This may only apply to players hovering around the 4000 ELO mark, but at this level, the matchmaking is incredibly unfair. We all know that as you progress, you hit a bottleneck where climbing the ELO ladder becomes increasingly difficult. This wouldn’t be an issue if not for the fact that, 95% of the time, you are matched against opponents with significantly lower ELO ratings. Losing to these types of users—who have low ELO but possess the skill level to quickly climb to higher ranks—results in a loss of over 30 points, whereas beating slightly lower-rated opponents (with 50 points less ELO) yields a mere 15 points. Personally, I would prefer to always be matched against players rated 100 ELO points above me; instead, the matchmaking system consistently pits me against low-ELO players who are skilled enough to rise rapidly through the ranks.
Thanks for the feedback, Mavier, and welcome to the community!
Unfortunately, the player pool becomes much thinner around 4,000 ELO. Restricting matchmaking to players very close to or above your rating would make queue times significantly longer. I do understand your concern and as the game grows we will probably add more customization options to the matchmaking to let you choose your changes, but right now it’s fixed for the most part to keep matchmaking fast for everyone.
However I do want to say that once you reach 5,000 ELO (Voyager), the system will no longer match you against players below 5,000 ELO which prevents this from happening.
Let me know if you have any concerns!
Why don’t you at first like:
first 5 seconds do similar elo and if no match found → prompt user with option to expand elo range to find match quicker or continue searching within similar elo?
That way ppl who js want quick matches are happy too?
there is an option in the settings, which is pretty inaccessible rn. ( Unless you read every update log , which people dont).
Btw the option you’re referring to only shows for people voyager or above
I think in the settings, players can choose the elo range (ex. Within 100 elo of me)