Developed by Riot Games, Valorant is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical FPS released in mid-2020.
Valorant challenges players to confrontations in teams of 5 vs 5 where correctly using the abilities of each character is a key aspect to be victorious.
However, Valorant players have been facing long queue times before accessing matches for a while now. A recent update allegedly mitigated the issue according to the developers, but related reports keep coming up.
Valorant players facing a ‘long queue times’ issue
Valorant long queue times result in situations like characters getting stuck on the loading screen or getting kicked out when waiting to access matches (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
The issue seems to be related to the game servers, as long waiting and loading times continue even if you install the game on an SSD instead of a slower HDD.
Long queue times causing unfair penalties
Players receiving kicks during queues due to the issue are reportedly receiving warnings, and even unfair penalties. Apparently, the game interprets the situation as the player abandoning the game.
The Riot Games team is aware of the Valorant ‘long queue times’ issue. They even made changes in the most recent 4.05 patch in order to improve the situation.
However, the reports on the issue continue to arise to this day, so the long queues and problems related to them are still present.
There is no new official acknowledgment on the issue from the developers yet. We will update this story as events unfold.
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