How to find a 3v3 or 4v4 game?
I'm just returning to the game after years (probably like 5+ years since I've played).
In the past I would just click "Quick Play" or "Play Game" after logging into Battle.net, but I can't get a game. It just stays forever on "Searching."
I've Googled a bunch and people are talking about joining server "US East", but how do I do that?
EDIT: I figured out how to join "US East (Azeroth"), but still no luck getting a game.
They also mentioned custom game bots for 3v3 and 4v4?
I just want to play some 3v3 or 4v4, what (exactly) do I do to get a game now?
Posted Sep 6, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC · edited
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So if you're looking for 3v3 games you'll be hardpressed to find them on ladder on any realm. 4v4 you should be able to find on all realms (Europe, East, and West). However, population of East and West is much lower than Europe, so you'll generally be waiting a long time if you're searching off-peak hours. Best time to find games is between 6pm and 12 Midnight in the timezone of the realm you're playing. EST for east PST for west. Europe has a big enough playerbase that you're generally going to be able to find games relatively quickly at any time of day. If your ping isn't so bad, go ahead and search on Europe.
Now to use the hostbots. On the tool bar three buttons to the right of the big "Play Game" button is an icon of a map. That is where the "custom games" are populated. Click that button and scroll down the list until you see something like " [Wc3melee.com] 4v4 #9999 " That's the wc3melee hosbot and it hosts 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and FFA round the clock every day. Those games fill up quickly, so you're never waiting more than a few minutes to play.
wc3meleebot has pros and cons. Pros, games fill up quickly, keeps stats, and is actively moderated to ban tk'ers griefers, etc. Cons, there are "pre-teamers" who will skip out if the win-loss record of their teammates isn't "good enough" so teams can sometimes be kinda unfairly stacked, which isn't super fun. But it's mostly great, so give it a go!
EDIT - I believe they have in the last few months stopped hosting 3v3 games cause wasn't enough demand. Too bad!
This was super helpful. Finally got a few 4v4 games in today. I sucked, but it was still a ton of fun!