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How is this remotely fair?
Matchmaking has been so borked lately. I was getting used to seeing teams of rank 2/3 survivors against rank 8/9 killer (not fun), but then got this one. The killer was obviously new and got destroyed.
I know there's the argument that rank doesn't matter, but I feel that with the current system, red rank survivors are generally better than they used to be. Add in group communication and it can be pretty miserable for the killer. Especially when the killer is so new. It can be really unfun and potentially putting people off coming back to the game.
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It's not remotely fair. I suspect there is such a shortage of killers that matchmaking is grasping at any killer. An easily forseeable side effect of constantly catering to survivors.
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Holy #########
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I wouldn’t say that 18 got destroyed. Looks like he held his ground pretty well. I’m a rank 6 and I’ve played straight 1s and barely touched 10k BP.
I’ve also encountered a killer who said he intentionally de-ranked because of “toxic survivors” yet hook camped with insta-stalk GF. Hypocritical I know. But ranks mean f-all in this game tbh. It’s too easy to smurf and too common to get displaced on skill.
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Well I don't wish to argue semantics; he managed a couple of hooks towards the end, but generally got looped all game while the gens got knocked out. And maybe he did derank, but it didn't seem like it: he was trying to play the game out and catch people. And even if he did, rank 18 players shouldn't be getting matched with rank 3s.
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It's not fair but in the new ranks there isn't enough survivors so the matchmaking widens and just grabs the first available it seems.
It's an issue with the matchmaking but I don't see it getting any better without them widening the new players search to maybe down to rank 10 for now.
The new reset will alao become problematic for this case as it means most constant players will eventually work their way down so there is no one above rank 10 if they play even casually. It will need a constant feed of players buying or constantly coming back to the game after a break.
I think an mmr system is needed more than ever in the game and it should just ignore rank altogether in favour of time played, kills, escapes, chase length etc and it widens quicker. Every 30s after searching it just looks to one higher or lower bracket.
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I like how red rank survivors get green rank killers and red rank killers get green rank survivors.
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On Xbox, I cannot tell you the last time I’ve encountered a killer that’s not at least Green.
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I can't take people serious, that honestly think rank doesn't matter. The broken matchmaking shows that very obvious.
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what do you mean? I wait 2x longer than on survivor if I play killer and maybe even 3x longer
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It's not fair. I've been dealing with that all weekend. I'm a rank 9 killer who is going up against nothing but red rank survivors lately. There's just a shortage of killers on PC right now. It takes me no time at all to find a game on PC as killer while I'm stuck waiting to find a survivor game.
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My Killer Rank is kind of smurfed right now. I am a rank 12, but have been in the red ranks a few times in the past and usually hover around the high greens. Anyway, just last night I had a match with my Trapper against all Red Ranks, 2 of them rank 2. For a normal rank 12 this would have probably been hell, but I handled it. Still, not a fair match making hookup. There are just not many people playing Killer anymore, which is sad, because I think it is more fun and rewarding.
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I agree it is more fun overall. However, the times where killers get antagonized by toxic SWF groups are so malignant people just want to avoid it completely. Being bullied by SWF is quite literally the most miserable gaming experience I have ever had.
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I agree. It is pretty awful and humiliating. Sadly, nothing will ever be done with SWF. I think that is how a large portion of people play the game. I only play solo survivor because that is how the game was intended to be played. Its scarier, more challenging, and alot more fun, imo. They wanted this game to be like the last bit of a horror movie when everybody starts getting wasted and the final person starts falling over bodies and stuff, but SWF kills that. The only movie I can remember the victims having comms was Aliens, and that wasn't a 4v1!!
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Yep... All night, every night. When I finally do get matched to purples, I stomp.
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