4 years ago

Matchmaking balance is completely garbage! Fix it please!

Fleetbattle: Constantly matching high level players with ranks, who overuse the drift ability to pure madness or Teams of 2 or 3 getting matched with decent randoms and my Team always consist of low level players and no ranks, who haven't even unlocked everything and of course can't keep up - matchmaking balance is non-existent in this game! I lose so many games because of this! Funny thing is the derank is often pretty low, so the game KNOWS it wasn't balanced and fair yet those games are allowed to being matched. I don't want to have bad/new players in my game - bad/new players don't want to be in games where they get slaughtered. It's not fun for anyone. There is no room for improvement - only for frustration! The game somehow always thinks I am a god player and I can carry 2-4 randoms to victory. This is what happens, when search time are more important then quality; matchmaking systems like this are common these days in games and are the reason why games are always quickly die out. I don't understand why developer never go for quality matchmaking these days. I rather wait 5-10 minutes or longer or even don't find a game at all, then having constantly lopsided matches full of frustration and rage! I know this game isn't supported anymore but please fix this * or give us optional search parameters like skill searching, etc. we can select.

Am I the only one, who experience this? Am I doing something wrong? How do others experience the multiplayer?

I hope for the next Squadrons game, they go for quality matchmaking and better balance for the drift ability, because the game itself is really well made and fun if it weren't for this god awful matchmaking system!

Edit: If someone wants to Team up, add me or leave a message. Must have reached atleast Rank "Heroic".

On Xbox: Black White01.

23 Replies

Edairman198526
4 years ago
@IBlack-White01 how to improve quality matchmaking...Completely remove the crossplay with PC and you'll see the games will be much more balanced.
IBlack-White01
4 years ago
@Edairman198526 If you remove crossplay, the game is basically dead on Xbox and you can already deselect crossplay in the main menu, so this isn't the problem. The problem is that I usually get a bunch of level 20s without ranks and the other Team is full tripple digit level, ranks or new second accounts.
Edairman198526
4 years ago
@IBlack-White01It's funny how all of ya'll complain about the stackers and if you look closely they are all PC players. They already ruined Fleet Battles to the point that nobody wants to play it anymore so now they moved to Dogfight mode. Game will do better if matchmaking remains between consoles PSN and Xbox....Keep PC away from console games.
IBlack-White01
4 years ago
@Edairman198526 I appreciate your input but you still missing the point. I don't complain about stacked Teams nor good players, this has nothing to do with the platform. I don't mind playing against a stacked Team of 2-4, but if I have to, I want a stacked Team on the same level too. The problem isn't the platform; it is about the matchmaking balance.
PowerPaladin541
Rising Vanguard
4 years ago
@IBlack-White01 He's always going to complain about PC. That's his MO. If you want to not have to deal with solo queue, there's a good number of discord servers out there that will be more than glad to queue up with you (I'm part of Gray Squadron, if you wanted some direction). Nobody "ruined" fleet battles. People just realized that solo queue sucked and grouped up to get comp practice in the online ladder mode. I 100% guarantee that you'll at least cut down on the frustration of communicating with folks if you stack. There are those who willfully are against stacking, and that's their choice, but they can't stop you from having an easier time, making new friends, and learning new tactics and strategies.
Edairman198526
4 years ago
@PowerPaladin541 I'm here to protest PC stacking, the cancerous clans, etc. Fleet Battles have been ruined becausenof PC stackers, pinballers, Y-wings & B-wings acting like fighter-bombers. I don't complain about console stackers because there is only a few which are not even a problem because they are solo players. I don't care about friendships or clans here...I worked too hard and fought too hard to be where I'm at in Squadrons despite the terrible inbalances I have to deal with against this broken New Republic faction which is overpowered as hell.
PowerPaladin541
Rising Vanguard
4 years ago
@Edairman198526 Dude, until we made the B-Wing actually work in comp, *literally only just last weekend*, Empire was 100% the faction with the edge. Now it's actually an even match-up. The only imbalances you're facing are the ones you're subjecting yourself to with your own gameplay. Does matchmaking suck? Uh, yeah. It does. Do you run into stacks all of the time? Yes. *Do you know what you do to counter that?* You...form your own stack of people you like to play with. You just do it. It's a no-brainer. It might actually keep you from dodging literally all the time we see you in the opposite lobby. I'm sure your teammates *love* when that happens, but you'll never know, because you never seem to care about your teammates. So, honestly, it's no wonder you won't do yourself a favor. Go play AC7 if you want to go it alone online in a cockpit.
Gytheran
4 years ago
This is easily the longest I've ever seen Ed stick around.
TheBlackxxRanger
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
Never queue alone, find a group on discord and get a 5 stack together.
Support is done for this game, any plea for help is the equivalent of yelling at a wall.
Gytheran
4 years ago
@Edairman198526 Where'd you go?! Dodged again?!