Issue: Severe Matchmaking OVR Imbalance
Issue: Severe Matchmaking OVR Imbalance
Hello EA FC Mobile Team,
I would like to report a recurring matchmaking issue that I have been experiencing for a long time.
My highest Team OVR is curre...
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We’ve talked about this before. Why does EA not listen?
I’m at +9 FC Champions in H2H mode. I’ve got a chance to promote and win a bonus and I get matched against an opponent +20 ranks above me (and, predictably, I lose). This isn’t fun and it isn’t fair. (And I’m left to wonder if it’s not even a coincidence!).
Why must the algorithm give us matchups like this? It happens a lot more often than I post about it, but it’s the persistence that drives me to post about it…again. I’m totally fine waiting longer for a fair matchup. PLEASE keep the game fair and fun and eliminate these lopsided matches!
So if you reach a number of stars, they just match you up with players from higher divisions
I’m totally fine with matchups that are +/- 10 ranks above or below my rank, but the problem is that if you’re in the lower tiers of FC Champions EA will match you with someone 20, 30, or even 40 ranks above, but never below. This just isn’t fair or fun!
I recognize that EA has a problem — there are just fewer users available to match with as you move up the ranks (i.e., it’s a pyramid). So, EA appears to be solving this by giving a +40 FC Champion-ranked player a match with me (at +10). My argument is that they should either (a) make the +40 player wait for a match with someone at their level; or (b) at least even things out by allowing me to occasionally play someone 30 ranks below me! As it stands, the first two tiers of FC Champions (ranks 0-9 and 10-19) just get abused. We are consistently matched with opponents that we have no realistic chance of beating and it’s just not fun or fair. This situation is totally fixable if EA will only show us some respect and stop favoring speedy matchmaking for the “whales” who occupy the highest ranks over fairness for the rest of us.
No sooner had I left my last comment than this happened (see below). Not super surprising really, as this happens almost every day. As I’ve said, I’m not complaining about a +10 rank difference (that would be reasonable). It’s when it’s +20, +30, or, in this case, +40(!) that it becomes ridiculous. This is fundamental issue of fair competition and respect for users who invest their time and money in the game. We just want a fair shake and to have fun. It’s not too much to ask.
Matchmaking and subsequent latency (due to matchmaking often outside of regions) are being looked at I'm told. There are no timeframes that have been mentioned at this point in time, as it's a complex issue. Pulsar should be able to share details once the devs share it with CMs.
