Sometimes my party goes to battle at the 5s mark, sometimes at 10s. It tends to vary. Is this due to desyncs between the client and server ?
If you're talking about the Ranked Match count-down, that's the MAXIMUM wait time. You may easily get a game before that.
Yes, its for the ranked match countdown. I understand its the maximum wait time before the AI kicks in. But, I'm getting the AI slightly ahead which shouldn't be the case ? Against humans, the matcher seems to be WAI and fast. Then again, not enough of a pool to test that yet.
By maximum, I mean you should never wait longer than that. The AI might step in sooner, and often does.