Guild Wars 2

I played several ranked games in the new system, and it genuinely feels like the majority of my matches consist of me playing as well as I can to carry a team of newcomers. I don’t know if it’s my MMR or what, but for some reason I get placed on teams of players that clearly don’t PvP much. I try to keep an open mind, but when I have just about every Forest game start with a 2-3 man boss rush for example, it makes me curious.

Is the current matchmaking significantly looser from an MMR standpoint, or is my MMR really so low that these are the players I belong with? I don’t know, and my pride won’t be hurt if that is the case, it just seems off. It’s not just my team either, that’s why it is particularly noticeable. My opponents seem to be new to things as well, but my team still struggles.

To add to my evidence, I’m running into builds that boggle my mind – SD Cele Engis, sword/shield warriors, condi SA thieves, and other weird things that don’t tend to work particularly well. Now, I’m not saying someone can’t be a great pvper with an unusual build, but it tends to be more likely that they’re just new. I notice that some of these people have the same guild tags — maybe it’s a result of the way small team queues affect the MMR matching?

Either way, I feel like I shouldn’t have to be playing the best game of my life just to end up losing a game by 50 points to people that seem so completely new to things. I don’t feel good about winning against these players, and losing just feels unfair. It didn’t seem like this would happen very often in the old system, but that’s why I’m asking. If anyone else has noticed this or maybe has an idea of why I might be feeling this way, let me know. Hey, maybe it all boils down to confirmation bias/Dunning-Kruger effect over a few odd games, but I really am curious.

The matchmaking system currently is very “loose” and allows most anyone in the queue to play against each other if that’s all the people who are available when it looks to create a match.

The current MMR system is pretty ridiculous. I just got stomped in a game from a big lead due to playing against CM Collero in a 3 man party…

I’m rank 22.

Justin ODell.9517:

The Baws.5164:

The current MMR system is pretty ridiculous. I just got stomped in a game from a big lead due to playing against CM Collero in a 3 man party…

I’m rank 22.

You just came off a 7 game winning streak, in the middle of the night in EU. There is only so much I can do. :/

Lol np