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A question about the matchmaking "fix"

So I'm going to be polite as I can here...

Let me see if I'm understanding the logic that went into this fix for matchmaking. Purple ranked and red ranked survivors grouped up and were getting brown ranked killers so the decided fix to this was to make it so that when brown and red ranked survivors grouped up that the brown rank is now forced to face off against a red ranked killer.

How exactly does this fix the issue that was being presented?

Comments

  • Speshul_Kitten
    Speshul_Kitten Member Posts: 1,861

    one extreme over another is really all it is. Hopefully these low rank survivors don’t end up quitting the game.

  • Awakey
    Awakey Member Posts: 3,145
    edited September 2019

    Let's think about this rationally.

    Two matches, one before the change and one after.

    Before, you could have 2 red rank, a yellow rank, and a brown rank against a brown rank killer. The red ranks loop the brown rank for all eternity, and the brown and yellow do gens.

    Makes for a pretty boring match for all but the red who distracts.

    Now, post change. 3 reds and a yellow against a red ranked killer.

    4/5 people in the match have a great time. The yellow gets to hone their skills, and at least isn't too bored.

    Edit: The low ranks also have a choice to not do SWF until they get better. The killer doesn't have that choice.

  • Khroalthemadbomber
    Khroalthemadbomber Member Posts: 1,073

    That's fair and all but the underlying issue of most recent was the bug that allowed purple and red ranks grouped up to get a brown rank. How is forcing the brown rank that is now grouped up with the red rank buddy to see if they like the game to take on a red ranked killer fair?

  • Mr_K
    Mr_K Member Posts: 9,282

    Old: A red, 2 purples, and a yellow swf queue for a lobby. Killer is yellow.

    New: A red, 2 purples, and a yellow swf queue for a lobby. Killer is red (or purple if no red killers)

    Old: team of 4 survivors with some skilled enough to hit red and purple vs a killer who expects to face survivors around their own rank.

    New: lower rank survivor knowing that match making will provide a high rank killer joins a swf of high rank players.

  • BBQnDemogorgon
    BBQnDemogorgon Member Posts: 3,615

    Would be strange to quit over something that is easily avoided and essentially opt-in.

    You could just play with friends at your rank, solo or ask your rank 1 buddy to play on an alt.

  • Khroalthemadbomber
    Khroalthemadbomber Member Posts: 1,073

    Yes... because I want to shell out $20 more plus DLC all over to play with my friends that just started...

    I'm not looking to take on low ranked people as a high rank. I understand the concept behind this.

    My issue is that the bug itself seems to have been seemingly been ignored (interpretation not potentially the actual decision) and rather than fix the issue, we are now forced to deal with the exact opposite extreme of what the bug was issuing before making it seem to be the players-of-the-game's fault and not the bug itself.

  • Deadeye
    Deadeye Member Posts: 3,627

    @Mr_K Old: A red, 2 purples, and a yellow swf queue for a lobby. Killer is yellow.

    Wasnt it said to be the average? So before it should have been a green killer in best case

  • Mr_K
    Mr_K Member Posts: 9,282
    edited September 2019

    @Deadeye

    Average was heavily skewed towards the lower rank. Rightly or wrongly.

    Remember this is the same system that would place 4 solo rank 20s against a rank 1 killer.

  • TAG
    TAG Member Posts: 12,871

    I'd say more that the devs decided to fix a big issue with SWF while also dealing with the bug in the process.

  • Awakey
    Awakey Member Posts: 3,145

    Because the low rank has the choice to play SWF or not.