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Nicholas Maxey asked

Is the Expansion (or reduction) of number of players required for a match applied to all tickets in the queue simultaneously?

We are currently working on an Arena Battle game and wanted to get some clarification on player expansion.

For context we implemented the Expansion of number of players over time use case found in the documentation here. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/playfab/features/multiplayer/matchmaking/config-examples#expansion-of-number-of-players-over-time

Is that expansion applied to all tickets in the queue simultaneously or is the rule applied individually to each ticket?

The example being if we have a queue size of 8 the reduces to 7 then 6. There are 6 people currently in the queue and their tickets have been reduced to 7 players required. A 7th player then joins the queue. Is that 7th player automatically joined with the other who only have a 7 player requirement and they are matched or would the 7th player have to wait until their queue size reduces to 7 required to be matched, potentially allowing the other 6 to have their queues reduced to 6 and matching without the 7th.

Hope that makes sense. Thanks!

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As the documentation says, a full match will be made initially, but over time if the number of players falls short of the requirements for a full match, the expansion you set will reduce the number of people required for a match. In your case, when the number of people required for a match is reduced to 7, if the seventh player enters the matching queue, those seven players will be matched together immediately.

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