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Lionheart1904
New Scout
3 months ago

Skill Based matchmaking - Rivals and Gauntlets

Hi everyone,

I am a returning player from FIFA 23, pretty impressed by the game but there’s something which I think can be improved, that being skill based matchmaking.

For example I started out Fortnite as a noob and they have nailed you getting lobbies not impossible and not too easy, just right to keep you evolving and learning .

This week I’ve been between 8 and 9 in Rivals and ok I’m learning again but most of the players were far superior than me, which means that probably div 9 is full of Smurf accounts? Because I finished in 8 now so they real rank I am assuming would be  not 8 or 9.

Another mode is gauntlets. Either you say from the start it’s competitive and sweaty because the way it is I won’t bother keeping 3 squads which is an absolute amazing idea. I’ll give challengers a go but if it’s the same matchmaking I will only play this week. Gauntlets I’m done, not for me unfortunately.

So loving the game, gameplay but matchmaking for me personally and I believe many casuals is not to a point where you can home chill, win some loose some but against similar level players

By the way nothing against Champs or modes which are supposed to be competitive, but that’s not why I play the game, so clarity on skill based vs competitive would be great.

I hope you take this in consideration as casuals and people with jobs and kids are a huge part of your user community and if you’re always facing people out of your league.. We’ll I’ll personally go play Fortnite instead…

Best Regards

competitive gameplay
discussion
gauntlets
rivals

5 Replies

  • yTaved's avatar
    yTaved
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Very thoughtful post! If you’re just getting back to the game, I’d suggest incorporating Squad Battle games. Rivals is your next best option but the game just released so people are still playing through divisions. Once you hit your rank you’ll win 1, lose 1 on average.

    I wouldn’t say people you face must be smurfs currently. For example, I’m usually in Elite Division but still in Div5 now because I didn’t find the time to play yet.  


    Gauntlet is new and there are no infos on how matchmaking works yet. Seems to be hit or miss, but you can’t lose anything for trying and every win gives you some rewards.

    Hope you still have fun and Rivals matchmaking gets more consistent soon ;)

  • Boshamooay999's avatar
    Boshamooay999
    Seasoned Scout
    3 months ago

    This is the thing any returning eafc25 players go straight into division 7 providing you were div1/elite prior, he’s not wrong with the matchmaking atm, it’s rather scattered, personally just don’t like champ or rivals, the games are far too long, only time I actually enjoy rivals is when I co-op them, but even that atm is tedious.

  • Fazchester_utd's avatar
    Fazchester_utd
    Seasoned Novice
    2 months ago

    Great post. I’ve been playing FC since 2012. I despise rivals. I open it with dread knowing I will be ruined and humiliated game after game bu people who should not be playing in the division they are in. I’ve just lost a match at the bottom level 10 by someone who was pulling out every skill under the sun. Literally dancing around my defenders like they were statues. I absolutely hate rivals for this reason alone. It reminds why I stopped playing CoD as it feels like I’m playing against cheating Ai bots 

  • Boshamooay999's avatar
    Boshamooay999
    Seasoned Scout
    2 months ago

    I feel you, I despise rivals and I refuse to play champs because of the same reasons above, I also do skill moves the ball roll here and elastico there, but your absolutely right, they really need to have an offline version of champs that’s vs AI, not as good rewards etc, but some of us hate the length of the games and the way they play out 99% of the time.

    Rivals for me is only doable when I’m co-op’ing them, I refuse to solo them anymore, not buying another controller lol 😂 

  • ricsilver063's avatar
    ricsilver063
    New Veteran
    29 days ago

    Hey guys, we're also discussing these issues related to the terrible Rivals MM in the Italian forum.
    I've attached the link to the discussion if you'd like to check it out.
    Maybe EA will listen to our requests. :-)

    https://forums.ea.com/discussions/fc-26-general-discussion-it/matchmaking-rivals-sbilanciato/12868973

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