SOUND: Audio Notifications for match found | Forums

[phLOxRSA]

I reside in a region where games are not only scarce, but sometimes impossible to find, even thought it says 'VERY HIGH ACTIVITY'. I have come to understand that the activity meter is global and not regional. Therefore, it's not uncommon to ALT+TAB out of the game to do other things while I wait for a match.

However, from outside the game, you can only hear the "10 second countdown" to choose a hero. There are no audio cues to indicate that you have been matched and place in a game, neither is there one for when the search times out. All you hear is the constant hum in the background. Often, I would find myself waiting 10 minutes before I realize the game was displaying the "failed to find a match" screen. When it does find a match, I only have 10 second to choose and modify my load-out, which is often barely enough.

My suggestion then is as follow:
Add a sound cue to notify you found a game.
Add a sound cue to notify the client has encountered an error or has stopped searching for a game.

Thank you for taking the time to read my suggestion, and thank you for a wonderfully entertaining piece of artistic, interactive software.

[PlsGimmeAlpha]

Well said, good idea.