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Velswab
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2 hours ago

If a game is super close, don't remake the whole lobby matchmake again

I understand the purpose of matchmaking between games. But if a game is very close and not one-sided, please do not completely throw away that lobby in favor of a new one that might not be as well-balanced.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If you want to matchmake out a few "outlier" players who under/overperformed relative to the skill-level of the lobby, sure, but it is SO frustrating to have an outstanding, super close game, then get auto matchmade into a new game that ends up being a one-sided stomp that feels miserable. You already had a well-balanced game! Why are we remaking it??

I think there are members of the dev team that still don't really get what made the server browser so satisfying in prior titles. If you got into a game with proper autobalance, you could easily have half a dozen games in a row that felt super close and rewarding, with the added boon of recognizability of other players you'd see frequently, and a consistent map rotation/map voting that meant you wouldn't do the same map every other game like you can now. You also had consistent downtime between maps, unlike now, where it's a roll of the dice whether the game kicks me out to the menu or not every time it tries to queue. 

Alternatively, add dedicated servers to portal that the "playlists" matchmake into. Maybe an option to stick with the server instead of just stick with the squad? Only matchmake the outliers like mentioned above? 

It's just frustrating that I feel I had more consistently well-balanced games in BF4 in servers that had autobalance, with a more enjoyable experience thanks to map voting, than I am in a game coming out 12 years later. I get close matches, sometimes. But sometimes I'll play 3 games in a row and one team stomps the other every time. Who knows, maybe some of the maps are balanced like poorly and that's why, I can't tell, I don't have the data. I really want this game to be as fun as possible. 

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