Matchmaking is clearly broken.
Solo Q-ing:
Pubs - Smurfs and cheaters everywhere
Ranked - Still smurfs and cheaters everywhere, but there's a bunch of actual higher ranked players
Playing with a full pre-made team:
Pubs - Its more "skill based", although a lot of enemies seem like they didn't even know what they were doing.
Ranked - Don't know, none of my friends play rank, but I'd imagine it be the same as pubs
Conclusion: The game thinks you can 1v3 everyone else as a solo, but then 3v1 as a pre-made team. Doesn't really seem fair.
Cheaters and matchmaking as a solo or pre-made is maybe not relevant to this discussion.
Want to add two things though:
My problem and part of the topic of this conversation, is that your rank is not a proof of skill in anyway anymore. Your rank is not in anyway affecting who you are matched against.. (it seems like to me and what respawn has published)
And your MMR is not affecting what rank you start at (stupid reset).
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