A solution to fix matchmaking without an mmr system
Just make it so u only get paired with people a maximum of 4 ranks above or below you not 10 or 15 ranks above
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Just make it so u only get paired with people a maximum of 4 ranks above or below you not 10 or 15 ranks above
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Unfortunately, this would probably kill queue times. As the devs explained in the post where they announced the MMR system, queue times, ping and fairness of matchmaking are all inextricably linked, and improving any one will have an adverse effect on the other two. So by narrowing the window for ranks with which players can be matched, you would also be giving players longer queue times and/or a slower connection to their opponents.
Having said that, the way matchmaking works at the moment is not actually how it is intended to work. The devs have explained previously that the "rainbow matchmaking" is caused by a bug in the system, which I believe they were working on a fix for, but I couldn't say whether they will fix it before the MMR system gets implemented.
That's how it was before, but que times were very long for red ranks (as many had a difficult time getting to red ranks). So they extended it to like 8 ranks.
Then there is some other stuff that applies to matchmaking like what character you que as, if your in a swf, and how well you did in your recent matches. That greatly skew's even the current matchmaking system to the ridiculous match-ups you see a lot of now.