Guild Wars 2

When queuing for team queue, how is the opponent’s rank determined? Is it based off of the person who queued’s individual rank? Or the average of the team?
I was playing with a friend new to spvp and even though she queued we were facing opponents I see when I am the one to queue.

I suspect its the rank of the highest ranked player.

It would be nice to get a bit more info on this as it has put me off queueing with my friends as I know I’d get stomped for the next few games until my rank drops enough.

Stole this from the wiki- Ill do my best to explain it as it was explained to me a while back:

Player vs. Player[edit]
In order to determine rank, rating is used. This rating takes into account the player’s rating, the opponent’s rating, and then adjusts your post-game rating accordingly. If the player wins against a very low ranked opponent, and the player is a highly ranked opponent, the player will gain fewer points than if he defeated someone above himself in rating. It is possible for a player to have a higher rating even if they haven’t played as many games as another player – number of games does not guarantee a high rating.

The rankings are account based, not character based; The most recently logged character is the name that appears as the current leaderboard name. Player rating is based on tournament matches only. Leaving a match will count as a loss. In order to be ranked on the leaderboard a minimum of 10 games need to be played.

These leaderboards are updated every hour.

The ranking in GW2 is a modified version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicko_rating_system

This model is or was used in competitive chess.

To be honest, I think the system sucks. After a few wins your rank significantly increases matching you against other teams with a better overall rank on the leader board. From what I know of this formula and of what tweaks GW2 has made to it that it takes an overall rank from all 5 players giving the team an average not the player. This is also how soloQ is designed and why teams are balanced the way they are. The system balances each team by rank (MMR not your win % or your rank) organizing each team into 5 players with an average rank. This is why I believe you sometimes get a total noob on your team. Just what I know about this topic- see you in game!

I think it’s the average rank, though I’d like to have an official confirmation. I often play with friends who have an inferior ranking, or just no ranking at all, and I never experienced any significantly unbalanced match, even when playing off prime time. So chungiee, don’t be afraid and just have fun with your friends ! You’ll probably lose the first few games anyway, because your team has to get use to the comp, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

As mentioned, it goes by the accumulated average rating of the team. And if it so happens that your teams average rating is significantly lower than the enemy team’s average rating, you personal rating will not suffer a significant drop, and vice-versa of course. Also to note, if your team’s average rating is significantly lower than the enemy team’s average rating and you still win, your rating will increase significantly, and vice-versa here as well.

Through this, the system is able to take into account those outlier players that are carrying or being carried by their team.