Competitive Higher Level Requirements?

(camouflageMixer) #1

Please make Competitive (Comp.) have a higher level requirement, Lv. 5 is so easy to get and when they join a COMP. match they still have no idea on what’s going on, I was playing in a party of 2 with a buddy, and the 3 Lv. 5’s were ALL skyhammers on the attacking team! I truly am getting pissed with all these noobs joining comp. matches… I am GOLD 3 and the ONLY reason I’m GOLD 3 is because I played with a group of 4 or 5 till this point, please make the requirements Lv. 7 or maybe Lv. 10? I feel this would make everyone’s experience a ton better in COMP. when your playing without a party…

On a side note, how does the comp. ranking system work? How’s the rank determined?

(Comp. = Competitive)

(Nail) #2

it started at lvl 7 but everyone whined, bitched, moaned, and stomped their feet till it went to 5, same people now want it at 10 or 12, can’t please

(Amerika) #3

I thought 7 was pretty much perfect. It wasn’t extremely hard to get to but it still made sure that a player had to put multiple sessions into the game before being able to queue up. And during that time a player would hopefully know how most of the game and maps works. I went from level 1 to level 4 in a single game. Hit level 5 the next game. I don’t think that’s enough time to learn anything for people not already familiar with this style of game or know how the maps work.

(ZGToRRent) #4

Because no one played on closed beta.

+1 to lvl 7 or 20 stopwatch wins.

(Tomme) #5

Level five is to low in my opinion, people did moan about it being level seven before, even comparing it to CSGO which didn’t have a level requirement but now it does ha! It was perfect before and hopefully can go back to it.

(Ghosthree3) #6

Yeah level 7 should be minimum.

Also don’t [bold] your text to try and get your point across more firmly.

(Szakalot) #7

problem is how placement matches are done, and the fact that solo queues and premades are pooled together.

if newbies were matched with newbies only there would be no trouble, right?

(Glot) #8

agree with Szaka.
if it was lvl5 vs lvl5 mix then no one would ever complain.
and i would never even had a chance to find out it - because i would never get with them in a match.

Match making is working in a way, when at first seconds, game searches for ppl within certain window of elo range, then (if it didnt find enough ppl) range is encreased, and more ppl get into that window (both with less elo and more elo).

the longer you wait - the more diverse players will be in a match.

so basically, the more ppl playing, the more evenly matched teams will be.

(Szakalot) #9

regardless of how that is done, the placement is all over the place. Solo vs premades will never accurately depict individual player’s skills.

I got Gold 5; almost everyone in my rank is an open beta player, with no previous DB experience. Saw people half-my-skill at gold 2 (not you Glottis!); and people better than my/my level at silver ranks.

(SchwaD) #10

going from 1-5 is very fast. 6 Needs a long time and 7 needed a long time. To long for people who wanted to play comp. But 5 is to less. 6 would be a great middle. 5 to 6 needs as long as 1-5.

But at all, if high ranked player would join games with other high ranked it wouldn’t be a problem. But at the moment everyone plays with everyone. Or at least it feels like :slight_smile:

Of my first 10 matches I lost everyone, cause I played against dmon and v584 all the time. I got ranked silver 2. Now I am always in matches against newbies, beeing mostly totally owerpowered and winning the matches more or less alone. But I am still silver 2, nothing changed. But yea its a beta…

Hopefully matchmaking is focused on optimizing it and removing all the bugs.

(SchwaD) #11

@Szakalot : How do you see the ranks of your mates and enemies? Or are you asking them always?

(Szakalot) #12

yup, im asking; ive asked around 5 people so far

(Glot) #13

[SD]Anti did say, that ranks progress is going to be better after some fixes. And he is working on it.
Ranks progress is not very responsive, not quick enough.

(camouflageMixer) #14

Bump - Anyone else?

(Szakalot) #15

nothing to bump - its noted and being worked on. we have to see what they come up with.

(Glot) #16

btw, if someone is iinterested.
20k different players played competitive MM, since OpenBeta.