Guild Wars 2

When I get a duo Legendary teammate on my team (guild mates) by luck, I gained +2 more rating points than usual. The match was an utter blowout… didn’t feel challenged at all, even when I was 1v1ing or 1v2ing. I was just curious what that extra +2 point gained was for.

A few games later I find a duo partner (a would be Plat) and win several more games in a row. The wins yield +2 or +3 more rating than usual which tells me that my mmr is lower than the enemy comp on the other side.

The question then is, do I or do I not perform as good or better than Plat or Legendary teams? If I do, as seen from the above games, why do I not gain more points if I were to go solo? I understand if Matchmaking thinks i’m a chump player considering I did the absolute worse in those initial 10 placement games but if I can clearly soar with the eagles then why does matchmaking think i’m an owl?

You are most likely facing better Average Mmr teams since they average your and your partners Mmr then place you against higher average Mmr teams since you are Duo queued.