Lets Talk About 'Skill-Based Matchmaking'?

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@SunlessMeridian wrote:

Ranked as it exists now is totally broken in Diamond/Predator lobbies. Unlike, let's say Gold, once you enter these higher tier lobbies you will face a vast differential in skill....the predator players are often vastly superior to the Diamond players and yet they're all being awarded the same RP. I've been killed by the number 4 Predator (I'm a hard stuck D4)....how is it fair that I'm facing him (in a premade) as a bottom tier soloing Diamond? And to top things off he gets the same RP gain for killing me as I would for killing him.

Diamond lobbies need fixing, as the skill gap between Diamond and Plat is reasonable, whilst the skill gap for the grindy Preds is insane. I understand that they do this to minimise Pred queues, but there has to be some filtering to stop that huge skill difference being in the same lobby. And the worst Preds are on a whole different page to the best Preds too....

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We are mainly talking about the current state of SBMM in unranked inside this thread - But I'll kind of bounce off with an idea from what you said. The variance one who is gold would experience does lead to more diverse games than ones Diamond or Predator players would experience. Most players I have met that have made it to Diamond (Min.) express that their lobbies are way more stagnate and tend to lack a diverse experience - Meaning matches tend to feel or lead the same way. They also express the inability to play with lower level friends (Too hard for the friends.) and it being near impossible to compete without a full pre-made squad.