Brief Overview of QoS Player Placement

Objective:

This guide provides an overview explaining how QoS and Matchmaker work together to facilitate player placement.

QoS and Matchmaker Flow:

1. The QoS system measures latency and packet loss between players and QoS servers in different regions.
2. These QoS results are attached to each player's matchmaking ticket.
3. The Matchmaker ensures players are only matched together if they have at least one region in common that satisfies the QoS rules (latency/packet loss thresholds).
4. Once matched, all players in a match will be allocated to the same region that best fits the group.

Regarding specific locations:

• It is not directly possible to place players into specific locations within a fleet region.
• The system works at the fleet region level, not the individual location level.
• When a region is selected, the actual server allocation happens within that region based on availability, not specific location preferences.
• While you can see specific locations like asia-east1, asia-east2 etc., the matchmaker operates at the region level and lets Multiplay handle the specific location allocation.

Best Practices:

1. Use QoS rules to set acceptable latency thresholds for matching.
2. Configure appropriate fleet regions for your player base.
3. Let the matchmaker automatically handle region selection based on QoS results.
4. Use relaxation settings if needed to balance match quality vs wait times.