Quote Originally Posted by TheSankaku View Post
What I think they need to do is reduce the variance of ranks you can face, since a bronze 3 can literally be matched with a gold 1. But otherwise the only other restriction is unique jobs.
That may vary with how busy each tier is. If there are Silver players active then you're unlikely to be paired with Gold, but if those middle ranks are quiet then you either get paired up or you might be waiting a while.

It does seem like it would play into the impression people are describing that the game "throws harder opponents at them every X runs", possibly linked to going up a notch and suddenly being eligible to be paired with higher-ranked players while cut off from the lowest ones they could previously beat more easily.