Matchmaking In WoC

The key word here is "matchmaking". And to follow that up, what's really made sense about some of the subtractions over the last several years? 

It's not an overly thorough look, but there's a list of "but why?", and there's another list of "because we can". 

Ladies and gentlemen, realistically and collectively, there is absolutely no chance that our "financial involvement", into this series, is going to result in either making this a number 1 and/or go-to game, once we start up our consoles. Nope. For some, they eat this cluster*&$# all day long, no questions asked, unless it's asking for seconds, thirds, etc. And for others, including myself, it's an absolute embarrassment of actual hockey plays, and majorly nonsensical. 

Personally, and in The Division 2, I have played 4274 hours. The Division (1), I'm at roughly half of the hours. Meaning, playability, new DECENT content, less worry about a graphic-appeasing/useless engine, and a long list of why I continue to play this game. Oh, and it came out in 2019. And the best part, as much as I respect Mr. Lahey (John Dunsworth), you don't have to be "right in the pocket" to play and have fun with it. With the current EA SPORTS NHL series, being "right in the pocket" is expected, and playing and having fun with usually requires more drinky poos....

I’m in a league, so obviously we want to rep our NHL logos for our teams (made my own discussion post about that here) but grinding for club bags has us 95% of the time (when we actually grab a game) matching up with big D sweat monsters. It’s just not worth the grind. I’d rather just run whatever BS logos I have. Matchmaking is TRASH.

If they want more people playing this game and make matchmaking good again they have to make the game fun again like it was in nhl 23 and before . Change back controls and hitting and stuff like that . There is so many people that has stopped playing this game including myself since nhl 24 came out 

U guys either need to fix this terrible matchmaking or put it on gamepass and double the population of the game 

These are the kind of matches we’ve been getting set up with… we’re the silvers. Unbelievable. 

All true.  And now. Having trouble finding a match.   

This is the worst I have ever seen.     What horrible game EA.   Just horrible. 

this has to be the worst matchmaking system NHL has ever used, way too many servers, every game 45-60 ping and rarely get to play on my home server.. absolutely brutal i have to wait 1 hr be4 finding a team in WOC. this should be a priority and fixed asap.. be4 all the players stop playing

Those teams exist because we match up against them all the time.  We are routinely matched against players who are the top level players.  The concept of playing against better teams to get better makes sense but you don't put a beer league team against the Swedish national team and expect them to learn the game.

It's about getting relatively better and learning through progression.  The matchmaking is very broken. It's been broken since launch and I think it's getting to its tipping point where people are going to walk away from the game.

I got frustrated, loaded up another game with a recent update and found myself much happier. We are entering the season where updates and new games hit the market and it's only a matter of time for people to look elsewhere rather than continually be frustrated by the problems that have plagued this game since launch.

I agree. Our record is 102-1-1. I am not bragging, but we are only matching up against newbs and it’s not very fun. We want to match up against better players but they just don’t exist. 

There never has been very strict skill-based matchmaking in CHEL even when the player base is reasonably sized it's kind of 'soft skill-based matchmaking' at most. Playing with randoms in any online game always comes with the risk of teammates quitting, but if you're playing with friends and your friends quit, get better friends. 

I'm a turbo-nerd and have a program I've made that keeps track of every game my club plays and the records of every team we've played. I've done the math, and 30% of my games are against teams with a winning percentage > 60% which I would consider a "good" team. another 30% are against teams that have a winning percentage between 45 and 60, and the rest are against teams below that. That seems like a pretty fair distribution. There used to be no such thing as skill based matchmaking in any online game.

If you're playing club, and care that much, there's a couple websites where you can search the club beforehand and just back out before the game even starts if you're afraid, but good luck learning how to get better at the game, instead you should play the game, record it, and watch it back and see what the other team does that lets them run circles around you and try to learn from it. Just because the Sharks suck doesn't mean they don't get matched up with the Rangers or the Stars, you deal with the hand you're dealt and either get better at the game, take your lumps, or find another game to play because competitive gaming isn't for you.