The CC preloading screen alone lasts 40s

[Commander_Justitia]

I feel like the only reason warmup time ever existed was because we had chat during the glory 2.x / 3.x times, and were able to talk about strategies/memes at the start and potentially write a macro with a username of someone from the enemy party (before we got e1,e2 etc. macro identifier and before server visit changed their names with a server tag - u could still type them for macros). There were also buffs to pick from boxes, and you had to decide who gets them. Warmup time was 1min even I think and it was alright.

Now we do not have free chat anymore for some reason.
In current PvP, I also wouldn't know what to say, because there is not much reason to make a strategy...Too dumbed down and RNG heavy mode.
We also do not have buff boxes anymore.
So all reasons why warmup time was good to have, are gone.

It was even worse for The Fold, because those matches were over in 30s.

I guess what they could do.... possibility to skip the player cards in options + a ready check. Once everyone loaded, there is a ready check - once all players agree, the match starts in 5s.

And 4) would be solved by allowing duty record in PvP automatically for e.g. the last 5 matches. And/Or having the already existing team match history added with the scoreboard, for a single character match history too. Would be much easier to detect cheaters and wintraders that way as well.



But let's face it, it is not gonna happen unless JP screams at them, big changes only happen after an addon - and mostly they seem to redo the whole fking system instead of fixing the existing. Feast was finally in a good state and they scrapped it the next months lol idk man - the decision making is just outside of this world. (Not saying CC is not fun by itself...Or that the reward system has improved compared to before, with upgraded hellhound weapons etc. - some feedback got listen to I guess)
I said it before, when you unlock Sage/Reaper for PvP - it had all the Feast skills on your hotbar, they had Sage 'Feast Ready' they haven't thought about CC one bit at that point lol - so some poor guy in development wasted his time designing PvP skills that never saw the light of day. The same guy could have taken a day on forums, read your feedback and implement it with the next big addon patch - instead have you ever seen 1 dev response to PvP feedback here? xD Why are the community mods so disconnected from what the devs think about the topic? Or not allowed to share things or simply are not allowed to know? Or the worse option, the devs want to change it, but are not allowed.

What I think it goes like:
Q: Player want to spend less time loading into a match in PvP, should we remove playercards?
A: No, we actually like them for official tournaments, makes it look more professional, they have to stay. They are also cute for the 1 match I play every Sunday once in a month and when I present PvP in a live letter it looks good.

Then keep them for custom (tournament) matches, and remove them from Ranked....duuuh

Well good luck, my free trial has ended. I got my series items and am out of here again lmao

[MayuAmakura]

Not just preloading screen but death screen is also notoriously bad. Like you have to wait when you first die, then timer pops up... then once its gone you wait at a black loading screen which sometimes can take a WHILE. Then you raise up and you're finally good to go. Oh and if overtime comes, your death counter gets pushed by 2-3+ more seconds. So enjoy more waiting.

[SpritePR]

I have a suspicion this is hiding a loading screen but I agree that I rather just have the cards and go straight into the match.