Smurfing and SBMM are beyond a joke
Adding the option to report smurfing is a step in the right direction but it’s not enough, and half the time it doesn’t let you anyway! I’m not sure if this is because people just set themselves to o...
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@IdleHandsNo1
Here’s the thing: the majority of your pub lobbies are comprised of players at your skill level. Sometimes you see a masters or pred team. But the majority of these players are not in your lobby— I know this because the majority (over 50%) of my pub lobbies are actually Master and Preds.
So for the most part, you are still indeed being protected from the majority of these players. You have no idea how insane lobbies feel when everyone is a Master or Preds. You make one mistake and you die; it’s not how pubs should play.
Here’s the thing: the majority of your pub lobbies are comprised of players at your skill level. Sometimes you see a masters or pred team. But the majority of these players are not in your lobby— I know this because the majority (over 50%) of my pub lobbies are actually Master and Preds.
So for the most part, you are still indeed being protected from the majority of these players. You have no idea how insane lobbies feel when everyone is a Master or Preds. You make one mistake and you die; it’s not how pubs should play.
- @Axs5626Sxa5001 Wouldn’t that be a beautiful thing, but just to clarify...smurfing isn’t just a ranked problem. I’m sure it’s true that my matches aren’t full of preds but I’ve been playing a long time and just watching a handful of pred/master trails out the jump ship is enough to know it’s already over.
Lvl 30 wraith, 4K badge, 20 bomb badge, 100’s of kills.....she’s in my lobby along with plenty of others just like her, every match and let’s play the guessing game as to what her real account looks like? I’m pretty sure I know!
- @IdleHandsNo1
But if we push the algorithm even further and make it so my lobbies aren’t 60% preds, but closer to 100% pred, how is that an enjoyable experience for me?
Because you NEVER want to play against these players, I ONLY have to play against these players? Sure this is exactly how ranked should work— but pubs?
When everyone only plays their doppelgänger, everyone wins at equal ratios— this is called equal outcomes and its kind of a bad thing for pvp activities. Ranked: fine. Unranked: no way.- @Axs5626Sxa5001 I agree with you. I’m not on your level skill wise, I occasionally land in your lobbies. When I am in them, they are definitely difficult and an entirely different game. Some of those players just have insane movement, i’m trying to chase them down and they are shooting me in the back. I’m sitting there going uh I’m so confused!! Lol
@Axs5626Sxa5001
There is another issue to matchmaking. Team composition, meaning individual player's skill level.
Basically, if you get assigned the "stronger player role" by the algorithm you will have 2 inexperienced players to carry through the match in a high skill lobby.Yep, it is not fun to have to carry, and it isn't fun to be carried either.
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