Unsure why AUS/NZ are still finding it extremally hard to find any ranked games. 99% of the time i time out from looking for so long. In social/BTB i almost get a game instantly. Its like there are none if not extremally minimal servers for OCE in all ranked playlists.
Any clarity on this anyone?
its frustrating because I know for certain at the time i play (7-9 GMT+12). other OCE players are also trying to find games with no luck.
Regards,
A nerd that just wants to play ranked 
Iām live in Taiwan. The same is true in Asia.
I think itās because strict SBMM and Ranked are short of players.
I havenāt been able to find a ranked game since the reset.
Australia.
Iām in Vietnam, same problem. I only get games very early morning when it is evening in the US (and then I get a terrible ping).
I assume it is that barely anyone plays Infinite now -what a mess of a launch this was.
In EU I find games at peak times but mostly a session contains of 12-16 different players. Itās pathetic having ONE ranked playlist and even this single one is dead. But with this lack of support itās totally comprehensible.
I live in the uk and have been unable to access ranked play! Itās frustrating as hell. Waiting at least 5 mins and still no joy. Is the player pool so low or is matchmaking just totally busted? I usually try and play from around 9pm bst and get no joy!
Saw this (posted yesterday, pre December update release):
https://twitter.com/Unyshek/status/1600012903809134593
Same here I have not been able to find a AUS ranked game since probably late 2021. Either there are no servers allocated for Ranked in the OCE region, the SBMM is way to strict or the most obvious answer this game is pretty much dead in the water outside the US.
Surely with how easy it is to find a local match on quick play or BTB would indicate there would be enough of a fanbase to at least dedicate some or at least any server.
Well I canāt speak for every OCE player but for me, the only way I can get consistent games on my servers is if I search Quick Play. BTB is at least a 10min wait, Team Slayer is 6-8min and everything else is dead. Hell Iāve searched at peak times on Team Slayer and got nothing.
Itās pretty clear that the MMR restrictions in place are 100% optimised for North American players and 343 has not even considered the implications of MMR restrictions in other regions.
Iām sure Team Slayer works great for North Americans when you have thousands of people to match against at any given time, but in Australia when there is a few dozen people online per playlist the restrictions are just way too limiting.
Because 343 tossed in region filters as an afterthought the game cares more about your MMR than your ping and this has completely broken match making outside North America.
What needs to happen is the entire match making system needs to be reworked from the ground up to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS prioritise minimum latency ABOVE ALL ELSE. Iād rather be in Gold playing Onyx players than be in Gold playing Gold players on 200ms latency.
Itās literally 8:30pm on Friday night and Iām getting search time outs in Team Slayer with local search onā¦ TEAM SLAYER!!! They game only needs to find 7 other players. You expect me to believe Halo Infinite doesnāt have at least 7 other Australians online in one of the most popular playlists in Halo?
MMR restrictions can be tightened up for ranked games and ranked games should allow you to choose your region. Picking a low population region should open the MMR restrictions so that players searching in low populated ranked lists can find players easier. The MMR restrictions in each region should be based on the population in that region and adjusted over time to keep the match making times reasonable.
Youāre welcome 343, I just solved match making outside NA for you.
Yeah. No
I spent the last half-season on +200ms. Average!
It wasnāt fun at all - and is not the solution.
The low population really sucks. But Iām at least getting games on Fiesta and Team Slayer right now.
25-60ms.
Not greatly balanced teams though. I assume the match maker doesnāt have a lot to work with.
Just adding my support as an Australian. Canāt get any ranked games, or most other playlists. BTB, Fiesta and Team Slayer are okay during peak times otherwise itās Quick Play only.
Try this experiment. Jump on during Australian peak hours and set your match making search options to Local only and try to find a game in Big Team Battle.
Now if you time out try setting it to expanded.
When I try to search local it takes forever to find a game and many times I get an error ānot enough players to matchā and it times out searching.
When I set it to Expanded I get a game in Big Team Battle quickly on a Sydney server! My ping is 9msā¦ You canāt get much lower unless you literally live next door to the data centre. The local search option is clearly busted.
This game is broken in every way. All of it.
It wonāt even load properly. I have to close and open the game anywhere from 2 to 4 times for it to register being online. This is on xbox series s.
The matchnaking for Australia is garbage. Yes, low population, but as poster above said, connection needs to be prioritised. Rather be Gold playing Onyx on good connection.
Core gameplay features have been removed, compounding to the issues and it doesnāt seem like anything is fixable.
This whole game needs to be scrapped.
I share your frustration at finding BTB games but itās probably working as intended.
Letās say there are 16 people currently in the queue in Australia. Then the matchmaker draws the rest of the players from Asia and Europe. Shows up as low ping to the server on your end but isnāt going to play as a consistently low ping game due to the players from other countries in the game who will have high pings.
Maybe matchmaking should have a middle ground setting that only cares about your ping to the server but thatās not the way it works currently.
This game is dead in Aus, and no one will play it because you launched it without local match making, and now the player base have all moved onto other games. This is the epitome of wasted potential as this is an amazing game that was implemented abysmally
Literally the only way I have been able to play in ranked 4v4 is by;
I havenāt once played a ranked game on a OCE server.
my ping ranges from 153-230, most games are around 185.
This game, with all the upcoming features would still bring back a substantial amount customers from this side of the world. You can bring in new maps and give us drops but not even being able to play the game competitively is a joke.