lobby to avoid them being thrown into low-quality games too quickly. The second is the addition of a "hard limit" on the quality of matches, which will immediately disregard any matches the matchmaker deems to be too low on Valve's "badness" scale. While this should improve the quality of matches you'll be placed in, the trade off is that some will experience longer wait times now that the bar for quality has been raised. In the case of the player that was waiting for over an hour and a half, Hill says that a combination of "a very high ranked duo stack, searching on a lower population server, in unranked" lead to the long wait time. You can find Hill's full explainer below. While there are some frustrations around this, a lot of anecdotal evidence in response to the post suggests that Valve's matchmaking tweaks are improving the Dota 2 experience, with players reporting significant strings of good quality matches. More from The Loadout Dota 2 pros are fed up with the "outrageous" state of the Steam MOBA Dota 2 update improves 2022 battle pass with free week of Dota Plus Dota 2's biggest battle pass spender is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Dota 2 average player count hits three-year record high Dota 2’s TI11 Battle Pass is getting slammed by players Dota 2 makes smurfing a bannable offense Jamie Hore Jamie started out his journalism career rambling about FIFA esports, but today he covers much more, like the best Warzone guns and the Apex Legends tier list. He's also rather excited for the Starfield release date. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. The best Dota 2 heroes to play in ranked in 2022 Dota 2 ranks: ranking system explained, MMR, and more Best Dota 2 VPN - level up your MOBA experience Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games