Waiting in cue for full servers.

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Snuffeldjuret

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Completely agree!

Would be awesome to have a "wait in line" system and to know how many ppl there are in the line etc.

To join a full server your friends is playing on is a real pain in the somethingsomething :/ =(. You can use the steam thing, but that is not putting you on the server before a new guy that has waiting shorter time than you. In fact, if that other dude is "spamming" the server he is most likely going to be joining before you =(.
 

Colt .45 killer

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the way BFBC2 handled the Queue's was effective. Simply 24/24[1] means full server of 24 people, with 1 person in a queue waiting to enter. ( for server browser ). When you try and enter a server and are in a queue, it tells you your place in that queue.
 

Direct

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I would Definately support a queue system.

For anyone who still plays DH they know that theres only 1 server to play on and its always full, sometiems you sit there for 10 mintues trying to get in and beat the other 10 people.
 

jalex3

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I love this feature in bfbc2 and tf2, for joining friends or playing another game while I wait for a space in my fav server.

would be great to seen in rohos, and being able to see the server list while in a server.
 

Ender

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If you join through friends on steam you can be added to a cue in OST. It would be nice if this was the default for HOS.
 

Snuffeldjuret

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It's not really a cue though Ender, it just checks every 10 seconds if there is a slot free for you to take if I understood it right. Many, many times I've used that function but my friends who have "spammed" join to the server has beaten me to it as they look for free slots every second, so I've only had a slim chance on getting the slot even though I waited way longer.
 

Ender

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It's not really a cue though Ender, it just checks every 10 seconds if there is a slot free for you to take if I understood it right. Many, many times I've used that function but my friends who have "spammed" join to the server has beaten me to it as they look for free slots every second, so I've only had a slim chance on getting the slot even though I waited way longer.
True, most if the time i join as a spectator and then wait for a real slot to open up. I really only use the steam cue when i want to run and get a beer or don't care if I join right away.
 

LordKhaine

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What I'd like even more is to handle map loads like BF1942/BF2 (and doubtless many others), in which you take up a player slot the moment you start loading the map. This prevents the very very annoying situation of being half way through a map load... only to be beaten to that last player slot. And then you have to wait again for an empty slot :(

Though that is unlikely to be a trivial thing to add to the game engine ;)
 

jalex3

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like but can't you just go to different server thats what i do. :D

...Sometimes it nice to play in the server you want to, or that your friends are in.

I don't want to have to keep looking back at the server list. I want to play a proper game until it tells me there is a spot or auto swaps me.
 

VariousNames

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Although steam by default got a feature to let you wait in cue by the time it detects someone left its full again already.

When joining your favourite server it would be nice if you could wait in cue, and auto join once someone leaves.

Herpaderp Steam does have an auto-join feature

All you have to do is tag the check under auto join instead of auto detect
 
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VariousNames

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I would Definately support a queue system.

For anyone who still plays DH they know that theres only 1 server to play on and its always full, sometiems you sit there for 10 mintues trying to get in and beat the other 10 people.

Aw, QQ.

Maybe you could take those ten people and, I don't know, seed a new server?

Nah, let's go cluster**** the Danzig and Arad servers and never play anything else.
 

Colt .45 killer

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Aw, QQ.

Maybe you could take those ten people and, I don't know, seed a new server?

Nah, let's go cluster**** the Danzig and Arad servers and never play anything else.

breathe in, breathe out; calm down. Now is there any reason you thought you needed to come along and double post flaming other posters and post nothing relevant to the OP? If yes then I advise you make yourself scarce and frequent forums where that is tolerated.

And becase you did not read I will re iterate what others have said, very simply.

Auto join checks ever 10 seconds for an opening. which is not the same as a queue, because others can quite easily slip ahead of you with steam "queue's".