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SurgicalPiercer's avatar
1 month ago

Online match making is a joke!

The EA bake online matchmaking in EAFC 26 is an absolute joke. My very first game as a level 1 online player in clubs I get placed against a level 50 and a level 60. The second game I get placed against seven online players all ranging over level 50 to level 75. Of course the score lines are looking like five to zero, seven to zero, etc. Because all of their players have more stamina, more Pace more everything because they've been able to acquire more attribute points and build their player for longer with more games. This makes it completely frustrating to even try and play the game because you have to spend how much time to be able to even get your players at that level. Some of us have careers. Some of us have jobs. Some of us have things that we do that don't require playing video games for 10 hours a day. How hard is it to match up players that are closer to levels or games played or average score line, etc. It's all statistics you have access to everyone's profile as well as their statistics from the game for the matchmaking. So it's your job to do better. This is poor and it's ridiculous. And I understand the argument of well. What if one person's a level two and they're playing with their friends? Who's a level 50 or 60? Who do you go off of? Well? Obviously you go off the higher level and put them in that and let the one person who's got the lower score learn quicker. If not, if it's multiple players that have lower levels and only one person with higher than you put them in a medium range like a level 30 or 40 if possible. It's not rocket science here.

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  • Hi, apparently there are matchmaking issues even in non-Ultimate Team modes...
    I consider myself a low-to-mid-level player, but I have no ambitions to play in the higher divisions in RIVALS. I'd settle for D6 or D5. Unfortunately, I can't get past D8, and I'm often relegated to D9 because I encounter too many players from higher divisions.
    Many of us have this problem, and we've reported it several times on the forum, but apparently no one listens!
    But all the other online modes in Ultimate Team are also biased toward very strong and experienced players...
    For players at my level, it's very difficult to win matches, and I often feel like giving up!
    I don't think this problem is felt by influential people like pro players and streamers, and since EA only listens to them, I think it will be very difficult to find a solution!

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