Out of 10 different lobbies created (or joined) all members were N7 1080-1150 100% of the time (My own N7 rating being 1138).
If this hyphothesis rings true, it has increased the waiting times for creating lobbies exponentially; particularly for high ranking N7 players.
Now before the posts start flowing in about "herp derp! You should be happy! You're getting grouped up with only high skilled players!" No. A thousand times no. Besides the already proven point that N7 doesn't equal skill, this is a terrible idea.
Why? Fairly simple: The number of N7+1000 players is LOW (Or perhaps rephrased, N7 players past 1000 who are within 100 or so ranks to you). This makes creating - and joining - lobbies a living nightmare. There's simply not enough players to be around. Tested on both gold and silver lobbies, it takes well over 20 minutes to get 4 players for a game, and many of those players simply get bored halfway and leave, increasing waiting times.
I'm aware "invite your friends" is a solution, but its not always such, they could be offline, or you could just want a quick match. Random PuG is fairly impossible right now for high ranking N7s for example that want to take a chill in silver. Before this patch a room would fill in very quickly around 5 minutes; sure, N7 ranks varied from 50s to 600s or so, but it made the game playable, and it made it fast. Since the patch, and if this matchmaking theory is true, its nigh impossible to start a playable lobby due to the lack of high N7 players.
If such a system is in place, or is in testing or an unintentional side-effect, make it a toggle option wether you want matchmaking or not.
If anyone else can confirm this theory through own public lobby experiences let me know. I'd like to confirm this isn't some sort of weird, incredible bad luck coincidence regarding this new matchmaking.
Modifié par Volksvarg, 31 mai 2012 - 07:48 .
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