Original thread here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/sPvP-search-player-cap/2028702
Short version: since adding spectator mode, it’s harder to get into an actual game. You spin the wheel on joining a game, only to find you’re a spectator and can’t play.
This is not fun. If people have limited time, and WANT TO PLAY, giving them the option to play makes sense. Spectator seems to have removed this from the old way sPvP joins worked (?).
Play Now is not right; I seem to get put into empty matches with that (possibly due to 1. the frequency of people using PN being close to zero and/or 2. the lack of people in my skill/glory bracket).