Valve has shipped a series of new updates to Deadlock with the aim of reducing queue times in the game’s newly introduced ranked mode.
As we had already discussed earlier, since Deadlock is still in its early stages of testing, Valve is still experimenting with its ranked mode in order to provide the best gameplay experience to its player base. Not only do players need to meet certain requirements to be able to play Deadlock ranked, but there are also specific queue times for the mode depending on their region.
This is not an entirely new formula in Deadlock, as the devs pulled off something similar during the game’s initial testing phase, where players could only queue during designated time windows each day.
Deadlock Ranked Changes Explained: Queue Times Reduced for All Regions
Prior to the October 18th update, players were able to queue ranked from 1pm-4pm and 7pm-10pm in their respective time zones every day. However, this resulted in some players experiencing high queue times, especially players who were in the top ranks of the hero shooter.
The new Deadlock updates that were shipped to the game today address this problem. As per the official patch notes of the first update of the day, the devs have “adjusted the matchmaking schedule to not be split across many different hours throughout the day.” Moving forward, the hours during which ranked is enabled have been made wider and more concentrated. Additionally, users will no longer need to select their preferred ranked times each week.
Just a few hours after the initial patch, a second update was rolled out for Deadlock. This update introduced weekend-specific ranked hours and corrected time discrepancies in certain regions, including South America, Oceania, and Asia.
