NHL 26: WOC Matchmaking = Abysmal
How in the blue hell are random players that are hovering 20,000 RP, Rank Silver 1, supposed to compete with a team that's hovering 28,000 RP, Rank Purple 2? Yeah, a railroading of 6-1 is fun. Note t...
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This isn't call of duty, man. There aren't enough people playing drop-in to have rank based matchmaking. It's never been that way. The "population" thing has said LOW consistently for like 9 years.
At no point did I compare this series with any other franchise. Pay attention to details.
In any case, you're clearly missing the point: the matchmaking is completely and utterly garbage. And contrary to your belief, there's enough to go around. Meaning, as an explicitly solo random player, getting paired with other random players, especially in Threes Eliminator, we're often faced against teams of 2-3 practically side-by-side couch potatoes and a mascot. It happens quite often, as their team name isn't the random team name: it's custom.
Just for some context, imagine that 2-3 random players, from a couple of countries, time zones, etc., are matchmade against 2-3 dorm room, living room, side-by-side, etc., players that are close to a server. Who's actually going to have a better game? That's a rhetorical question.
The low population, average search time, and so on aren't what I'm questioning. I've posted this before, and it's relevant: randoms versus randoms and teams versus teams. This (failed) platform crossover crap hasn't yielded enough proper matchmaking. I've had many more and better games before the platform crossover, win or lose. What does that convey to you?
Of course, off and on topic, the X-FACTOR crap bandaids weak hockey video gamers, Clubs are a group of people that need validity from their peers, and the fact that there's Ones, Threes, and EASHL 3vs3 & 6vs6 means that not only is this game watered down, there's clearly enough of a game population to warrant these modes.
Bottom line, you don't make any sense.
Meaning, as an explicitly solo random player, getting paired with other random players, especially in Threes Eliminator, we're often faced against teams of 2-3 practically side-by-side couch potatoes and a mascot. It happens quite often, as their team name isn't the random team name: it's custom
Are aware that players from all over the world can join a team? it doesn't mean they're sitting on the couch beside each other. Maybe you're misunderstanding how matchmaking actually works?
imagine that 2-3 random players, from a couple of countries, time zones, etc., are matchmade against 2-3 dorm room, living room, side-by-side, etc., players that are close to a server. Who's actually going to have a better game? That's a rhetorical question.
There's no way for you to know that and you're just making assumptions.
randoms versus randoms and teams versus teams.
This is how it is in the real modes (3v3, 6v6). You seem to be playing Threes Eliminator which is an arcade mode with no expectation of consistency and a playground for waterbugs.
This (failed) platform crossover crap hasn't yielded enough proper matchmaking. I've had many more and better games before the platform crossover, win or lose. What does that convey to you?
Outside of lengthy searches during playoffs and the inability to match club size, matchmaking has been largely okay. I'm still not a fan of matchmaking not discerning between team ranking and matching up everyone versus everyone, but that's what needs to be done as EA has introduced way too many online team play modes - thinning out the herd across WoC entirely.
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