Overwatch 2’s new “wide group” feature, which allows players to group up with players of any rank, is a great idea in theory. But the matchmaking times players are seeing tell a different story.
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Competitive wide groups, added as part of yesterday’s Season 10 update, appear to have increased matchmaking times for many players, with some even reporting their queues taking over an hour.
In a recent blog post, it was announced that Wide Groups will affect players in Grandmaster and Champion ranks, making all players in those skill tiers a Wide Group by default. Players in Bronze through Diamond who form a group can avoid the Wide Effect if their ranks are within five divisions of each other, and Master players will only be placed in Wide Groups if their groups are more than three divisions apart.
Either way, matchmaking times are becoming a grind for many. OW2 streamer Aspen posted a screenshot after completing an entire match in Dead by Daylight only to have the OW2 queue appear in the background after over an hour and eight minutes, while another player showed off his Fortnite victory atop a 35-minute OW2 queue.
