Seriously why are new players going up against vet players that have golden portraits in Arena? Specially on their very 1st game? that is such a kick in the face to new players and will push me away from this game when you treat us that bad.
First of all, a gold portrait means nothing.
Second, arena matchmaking is based on arena record I think. If you’re 2-2,you play against someone who’s 2-2. I’m fairly sure this is how it works.
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It does mean that they have 500 wins in that class. Used to be 500 ranked wins, since Rise of Shadows arena wins count as well. At this time it is safe to assume most wins will still be ranked.
It does mean that they are veteran players. But it might still be there first Arena run ever.
Correct. Your opponent is at the same score, or close to it if no match based on exact same can be found fast enough. (The latter is mostly only relevant once you are at 10 or more wins, where the pool starts to become shallow).
In addition, I think there still also is a rule that new arena players (I think the cutoff point was 5 runs) are only matched to other new arena players, when possible. But once you are past that cut-off point, you play with the big boys.
At 0-2 and 1-2, your opponent will almost always be either a bad player or a player with a bad deck. At 10+ wins, your opponent will always be a great player with a great deck.
At 0-0 and 1-0, your opponent can be anything. It could be Kripparian with the best draft he ever had. Or it could be someone who barely knows how to spell Arena, with the worst draft ever seen. Or (more likely) somewhere in between these extremes.
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You came into a steel cage crying “I’m the strongest, who’s on me?” You cannot seriously expect weak opponents.
Realistically a lot of people with gold portraits still aren’t that good at the game or that class. They have 500 wins, but 500 wins at rank 20 counts just as well as 500 at top legend.
That’s more what I was referring to with “gold portraits mean nothing”
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