Something I find when solo queuing at an American rational time (In the morning for me) is that the matches are normally very, very close. Everyone knows what they’re doing in terms of map control, everyone is able to hold their own in a 1v1 for a point, everyone is able to know who to focus and how to win a teamfight and how to watch their positioning. It makes for amazing matches even if you lose.
Something I’ve noticed when queuing at an Australian rational time is that the game tries to scrape together the only 10 oceanics playing, resulting in a very, very large skill spread. The game pretty much comes down to who can herd a bunch of headless chickens towards a point best and then try to carry a teamfight solo with a bunch of people who seemingly try to down and rally at every possible opportunity.
Let me get this clear because the last paragraph seemed harsh: I have nothing against new players. Everyone has to start somewhere. I just wish new players would be matched with other new players, because not only are they not learning when being repeatedly smashed, they’re ruining the enjoyment for better players. I consistently get up to about rank 100 during midday and then drop to sub 300 during oceanic times because you lose more points when losing against players who are on average worse than winning against them.
I’m sure there are better players above me who have a similar view towards me, and that’s completely fine. I LOVE close matches. Despite what everyone says about this game, close tPvP matches are amazing. I would personally honestly not mind waiting 20 minutes for even skill matchups, and I know others who agree with me.
TL;DR:
Game has population issue at large which needs to be solved, but it really hurts oceanic queues more than anything. Could we get a tweak to the matchmaking algorithm for low-population times until the population issue is fixed (china release?), because it’s really offputting and I can’t imagine what it would be like for new players.
Attatched is a screenshot of everyone’s reaction after a good kittening game. I don’t have a screenshot of a standard oceanic game because they often leave me so frustrated that I just leave, but imagine a bunch of expletives and mad people.
