How matchmaker should work (imho)

[masterifrit2-1737]

im pretty sure there was no secret here

Well don’t ruin it for me.

[chungus-21910]

Here I got my answer right now: Currently any GM can buy a new account for $20 and pretend to play poorly all the way down to 900sr. then they could just go 50/50 every from then on out. So it’s very easy for a GM to play in low Bronze.

no, performance based sr prevents this. it would be more like 20/80 w/l for a gm to stay in bronze

[Kaawumba-1133]

the prime directive of the ladder is to list all the participants in order, from best to worst. (how matches are made should obviously be people of close rank, but you’re always allowed to derank if you want)

I guess the main problem is that I don’t see any harm (in the grand scheme of things) in letting a GM play in a bronze game

You’re confused about a lot of things, but this may be the biggest. The “prime directive” of the game is to have fun.

Getting your head bashed in by massively better players is not fun.

For most people, doing the bashing isn’t fun either.

The design of the matchmaker isn’t primarily about rank, it is about putting equally skilled players together, because that is what most people find to be the most fun.

[RexOverwatch-1555]

I have a problem with matchmaker. It places new accounts in the middle of the pack. I think placing new players at the bottom of the pack would be better because, why should middle-of-the-road established players bear the laborious burden of sorting out who is good and who is bad.

I started playing in season 7. I mained Mercy. All through level 25. I was placed at 2150sr and slowly dropped all the way to 850sr. I was able to maintain an 1100sr rating with playing mostly Mercy. Now what about those people from 2100sr to 1100sr? I was in their matches and did not belong there? That’s a bad thing imho. And my answer to this is to start everyone at zero SR. (Without a level 25 requirement for Comp. I imagine the grind from zero SR to 1400sr would take about the same amount of time that it takes to get to level 25.)

With that being said, I always like to think of Overwatch in the “free to play” (unlimited accounts) environment because console has unlimited accounts, Overwatch may go free to play some day, and getting rid of the nominal dollar amount it takes to play Overwatch removes many trivialities that are better discussed apart from matchmaker.

So I want new players to start at the bottom instead of in the middle. And from that I started developing my opinions on how matchmaker should work. Among other things I’d like to see in the ladder/matchmaker.

[Axafekt-1863]

Nope gonna be a quad dps playground. As a support it’s a no for me

[RexOverwatch-1555]

their would be an awesome LFG so you could find the perfect comp just for you

QoL for the LFG

the problem with LFG is that group leaders don’t have the tools they need to run groups with any consistency, NAMELY:--------------- mutually accumulated win/loss/tie record with everyone we meet (to make sure we aren’t getting sabotaged)----------------- individual hero sr (informational purposes only, so we can see how good you can play heroes at a glance)------------------ a player directory (basically reverse LFG, why can people look for groups, but groups can’t look for people)----…

[iloveyou-11602]

How are you managing to simultaneously spam and necro your own post? That’s next-level, like necro’ing a post with a link to the same post so you can easily get back to the top.

[RexOverwatch-1555]

no, it just took me that long to come up with a response

[iloveyou-11602]

it just took me that long to come up with a response

According to the references information in the OP, you have managed to spam links to this thread on 26 other people’s posts before you had a response to yourself on your own thread?

Do you really think that anyone believes you? Do you even believe yourself? I mean, if you’re trying to avoid being noticed by the moderators, maybe don’t necro your own 4-month-old post that you spam on other people’s threads, just an idea.