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igarv14
New Rookie
1 day ago

SBM fix

specifically for WoC and during club finals, skill based matchmaking should solely be based off your badge rank. My buddies and I are diamond 2’s and 1’s, realistically we should be playing diamond’s/gold’s. Elite’s should only be playing elite’s or close to it. If you want to make this game somewhat enjoyable, make elite’s only play elite’s or else it’s you and your buddies vs kids who hop on to only abuse the poor physics this game has. Those type of players make this game unenjoyable. Just had a guy do no move whatsoever and score beauty backhand from the slot. Simply just shot it and our goalie couldn’t stop a beach ball if he tried. Get people in the development team who know how to fix skill based matchmaking and know how actual hockey works.

Not to mention you could win 9-0 and get 80 RP, but lose 3-2 in 2OT and lose 600+ RP. Make it make sense? Fix SBM and do it like I said how it should be done, and I promise you guys get a better community. It is NOT a hard concept. 

3 Replies

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 day ago

    Hi there. Matchmaking is different for club finals. You'll only play other teams competing for the same cup. It's like this:

    • D 10 - 6 play for the Pro Cup
    • D 5 - 1 play for the Elite Cup


    It's not rank based obviously, but this helps avoid those D 1 vs D 10 matchups. Rank isn't always the best determiner of skill though either. There are plenty of low ranked players that are highly skilled.

  • WFWR26's avatar
    WFWR26
    Rising Traveler
    12 hours ago

    Club finals is so dumb. Rather have an option to just play regular games during this time, instead of getting guaranteed matchups against the sweats that have absolutely no life. 

  • TTZ_Dipsy's avatar
    TTZ_Dipsy
    Legend
    9 hours ago

    Why the heck are there only 2 divisions? That's absurd. The difference between div 5 and 1 is huge, let alone 10 to 1, and eventually everyone is going to make their way to 1 regardless of any real skill.

    We need more divisions with better matchmaking and a relegation system that actually makes sense in a competitive setting. The fact that everyone loses their badges after a playoffs creates a broken system that essentially allows teams and players to smurf on others - how is this fair for the top 100? How is that teaching a low ranked team?

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