Hello Everyone! :) Is anyone else having the issue of attempting to join a "ranked" derby match but never finding a game? In my case, I sometimes am left with a full hour of it just searching for me. Could it be a bug or just no one wanting to do a derby race? Let me know in the comments below :)
Hello Everyone! :) Is anyone else having the issue of attempting to join a "ranked" derby match but never finding a game? In my case, I sometimes am left with a full hour of it just searching for me. Could it be a bug or just no one wanting to do a derby race? Let me know in the comments below :)
It's only that people/wizards do not want to join derby matches, as they have many quests to collect and do on their hands. Or, your just a very high or low ranking, nobody can join you, or they just don't have time to do these things, of course it wouldn't be a bug, it's just a coincidence nobody wants to do them because of the non-stop questing in the game. ~Answered by Scarlet SilverSword, Level 35 Magus Necromancer
I suspect it's nobody joining. This isn't a new thing as far as I can tell. A few months ago I was experiencing this as well.
I think it's just that there's virtually no incentive for the derby. If you want Arena Tickets, you do PvP... or you do Daily Assignments. What does Pet Derby give you? Like 2 Arena Tickets for a win, and 1 for second place? It's laughable!
The badges used to be my incentive, but my guess is that there are very few others out there who care about those anymore. I've also lost my appetite for them as well.
There are too many other things to do in this game that have made this activity pretty much irrelevant for most players, especially with it's paltry rewards, which I suspect is why nobody is doing it anymore. There's no other explanation for a game that probably has thousands of players online at any given moment to not be able to fill up the 3 other slots in a derby race in less than a minute.
The higher your pet level and/or rank, the more you'll have to wait for a match. Try racing teen or adult pets if you can, those are the pet levels that are most popular. If you're still a private and racing a teen or adult pet, you should be able to get a match within 2-5 minutes. If you're racing a higher level pet or are a derby warlord, you're looking at a wait anywhere between an hour and a half to 2 hours.
Good luck and don't give up! Racing is really fun once you get the hang of it. :)