same here. Losing games because of waiting for server, while the other puts down all the necessary cards to win. Nice. Also my avatar changes to something other than the selected one when i reconnect.

same here

Yes same problem here (Holland) as of date 16-08. Played today in the morning and afternoon. Now I am stuck. Tried everything; new installation, modem on/off, different computer/laptop. Nothing seems to work....

2 losses in 3 drafts due to disconnects. Is it required we donate more so that you can afford a better hardware/internet connection and/or developers?

Galaxy note 20. Game used to work fine, now whenever game is loaded up I'm stuck at waiting for server. If I reinstall game and change accounts I can play the tutorial matches but after those...waiting on server. My son is playing on a cheaper Galaxy phone and luckily works fine for him.

Using huawei mate 40 pro after the update I was stucked in "waiting for server" loop after the loading initial screen. I can't get through the game. It works perfectly fine in my laptop and other android with google play devices.

'Waiting for server' and then receive a 'network error, problem communicating with server'. My steps:

Rebooted PC
DNS/Winsock Reset
Changed to a public DNS
No customizations to remove
Forwarded Ports
Tried using a VPN
Updated Network Drivers

Game paused after a "waiting for server" stance. Unable to proceed the match, just the time in the clock runs out.
Event: Traditional draft, M1G1

waiting for server

This also affects me a reasonable amount. Arena is very poor at keeping the connection alive. It also may or may not cause some routers to start blocking incoming traffic for some reason, which appears as if we're disconnected (but the internet otherwise works fine).

It's also worth keeping a shortcut to cmd prompt and the ping ability (can just be a .bat file that says 'ping <ip address of your router>'. Then when the rope appears you can immediately run this and check whether you are still connected to your router.

Unfortunately a related issue is that when you see the 'Waiting for Server' screen, Arena loves to also crash completely if you alt-tab during this message...

Also if you're using a wired connection to your router, check that your cables aren't getting old. It can appear like you're dropping connection to game servers when in fact it's your cables flaking out. It's worth replacing them every 5-10 years.

I am getting fed up with my drafts and games constantly being disrupted and often ruined by freezes and the 'Waiting for Server' message.

This issue happens at least one or twice in pretty much every game I play. The game will freeze up (as if I'm waiting for my opponent), then after some time, the 'Waiting for Server' message will show for 5-10 seconds, before finally returning to normal.

Sometimes play resumes before I have missed anything, but often, I end up missing a key play because my time bank runs out. If a new turn starts before play has resumed, then my lands/creatures are stuck appearing as tapped indefinitely.

This issue is even more frustrating when it happens during a draft, as sometimes I actually have to restart MTGA before I can see any cards. This has led to me missing several key picks, sometimes ruining the whole draft.

This has been happening for months now... When it first started, I assumed that it was just my internet connection, but I now know this not to be the case.

Playing MTG is quite expensive for me, seeing as I only play draft. This bug not only affects my play experience, but it actually results in more losses, which in turn, results in fewer games played per draft and fewer gems rewarded (which makes it even more expensive. It's not fair to have my experience ruined like this.

I have this problem here in Brazil since last week, impossible to play...

I've been stuck in 'waiting for server' land since Thursday's update...again. Fix please. Thanks.

Arena with the same account runs fine on my smartphone and my pc, but from about 2 months it stopped working on my huawei matepad pro.
It worked fine there for about 3 months, and then, after an update it loads correctly and then stucks on "waiting for server".

Happened last week and after the update this week the game worked, for about 24 hours. Happening again today. Waiting for server then I get disconnected from the game.

Lost a game thanks to "Waiting for server" for absolutely no reason during a match. Happened around 08:13am CET

I also experience this problem for 2 weeks now. I'm using Huawei mate 40 pro. Hope wotc can help us regarding this problem. It also works perfectly fine in my laptop but not in my mobile phone.

Happening with me too on Google Pixel 3XL and Android 11. Can't even get into the game because it gets stuck on the initial "waiting for the server" screen. Works on a Macbook but not on my mobile. So frustrating! I bough the mastery pass, spend real money on this game, and WOTC doesn't do anything for support. Terrible.

this was also happening on my Huawei MatePad Pro, after the latest update

The game loads and then stays stuck with a black screen saying "Waiting for server" : same here on my phone since the last update