Greetings everyone, Shidara speaking.

I want to be able to see the different queues in the Coliseum. As a European player, I want to make sure I can get into a European game, but the number of people waiting for a Coliseum match isn't correct. Why is this? Because it only shows the total amount of players waiting. Not only do we not know how many are waiting on a US server, or EU server specifically, but for those who are playing Lockdown we also have no way of telling how many are looking to play the different Tier categories. This needs a bit of fixing.

To make things work out properly, we need a different layout - not just two or three big buttons saying "Click here to play this mode!" with numbers representing the total amount of players playing and waiting.
So here is my idea:

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[Lockdown]

You are Tier 1/2/3.
Your IP: US East/EU West.

........Tier 3 - US East..................Tier 3 - EU West
....[Play Random Team]............[Play Random Team]
............X waiting..............................X waiting
............X playing..............................X playing

...........................[Play Guild Teams]
...................................X waiting
...................................X playing

........Tier 2 - US East..................Tier 2 - EU West
....[Play Random Team]............[Play Random Team]
............X waiting..............................X waiting
............X playing..............................X playing

...........................[Play Guild Teams]
...................................X waiting
...................................X playing

........Tier 1 - US East..................Tier 1 - EU West
....[Play Random Team]............[Play Random Team]
............X waiting..............................X waiting
............X playing..............................X playing

...........................[Play Guild Teams]
...................................X waiting
...................................X playing

...............................................................................[Withdraw]

[Blast Network]

Your IP: US East/EU West

............................................US East
[Play Free-for-all]......[Play Random Team]......[Play Guild Teams]
......X waiting.....................X waiting........................X waiting
......X playing.....................X playing.......................X playing

............................................EU West
[Play Free-for-all]......[Play Random Team]......[Play Guild Teams]
......X waiting.....................X waiting........................X waiting
......X playing.....................X playing.......................X playing

...............................................................................[Withdraw]

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Now, this layout might seem cluttered, but this would give you an idea of how many are playing all the different modes. Since there are now server differences, and with Lockdown, Tier differences, the old layout that worked with Blast Network just doesn't cut it anymore. Alternatively, you could have it show only your current Tier and server selection to make it less cluttered, but you would also need to swap around to see the other Tiers/servers. This way you have a full overview, but should it become too much, having your current selection shown also works. As long as the numbers are accurate, I'm good.

Gfjmember suggested showing your current settings, and having a button that allows you to look at the full list. I'm imagining something like this:

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[Lockdown]

You are Tier 2.
Your IP: US East.

........Tier 2 - US East..................Tier 2 - EU West
....[Play Random Team]............[/////////////////////////////]
............X waiting..............................X waiting
............X playing..............................X playing

...........................[Play Guild Teams]
...................................X waiting
...................................X playing

...................................[See more]
...............................................................................[Withdraw]

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I'm sure you're wondering, if all the other buttons for the other Tiers are shown in Lockdown, does that mean we can enter Tier 1 with Tier 2/3 equips? No, they will obviously not be highlighted and therefore cannot be clicked. However, it might be plausible to make both server buttons available if they can allow you to automatically switch servers without going through your configuration settings. This I'll leave for the devs to ponder on. This kind of layout should also help preventing wrong tier match-ups in Lockdown as you could now specifically sign up for your designated tier and not have to worry about getting dumped elsewhere.

So in conclusion, my suggestion is to specify the amount of players in queue for the different servers and tiers so as not having to sit there and wait for a game that will never start. That is all.