Frustrating online experience – Carcassonne Review

This game is exceptionally well designed and crosses over very well from the table game. Yet, the ability of players online to foresee available blocks with the "X" feature automatically enabled for online play is so dissimilar to how real people play this game that I've begun the habit of simply leaving online games when a player starts blocking moves one or two turns in. It's exasperating to lose all of your meeples just three or four turns into a game when I've never seen a human player do that in the hours & hours of "real game play" I've had. I'd really prefer to have this feature turned off for online play - or to have the option to play opponents who also want to play this way. Finally, wait times are unreal. In a recent example, the estimate was 2 minutes, 55 seconds. I waited 15 minutes before giving up. I'd really love to see improvements in the online matching process, including the ability to do something else on my phone while I wait. It's so annoying to stare longingly at my phone while I wait for the game to start.
Review by NVCarnie on Carcassonne.