🤔 What is platform-based matchmaking?

The Hive uses platform-based matchmaking (PBMM) for PVP games.

Queues with platform-based matchmaking enabled split players into three groups: Touch, Console, and PC.

Platform-based matchmaking is enabled on:

  • All SkyWars queues
  • All BedWars queues
  • All Survival Games queues
  • All Capture the Flag queues
  • All The Bridge queues

To keep queue times short, PBMM is automatically disabled when a game type has fewer than 200 players (measured per queue type, such as solos, not across the whole game). This is re-evaluated every 10 minutes.

🎮 What are the different queues?

When PBMM is enabled, players are split into three queues based on their device and input type. The devices in each queue are listed below:

📱 Touch devices:

  • Android & Amazon
  • iOS

🎮 Console devices:

  • Xbox
  • PlayStation
  • Nintendo Switch

đŸ’ģ PC devices:

  • Windows
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Using non-default input types (such as keyboard and mouse on console, controller on touch devices) will change your device queue to match your input type.
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Attempts to circumvent the platform-based matchmaking system (to join queues with players on other devices) are prohibited and will result in punishment.

đŸĨŗ How does it work with parties?

The highest input type in a party is used for the queue. For example, if an iOS player is at a party with a Windows 10 player, they'll enter the PC queue.