The New Playlist Wait Time Analysis for Halo Infinite - Operation Fleetcom

September 7, 2024 in Data by Den Delimarsky4 minutes

The latest dataset for Fleetcom is now available on GitHub.

Another operation wrapped up, which means it’s time for another update on playlist wait times. I’ve talked about some of the early analysis in my previous blog post, where I covered Operation Anvil. Today, we’re looking at Fleetcom.

Get Fleetcom wait time data

Download the SQLite database.

Captured playlists

The following playlists and their identifiers were active during the operation when I was capturing the wait times - they were returned through the lobby endpoint:

NameAsset IDVersion ID
Big Team Battle2825D417-93E6-4366-98F9-839A2DC41FE4BDDD569D-4F26-477A-AC30-A3A776B9B170
Big Team Battle2825D417-93E6-4366-98F9-839A2DC41FE4915FBF47-65B7-4948-89F4-CB1B05A4F2C6
FIREFIGHT HEROIC4EC3A07B-EDEC-4FDD-AA7E-668DC6398AC2A6152448-16C1-46B0-8610-BAF406FE65BB
FIREFIGHT LEGENDARYD3C44874-7F46-4F8B-B9A8-92DB24CF807EA761AD8C-E385-4D79-B930-468FEEEEDD03
FIREFIGHT NORMAL1F58F2E2-324D-4770-BCA7-E36C63662626F948E57B-600D-4826-9B31-BCAC6A6A7848
HeadhunterD907E1D0-A562-4352-AE3C-37A57FCDB9787CD7CB65-EC6F-487F-92F6-C442347920A9
HeadhunterD907E1D0-A562-4352-AE3C-37A57FCDB9786D278207-4EF4-4669-BAFE-3B07EDC1CC4B
Infection4FC0EC81-AF6C-47DE-BD30-D0A32D8002145F954137-FDA6-4710-9326-23932299F595
Quick Play1B1691DC-D8B9-4B1F-825D-CB1C065184C1A6B78616-28BB-4BE3-B010-9FFDF553A78E
Ranked ArenaEDFEF3AC-9CBE-4FA2-B949-8F29DEAFD48349E3F3D4-151F-492D-B33F-3BE17F7D3374
Ranked DoublesFA5AA2A3-2428-4912-A023-E1EEEA7B877CFD738446-1169-4E0B-8790-74D3F07F7E80
Ranked SlayerDCB2E24E-05FB-4390-8076-32A0CDB4326ED2734BF0-ED62-4BE8-8AE9-B59348FD303F
Ranked Tactical57E417DD-7366-4DDA-9BDD-2802151D5E81E5FBFF29-54B8-47A2-BD2E-81433E849B86
Rumble PitA7D20EF6-EBDC-4C01-B96C-69B27AFA88D788412E86-8257-4852-A406-DFB068A078DA
Squad BattleF5580605-660C-43F9-AC69-4075C4A05C5D9989CF1F-01EA-4D61-8ED3-3EA6265E1BAA
Team Doubles7323BE09-2523-47C0-9E0D-64AF9534EE220F05356A-D429-4835-87EB-5FC3D68A20C9
VIP80C3D141-DED6-4203-984F-E9F0E752BED40BC1E8D8-D145-4279-94CC-AB083EDFECF1
VIP80C3D141-DED6-4203-984F-E9F0E752BED48F9715AF-BE0E-4D4B-82DD-B78471AA4DFE

Now, you might notice that there is some duplication. Through the operation, 343 Industries released updates to the playlists, which meant that the same real name was logged twice, but it’s differentiated by the version ID. If you are using the dataset, you should always be using the asset ID and version ID and not the name if you want exact details.

However, because the meta-entity doesn’t change, the data you will see below is aggregated on a per-asset ID basis. And just like in the previous report, the data here is exclusively covering West Coast (US/Canada) times.

The data below tells a somewhat obvious story if you’ve been playing on West Coast servers - playing late at night (after midnight) up until mid-day is generally worse than playing in the evening until midnight. You have an especially bad time if you’re trying to play any of the ranked game modes in the morning or through the night. And if you are like me and want to play Ranked Tactical, then your bad time will be amplified even further because the population in that mode is so small that your wait times are off the charts through the day (where a minute and thirty seconds of wait time is considered “good”).

Now, keep in mind that these are system-reported wait times. Your actual wait time, that accounts for whatever factors the lobby service takes into consideration when trying to find a match to join, may be very different. However, I found the reference points fairly accurate throughout my matches.

Data, presented in a neat heatmap for each playlist, is below.

Big Team Battle

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Big Team Battle during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Big Team Battle during Fleetcom.

Firefight (Heroic)

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Heroic) during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Heroic) during Fleetcom.

Firefight (Legendary)

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Legendary) during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Legendary) during Fleetcom.

Firefight (Normal)

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Normal) during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Firefight (Normal) during Fleetcom.

Headhunter

Caution

The heatmap for Headhunter is a bit skewed due to the outlier times Tuesday mid-day.

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Headhunter during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Headhunter during Fleetcom.

Infection

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Infection during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Infection during Fleetcom.

Quick Play

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Quick Play during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Quick Play during Fleetcom.

Ranked Arena

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Arena during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Arena during Fleetcom.

Ranked Doubles

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Doubles during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Doubles during Fleetcom.

Ranked Slayer

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Slayer during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Slayer during Fleetcom.

Ranked Tactical

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Tactical during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Ranked Tactical during Fleetcom.

Rumble Pit

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Rumble Pit during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Rumble Pit during Fleetcom.

Squad Battle

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Squad Battle during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Squad Battle during Fleetcom.

Team Doubles

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Team Doubles during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for Team Doubles during Fleetcom.

VIP

Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for VIP during Fleetcom.
Heatmap for daily and hourly wait times for VIP during Fleetcom.