Ranked is so good.

(devolved) #1

Estimated wait time 5 mins in the peak hours, it’s actually more like 30+ mins.

Nearly every match I’ve played today 1 person quit on the team and other time AFK…everytime.

The option to click to accept the match needs to be taken away and you automatically go into the lobby.
If you’re not there waiting to play the game then you get the normal penalty.

Earlier after accepting a match I got entered into a 16man lobby, waiting for just one other person.
I went to quit and I was told I was going to get a penalty. So I rejoined and went into the proper lobby for the ranked match.
WTF was that all about.

Then I just tried getting into a ranked match and I clicked accept a million times like you normally do as I guess others aren’t…and then I get a matchmaking penalty, accept I’m the only mug who’s actually pressing the button.
Pressing accept got me a matchmaking ban?

I’m gonna try again now and see what happens. :o

(Serious Sam) #2

It’s late morning on a Saturday in NA and I couldn’t get a match even after 50 minutes queued. Anyone else having problems like this, or is it just that nobody is playing ranked at all?

(devolved) #3

I’ve heard that some americans try and get games on the EU server cos no one plays ranked in NA, but I’m from EU and got more games in NA…doesn’t make sense lol
I think the small player base makes matchmaking impossible.
It’s sad cos this game is good.

(neverplayseriou) #4

Na ranked is dead, we got a game today with gold 2/5 in ~5 mins in the eu.

(Tayski) #5

It’s pretty dead in EU too, most times it takes over 45 minutes to find a game even during the peak hours. We were very keen to play a lot of ranked the last few weeks as it’s usually a bit more organised than pubs, but unfortunately we had to give up on that idea altogether.

I think, unlike many other have said in the past, that pre-made teams of 5 and solo/duo queue should be in the same pool and that would already make a difference in how fast you can find a match. It might not be ideal, but I really believe the player base who plays ranked is so small that we can’t afford to split it into different groups.
It’s better to get a game that might be slightly unbalanced rather than no game at all.

If no drastic change is made to the current ranked system, it will only go downhill from here and will end up completely abandoned.

For me a few solutions:
-regroup the 5 player teams and the solo and duo queues into one pool, instead of 2 separate pools.
-add a bigger incentive for playing ranked: for instance triple the number of credits you get compared to a public game, or higher chances of getting cases / elite cases.
-add an incentive for ranking up, so whenever you reach a new rank you get a crate for instance.

Those changes would already make a big difference in the activity IMO.

(formalBlast) #6

hey , i got some problem when i try to play ranked, i join the pre-game ,in the chatroom , etc , and when all are ready , the game don’t start and i go back to the main menu.
someone know why ?