Is there any update on this? I’m having the same issue. Reinstalled. It’s an app issue.

Please help with server issues, keeps saying waiting for server.

Keeps saying waiting for server. I think you need to fix your server.

Internet is fine.
Have uninstalled + reinstalled MTGA, no effect.
Sits at waiting for server when trying to open Arena.

Happened today in two consecutive ranked matches. Wasn't able to finish the match, kept missing my turn due to minutes long lag periods. Incredibly frustrating.

My friend and i are trying to play against each other. we live together. We are running into a "waiting for server"- "connection lost" error when we try to play a match between us.
We have been able to play before but it seldom actually goes through and allows us to play.
Both of us are on PC, microsoft.

This happened to me as well, and I suspect it could be due to the game's networking code not playing nice with my AMD processor. The AMD processor's instruction set is a bit different than most processors on the market, so I often see networking issues for certain games (no latency, just hangups like this bug when trying to establish connections for some multiplayer games).

Restarting the game and rejoining seems to work, but am I going to have to do this everytime I want to play a draft game? Is there seriously no retry logic to account for this?

Very disappointing to grind a couple of hours to build up the gold to play a draft, just to have the game sit on this waiting screen and give me a garbage deck that I can't play with after I rejoin. Not a good feeling to have my time utterly wasted like this. I conceded after playing against my first opponent because there was no salvaging it, and I was not interested in an exercise in futility.

My friend group is starting to get into this game, and as an older MTG player, I was excited to enter during The Brothers War set, which I read some of the books for way back in the day.

I really want to like this game and enjoy it, but I don't think that I'll have a fun experience until I get a new computer. Problem is, I won't need a new computer for some years to come. My AMD processor does fine for everything else, so this game will sadly not be in the rotation of games I play for quite some time.

Please work on better networking retry logic. Closing the game and reopening seems to reconnect me quickly, but I'm not doing that everytime I want to play, so I'm just not going to play. Surely this reconnection logic can be accomplished without quitting the game entirely.

I started a quick Draft (New Capenna) and the match has been interrupted 4 times by "waiting for the server".
I had to restart the game twice to avoid loosing a turn but I couldn't play my creature on turn 2 and lost the game.
please refund.
problem is still going on and I don't want to play until is fixed.

Used my draft token after a long time staying away from draft. I was excited to draft again.

Same "waiting for server" experience as everyone else. Token wasted.

Yup. Just tried to draft in MTG30 mixed up draft. Waiting for server spun for 10 minutes. I force closed and reloaded to find myself at pack 3 pick 5. Thanks for the waste of actual real money. What an F*ing joke. I'm sure I'll see nothing in response from WoTC, per usual when their system takes a dump. I might keep playing Arena for free, but I'll never spend another dime of actual money in the virtual game. Not an idle threat. I'm a cheap person by nature and this has solidified my lack of faith in your virtual system. So upsetting. You have my email. Why not try and actually reach out to your customers?

This is still a problem.... and after first win stuck before coming back to the game..

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

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i have spent more time waiting than playing today. upgrade your servers.