Please fix matchmaking!

YOUNGRE6EL · October 24, 2025, 5:06am

GAME INFORMATION

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GAME BUILD #: 158041
GAME PLATFORM: Steam / Microsoft Store / Xbox / PlayStation
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11 / Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Mac / Linux

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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“this account recently disconnected from a matchmaking game early. there is a delay before matchmaking queues are available.”

This happens every couple of games and its getting frustrating when I’m not the one disconnecting. For the love of god please fix this because i’ve seen forums on reddit and on here where people are experiencing the same issue. I got an hour timer just now because of this bug.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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50% of the time / matches I play (FREQUENTLY)

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

Click “find match” on ranked.
Finds a game. I pick a civ then click “im ready” . Then before it starts it gets dropped either by a player or the server.
Click “find game” again and it tells me i’ve disconnected from a matchmaking game early. What is this?

EXPECTED RESULT

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Supposed to let me find a game and play the game I paid money for.

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GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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