Summary
Elden Ring Nightreignlaunched yesterday, but ithasn’t gone particularly smoothly. As soon as it went live, players started complaining about the matchmaking, reporting issues as they tried to find other players to join their groups of three. Due to this,it has mixed reviews on Steam, as many are struggling to access the multiplayer.
Now, as spotted byEurogamer, FromSoftware has actually acknowledged the issues with matchmaking. In a post, FromSoft says that the issues can be fixed by simply restarting the matchmaking process, although this doesn’t seem to be doing the trick for everyone.
Elden Ring Nightreign Matchmaking Issues Addressed By FromSoftware
In the replies, some say that they’re still experiencing long wait times if they’re queuing as a duo, and therefore looking for one other player to join their team. It’s unclear why this is the case, but it’s possible that a bug is deprioritising putting a solo-queuing player with a duo, and is instead shoving more solo-queuers together.
At the very least, FromSoft is aware of these complaints. Hopefully, the studio will see that this fix isn’t working for everyone right now and is looking into a way to speed up queue times for the community as they attempt to dive into this unique release.
For the time being, though, you might also struggle to play alone. Obviously, this lets you skip the queue, but many are reporting thatElden Ring Nightreign simply isn’t balanced for solo runs. In fact, less than 24 hours after Nightreign launched, FromSoft promised thatit would improve the game for those who want to play alone. The patch that makes these changes, on top of rolling out bug fixes, should be with us sometime next week.
