Matchmaking Is OFFICIALLY Broken

[Nalien]

Those people with higher rating have the same issue and conditions as you.

I really don't think this is the case, considering how many people who got Gold have seemingly just stopped at this point... They got Gold when everyone was still playing, there were plenty of players kicking around who actually know what they're doing, sure they'd still get paired up with the odd idiot when climbing to Gold, but with a higher playerbase of people who know what they're doing comes a higher chance of playing matches which aren't pathetic... Now that seemingly half the top 100 aren't even playing, with more still settling on maybe a couple matches (based on low rating changes) and who knows how many competent people in Silver who've just given up... The number of people who know what they're doing in Feast has dropped noticeably, at least for me there is a very noticeable difference in match ups between last week and this week, pretty much a complete 180. Matches just aren't fun anymore, because the majority of people who know what they're doing and are fun to play with/against have stopped playing...

People are done with Feast, as such the conditions have changed. SE failed to make matchmaking and the rewards appealing enough for a significant number of people to bother pushing past landing in the top 100. The result is people get into the top 100 and either stop out right, or significantly tone down their playtime, meaning everyone left behind no longer has the benefit of their company. Am I saying I want them to carry me to Gold? Hell no, I want to play against them as much as I want to play with them, because those matches were actually fun, regardless of the outcome... Now that plenty are just stopping though, it's only a matter of time until the remainder stop, because of this exact issue... It's a problem that's only going to get worse...

Not that matchmaking is the only problem, but if things were fine, people wouldn't be quitting while they're ahead... Matchmaking can pair you with a player way out of your league, and as such it isn't worth the risk to continue playing... I don't think anyone can call Feast a success at this point, too many players are dropping out... That's just what we see at the top of the leaderboard, too... Lord knows what is happening down at the bottom... Can't imagine it's good though, new players get matched with people going for Gold and either get chewed out by their team, or utterly destroyed by the higher rank they're matched against... Doubt they'll stay interested in PvP for long with matches like that... This broad matchmaking might be good for queue times, but if anyone thinks it's good for the PvP community in the long run, I'd love to hear why...