Bottleneck Patterns
Access and Qualification Friction
Players cannot reliably identify, meet, or sustain the opportunity, qualification, capability, role, or viable path needed to enter.
GAME-SPECIFIC MEANING
How This Pattern Appears in Each Game
Each classification starts from the loops, bottlenecks, contradictions, and solution links identified in the analysis.
- MMORPG
AION 2
MMORPG · Cross-platform · 2025
Access and Qualification Friction ·
The affected flow runs through platform → control → fail → exit; its limiting point is the entry handoff. - Decision Analysis
Arknights: Endfield
2026
Access and Qualification Friction
The decision path breaks across Access and Qualification Friction. Preserve the protected value identified in the analysis. - Action MMORPG
Black Desert Mobile
Action MMORPG · Mobile · 2018
Co-op Rush opportunity and ability
The limiting point sits in the cooperation entry handoff. - Puzzle
Candy Crush Saga
Puzzle · Cross-platform · 2012
Access and Qualification Friction ·
The limiting point sits in the entry handoff. - Idle RPG
Capybara Go!
Idle RPG · Mobile · 2024
free opportunity→re-entry
The limiting point sits in the entry handoff. - Real-time Card Strategy
Clash Royale
Real-time Card Strategy · Mobile · 2016
Access and Qualification Friction ·
The affected flow runs through prompt/nonpurchase → free-route node; its limiting point is the entry handoff. - Sports RPG
Com2uS Pro Baseball 2026
Sports RPG · Mobile · 2014
goals→switches→completion
The limiting point sits in the entry handoff. - Asymmetrical Survival Horror
Dead by Daylight Mobile
Asymmetrical Survival Horror · Mobile · 2020
Growth Access & Procurement
The limiting point sits in the growth entry handoff. - Decision Analysis
Destiny: Rising
2025
Access and Qualification Friction
The decision path breaks across Event eligibility/condition/reward-unit/result continuity. Preserve Event/entitlement/paid-free scope and high-value trust. - Action RPG
Dungeon & Fighter Mobile
Action RPG · Mobile · 2022
gate criteria
The affected flow runs through matched gate sequence; its limiting point is the entry handoff. - Turn-based RPG
Fate/Grand Order
Turn-based RPG · Mobile · 2015
T M
The affected flow runs through residual after controls; its limiting point is the entry handoff. - MOBA
Honor of Kings
MOBA · Mobile · 2015
role
The affected flow runs through readiness/entry; its limiting point is the role competition growth entry handoff. - MMORPG
Lost Ark
MMORPG · PC · 2018
access delay and constrained progression
The limiting point sits in the entry handoff. - Merge-2 Puzzle
Merge Mansion
Merge-2 Puzzle · Mobile · 2020
Access and Qualification Friction · Resource Progression
The affected flow runs through state → action → return/transaction; its limiting point is the resource progression handoff. - Decision Analysis
Pokemon Friends
Release year pending
Access and Qualification Friction
The decision path breaks across access and qualification friction. Preserve low-pressure free path, nonpurchase, natural stop. - Puzzle RPG
Puzzle & Dragons
Puzzle RPG · Mobile · 2012
Access and Qualification Friction ·
The affected flow runs through mode_view → team_edit → entry/cancel → result → retry; its limiting point is the entry handoff. - Game Platform
Roblox
Game Platform · Cross-platform · 2006
Access and Qualification Friction · Safety Social
The affected flow runs through gate completion communication/co-play/return residual safety outcome; its limiting point is the safety social entry handoff. - City-building Simulation
Township
City-building Simulation · Cross-platform · 2011
Access and Qualification Friction · Cooperation
The limiting point sits in the cooperation entry handoff. - Decision Analysis
Vampire Survivors
2022
Access and Qualification Friction
The decision path breaks across Access and Qualification Friction. Preserve the protected value identified in the analysis. - Mobile Action Strategy
Warcraft Rumble
Mobile Action Strategy · Mobile / PC Beta · 2023
access liquidity
The limiting point sits in the entry handoff.