Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone, i´m not a new player but I started to play ranked spvp few days ago due to WvW extreme boredom. i played the first 10 matches got 6 victories 4 loses, got placed at bronze 3 surfing around the pvp interfaz saw my friend´s list w/l ratio. i was amazed how some players with pretty worse stats than others are better ranked. Now i have 20 victories 12 loses and got up to silver 1 I got a friend with 8 victories 9 loses and he is better ranked than me.

Is this all about the 10 first games streak or are other factors implied?

Thanks in advance.

The details are here: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Matchmaking_Algorithm

The short version is: your MMR is an algorithmic guess about your skill level, compared to the skill level of all other active pvp players. (eg: it’s not an absolute value for skill, just a relative one.)

It takes around 90 games to home in on an accurate assessment, assuming nothing changes in your skill in that time. So, after 10 placement matches you are about 12 percent of the way to having an “accurate” MMR.

Keep playing, and you will rise or fall until you hit the correct level. Ditto your friend, who will also do the same thing.

The initial 10 games are labelled “placement” but … that’s the only difference. They don’t actually do anything different in terms of MMR or whatever.

Win ratio doesn’t matter. What matters is who you win or lose against.

The goal of the matchmaking system is to put you with and against players of similar skill. As such, you’ll win about half your games. Other people with higher ratings and similar win ratios are playing people at their skill level.