WOC - Why did you destroy the matchmaking?
What has happened to the matchmaking in World of Chel? We have been enthusiastically playing 6vs6 in World of Chel for years. Since NHL25 this enthusiasm is dwindling more and more. NHL24: Find...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerChanges were made with the intent to improve matchmaking. Obviously, this isn't working out as planned. We need to find out why you all are having so much trouble matchmaking. Searching prioritizes team size and goalie so you should be getting equivalent matches. So long as the player pool supports it.
What is happening with your searching? Are you searching only for 6s or are there less of you? Are you using a human goalie? Are you not getting matches? Are you matching with teams of 2 when you have 6? Are your searches taking too long? You're also welcome to get a video of your experience. That could help.
Hey Aljo, I appreciate this reply. It's the first one I have seen that even notes the change to matchmaking was intended and was intended as an enhancement. Considering your level of responsiveness in other topics I really found it strange how there was a complete silence the first couple months when every other post on this forum was about matchmaking. Blink twice if you were/are under a topic moratorium.
As for feedback, I can share my own experiences. EASHL, usually 4-5 skaters, always AI goalie. Matchmaking has been very uneven. Controlling for time of day (usually 8-10pm ET), we usually get matches in a bout 90 seconds. However there does seem to be 2 or 3 times a night where something breaks and we sit for 6-10 minutes with nothing being found. We back out of the locker room to try searching again. And maybe it's superstitious coincidence but it seems to help.
We have a hard time matching against opponents our level. We are solidly in upper gold (21,22k RPs) but we seem usually get games of all 16-18ks or 24k+.
- EA_Aljo
Hi there. We are aware of the feedback with lopsided RP.
Can you get me a video of what you're experiencing with matchmaking? We've been very focused on 6s so it's possible teams with less are having a harder time finding appropriate matches. Blink twice if you were/are under a topic moratorium.
Lots of people have been thinking this from the beginning, that they were told not to engage with certain topics. This being one of them.
