Doppelmoral
commented
11 years ago I can confirm this issue, further it seems that those spots are blocked, means that they can't be filled up no matter how long the BG lasts.
On the other hand, when someone leaves after the BG has started the next player in queue correctly gets invited so I suspect the initial BG pop being the problem - like people being afk (outside) the 2 minutes of preparation or deciding to join a different BG.
I consider this issue as quite important, since in general plenty of players are in queue while there are ongoing matches with free space - this affects the general queue waiting time in a negative way.
Anelith
Definition: There is something wrong with Battleground queue system but I'm unsure how to reproduce the problem. From my personal experience it often happens that most of the battlegrounds are not filled with the maximum amount of players although there are plenty of people queued outside. There is a theory about the problem that people that have been in the queue and entering other battlegrounds are still keeping the spot in the queue, but no idea really.
Example: I'm on a A character in Arathi Basin and there are 15 alliance and 12 horde players (3 horde spots open) for 20 minutes from the game. I'm logging another client with character B and queuing up for the battleground, character B is not getting invited for the battleground at all. As soon as the battleground that I'm in with character A is over, the character B is getting invited for a whole new Arathi Basin, and the first Arathi Basin never had full amount of horde players. Once the 2nd Arathi starts there are again only 13 horde players and I'm queuing up again for Arathi with character A, however I never get invited for the battleground again.
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