Request: Allow end users to choose the ELO range matchups will accept.

nemir

So.... This game is the greatest game ever when you get to play someone that is close to you in skill.

When a game is 25 minutes in, and it's been to and fro, and you have no clue who is winning and you are having to work hard to get victory.... It's just the greatest.

When games are one-sided... For me at least, not so much.

For reference, I am rated around 600.

In the beginning, FAF's automatch would not pair people up who had a difference in rating of 100 points or more. For quite some time now, it's frequently matching me against 200, 250 and sometimes even approaching 300 difference if I've been waiting for a while.

These matches invariably are extremely un-fun. And a monumental waste of time.

Why can't there be an option in the client where I can set the range for me to match against?

I get that will mean that I might have to wait longer - I would much prefer to wait longer for a better match. I have other things I do to fill time when I am waiting.

Thanks for your consideration.

wilson_

And we need it to unlock at 30.000 games.

Firv

the biggest problem is there arent enough people in matchmaking for a system like that

Nuggets

@Firv said:

the biggest problem is there arent enough people in matchmaking for a system like that

Whats the problem though? Instead you will have players who just quit because its not a game they want to play. Thats probably an even worse experience

nemir

@Firv said:

the biggest problem is there arent enough people in matchmaking for a system like that

I get that the player numbers are declining. And I get that shrinking the range I can match against means that I will have to wait a lot longer for a game.

But that game will be awesome and worth the wait.

Also... if you just want to get into a game, and you don't mind bashing a noob, or getting bashed by a god, then you can choose to open up your range.

The thing about making it an option in the client is that you get to choose. You can even alter it depending on your mood, or the time of day, or what you ate for breakfast.