Extreme 50 50 winrate

[Ace]

Is it only me or does every game either feel like a stomp or you getting stomped? Im only in silver so it might be that smurfs decide the outcome of the matches more but every single game i either win or lose feels extremely one sided

[Brandon]

Some matches are AI bots and you'll no matter what you do; probably a lot of smurfs too.
You got bots if you lose too much, you'll know if they're bots.

[Mewsha]

It does feel that way, but I don't think the issue is smurfing most of the time.

There are teams that barely make it out of spawn. You've got tanks diving 1v6 to feed the enemy. DPS players who will hit everything on the map before they hit a support. Then there's people who simply do not play support no matter how poorly they do.

I've definitely seen smurfs, but even then I don't think a smurf could carry some of these teams that matchmaking sets up. It makes even winning feel kind of bland.

[Didgeridoo]

Originally posted by Ace:

Is it only me or does every game either feel like a stomp or you getting stomped? Im only in silver so it might be that smurfs decide the outcome of the matches more but every single game i either win or lose feels extremely one sided

Still happens in Diamond. I don't think this game is skill based at all you get matched with anybody

[Revenant]

Yup its obvious this game manipulates win rates.

[Sheiriff Woody]

Originally posted by Ace:

Is it only me or does every game either feel like a stomp or you getting stomped? Im only in silver so it might be that smurfs decide the outcome of the matches more but every single game i either win or lose feels extremely one sided

Its because SBMM sucks, it always has. Its 100% dependent on Player population. SBMM is Confimed by Netease to be in both QP and Comp. And yes, SBMM also has a terrible 50/50 win rate. IMHO CBMM is the way to go, Connection Base MM. SBMM, TSBMM, LBMM, and RBMM all dont Function as intended.

[Terotrous]

You're welcome to show your tracker page if you believe this to be true, pretty much every time someone claims this they actually get a ton of close matches but they don't realize it because the handful of matches where they get stomped feel super bad and are thus the most memorable.

In general, stompy matches do happen somewhat more often at lower elo because of matchup dynamics not being well understood at those levels. For example, if you're playing melee heroes into a bunch of fliers, you're going to get stomped. This stomp can easily be prevented by just swapping your DPS characters out.

[sentient microbe]

I consider myself quite skilled at shooter games like this. I believe I'm higher than the top 50% so my win rate should at least be 60% as a solo queuer and yet it is not. This game 100% tips scales and if it is not corrected idk how they plan to keep making money on this game.