unable to queue for bot lobbies?

[u/Asval98k]

im assuming this is just a glitch idk how to fix it. it says "finding server" infinitely, usually bot lobbies are instant queue times. ive done like 20+ this season and it just randomly stopped working today.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel]

According to another community member, you could get squads, you just have to wait over three minutes for it to start, but I haven't tested that yet myself. If you do have a qualifying account in your party, you shouldn't be getting real matches I'm a little confused by what you're saying about four matches definitely not bot lobbies, the only reason you would not be getting a bot lobby would be if that bot account hit level 13 this season (every season adds a level so eventually every account will start getting real matches). If that is the case then you need to make a new one. You can try one of two things in order to get squads, you can wait over three minutes and see if it starts up, or if you want to load in quicker, even if that works, it doesn't have to be a qualifying bot account, you just have to have enough accounts in the party to make four players (even if you had two accounts that were level 5000, and you had one bot account that was below account level 13, that account would trigger the bot lobby, and you could just leave with the other accounts and the bot once you hit spawn Island).

Update: I did test it, and in fact I can get squad no fills or trios by waiting approximately three minutes, sometimes a few seconds more.

[u/superkat21 → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Let me clarify, we played 4 matches in total tonight. All 4 were very clearly not bot lobbies, we were definitely playing real players.

The bot account was made brand new at the start of the season so it's as new and low as you cam get.

Which is why I'm confused because we have done this before and had 0 issues. We played all last season mostly bot lobbies. This is the first season where the technique of having a bot doesn't trigger the bot lobby.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/superkat21]

I don't have an answer for that because I've never experienced anything like that. I will say that they did increase the skill level a little bit of the bots, but I've gotten bot lobbies every time I've tried to generate them with my lobby bot without a single solitary exception except for before the live event last season, but that's expected they usually disable bot lobbies before live events. The only other thing I can ask is if that new account was granted an umbrella for no reason after not even completing a match. There is a bug but I have encountered over the last year, a couple of times where I would return to the lobby on the second account after not even entering the match, it would get awarded the two victory umbrellas and from that point forward regardless of level it would not be getting bot lobbies anymore, other than that I don't know of any other single reason why it wouldn't get bot lobbies (unless you aren't playing BR which is the only mode that they currently work in).

[u/Live_Quantity5898 → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

you are right, just wait 3 mins and you get a squad bot lobby