Please remove "compelled fairness"

[KveldUlfr-21796]

@anon55086273

I’ve never understood the “everyone should have a 50% winrate” mentality in games like this, specially in random matches, is a very mediocre and deteriorative approach (to anything), IMHO. Not only it is pampering for bad players, while screwing the good ones, but is also making them bad players falsely believe they are on equal ground to the good ones, resulting in a vicious circle of unfun experiences for everyone.
But what do I know, I just believe in self-improvement.

You are right to believe in self-improvement. BUT…
Oh, another one:

@waterlong-1416

Are you saying then a 50% winrate isnt fair? If not, what would a fair winrate for you look like

Well…

Here it is message from a dev who sadly was the last to leave:

@Hoku-1399

I’m not an engineer, but I can take a crack at this. The forced 50% win rate discussion is weird and complicated because it’s both true and not true at the same time, and people often inject their own biases very heavily on games to support what they think is happening to them, usually to assign blame for a loss to an external source (in this case the matchmaker) because it’s an easy thing to do (the matchmaker can’t defend itself after all!). First, let’s discuss what forced 50% isn’t. Force…

(This is for you Hoku. Let us keep passing on this post that was apparently largery ignored… missed by me in the first place included.)

Now, I agree that too much often, even without any bias from the system, you end up having to carry for a whole team of weak allies (speaking as a mostly QM playing guy… although solo ranked is not that much better in this regard), which you can not always lead to victory alone, especially when a bad hero comp MM adds up to it.
The OP’s suggestion of more balanced matches is sound in the end. We should be paired with and matched against comparable playing skill levels with only slight differences to secure accuracy in game balance and skill gradual improvement (instead of absolute situations which help NOTHING AT ALL).