Quote Originally Posted by NoelNoel View Post
[...]they should keep being paired with silver and bronze [...]
They shouldn't even be paired with bronze and silvers, ideally. Elo difference between the highest and lowest player should "ideally" be single digit while people who have yet to establish a stable skill level should primarily be paired with others who have neither. We just don't get any matches to pop if we had "good" matchmaking.

The PvP population here in FFXIV is downright dysfunctionally small on the NA/EU data centers and what SE really should look into are the reasons for that. I mean, just look at the consequences of it: You can't have good matchmaking, GC restrictions prevent games rather than being a minor annoyance, Newcomers are forced to choose between ranked and a completely different mode (It's like only having Ranked Summoner's Rift and ARAM popping) and matchfixing/wintrading becomes feasible (Since the chances of being matched against each other are high).

Somebody kindly did a player poll over in the general forums and so far, less people care for PvP than for Lord of Verminion. I'd not be surprised if that was actually accurate, because that's how it feels like ingame as well. Anyway, that is the core issue that really needs addressing. Everything else really is secondary - IMO.