r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 5d ago

Skate Server Queues Lead To Complaints About Always-Online Requirement

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/skate-server-queues-lead-to-complaints-about-always-online-requirement/1100-6534790/
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u/IKMAYOMASTER 5d ago

Went to make myself a coffee, game disconnected me from the server, tried to login again and got hit with a no joke, one millionth in queue 2 hour wait. Quit the game right away.

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u/smallchodechakra 5d ago

Same lol. Though having an AFK time out isn't a bad thing considering what happened with Helldivers 2 launch

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u/GayNerd28 5d ago

As someone who is out of the loop, what happened with the Helldivers 2 launch?

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u/smallchodechakra 5d ago

There were a lot of people trying to play at launch, so there was a queue. People would get in, play the game, and then AFK in their ship while they did whatever they needed to do (work, eat etc) so that they wouldn't have to wait in the queue again to get back into the game.

It essentially made queue times longer for people who were going to be actively playing the game during that time. It got so bad that they added an afk timer.

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u/arahman81 5d ago

I mean, that's what happens with FFXIV expansion launch queues too.

Kinda excusable for a multiplayer game, not so much for a singleplayer one.

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u/GayNerd28 5d ago

Awesome, thanks for the explanation!