Quick play matchmaker is horrendous

[Mango]

Has anyone else noticed that the matchmaking for Quick Play in Marvel Rivals is horrendous? For the past two weeks, I think the only games I’ve won were bot matches, while every other game has been a complete stomp in favor of the enemy team.

I’m by no means a god-tier gamer or an expert at hero shooters, but I’ve played Overwatch since 2018 and have consistently sat around Platinum—so I’m very average. That said, Marvel Rivals has some of the worst players I’ve ever encountered in a video game.

I swear, my teammates are either five-year-old Timmys who have literally never played a single video game before, or they’re so drunk and high that they can’t function. Every. Single. Game. I get absolute bots on my team—tanks running into walls and AFKing every five seconds, supports doing 5K healing in a 13-minute match, or teammates who just cannot grasp the basic concept of a hero shooter and their role within it.

What the hell is going on? The last two weeks have been an absolute disaster. I CAN NOT WIN A GAME.

[Keira Lunar]

your not alone on that im no pro either just a bronze 3 to silver 1 player but i know the core fundamentals and i asure you my team is very much 99% timmy no thumbs that treat every game like its cod death match by that i mean they don't play the objective and they charge at the opposing team which is very much bot or Lemming Behavior cause they just do the same thing every time same rout to the fight never adapting or trying something else

and don't get me started on the opposing team's skill rank it feels like im playing against GMs all the freaking time

so far there has been very little matches around my skill level its either be DESTROIED by GM giga sweats that don't know the meaning of "fun" or from being destroyed so much be handed freebie wins by match throwing bots there is just no inbetween and its EXTREAMLY B O R I N G

im far from engaged cause isin't that what that so called EOMM match making system suposed to do keep me engaged insted its doing 100% the compleat opoisit

win or lose when the dalies are done im logging off cause im so tired and tiled from so many crappy and boring matches

[Karnarax]

Yeah, seems like all competent players moved to ranked. I've been trying to do achievements, but it's almost impossible, because I have to play chars I've never played and some achievements are impossible to get in qp.
And I don't want to ruin people's games in ranked with characters I don't play.

[Mango]

Originally posted by Karnarax:

Yeah, seems like all competent players moved to ranked. I've been trying to do achievements, but it's almost impossible, because I have to play chars I've never played and some achievements are impossible to get in qp.
And I don't want to ruin people's games in ranked with characters I don't play.

Yeah I would play more ranked but I play with a friend who’s on console. Ranked does feel so much better than qp

[Sawblade Shieldslave]

dont even play qp, appart from niche missions cuz gm players get to fight against plat and below

[Shinkiro]

Originally posted by Sawblade Shieldslave:

dont even play qp, appart from niche missions cuz gm players get to fight against plat and below :theskull:

I had a 5 stack of eternity players the other day while introducing a few friends to the game...

Literally no point in play QP at all honestly its garbage. Just play ranked and make an alt to practice other characters on in ranked because QP is terrible for practice too.

[Thorskin]

I believe the consensus is that unranked doesn't feature SBMM like other popular games do. I came from Overwatch, too, and the community in that game always put me off from playing ranked because everyone is just so toxic plat and up, whether someone is having a rough game so everyone gangs up on them, or even if you do good the other team ♥♥♥♥♥ on you in chat blah blah blah.

In season 0 I basically only ever did unranked and yes, it is atrociously unbalanced. You'll go up against a six stack using 3 kinds of teamup abilities and you'll get new players and console players on your team. The skin incentive got me to play ranked and I can say without a doubt, ranked is FAR better than unranked, in terms of quality of matches, in comparison with unranked.

In ranked, people play their main (if it's not banned), they WANT to win, they can be persuaded to coordinate, you don't look like a nerd for trying, etc.

I don't even touch unranked anymore unless I'm playing with friends that would either make us a five stack, or the ranks are too wide for comp. For completing missions, you can literally just do those in practice vs. AI to get them out of the way and learn the mechanics for characters you don't normally play in the process. Funniest thing about it is that people in Practice vs. AI are usually more coordinated and for more coherent compositions than in unranked.

In short, play unranked with friends or you're going to have a bad time

[Siberian Shaman]

QP is very hit and miss for a fair match. Most people goof around in there or test out characters they are practicing.

Try competitive if you what a better chance of a better game. Still hit and miss in there too sometimes.

Good luck

[JFF]

I just don't understand why such strict matchmaking is even a thing in QP. I don't want to sweat every single match. As an unranked player I constantly get to face plat-diamond players sometimes even Grandmaster here and there. And on top of that Ill get a pity bot match to make me "feel better", which has the exact opposite effect. I don't mind having inexperienced players or someone who's practicing new role/character, as long as the enemy team is also doing the same thing, instead of getting stomped.

[Necropants]

The amount of people that just run head first from spawn alone into the entire team in this game is mindboggling. Are you all NPC's?

[JG2thend]

yeah I keep getting placed with level 7-15's as a lvl 50 and the other team will all be 30+ i feel like i did something wrong in season 1. I hardly ever get a close match this season.
Last season after 150 ish games in qp the matches started getting quite close and a lot of fun but not this season nope 3-4 instalock dps every game and they are usually terrible.

[Phishfood]

I feel it too. It's like it's structured to make sure you either lose or win any given game. It is becoming rarer I find games where it feels even.

I've been playing ranked because there is feels fairer.

[MKUltra]

the whole matchmaking are broken on S1, quick play and ranked.

[IndianaJones]

Originally posted by Mango:

Has anyone else noticed that the matchmaking for Quick Play in Marvel Rivals is horrendous? For the past two weeks,

Yeah, it got worse in recent days. I got only morons in my team now, playing they favorite DPS hero with 0 kills and 5,6 deaths. Often the team is composed with 6 DPS, and even if i switch to healer or tank they still play like $hit.

If Devs would allow to level heros in Praciice vs AI and they would add 4 and 5 stars difficulties, then I could enjoying playing co-op at least.

I'm considering dropping this game, or giving it a long rest if it doesn't get any better. I get they want to sell skins, but EOMM is $hit, and add to that still not fixed crashes, plus grinding mechanism for battlepasses, it just takes the worse aspects from Overwatch💩. 🫣😵‍💫😠

[IndianaJones]

Originally posted by Mango:

I swear, my teammates are either five-year-old Timmys who have literally never played a single video game before, or they’re so drunk and high that they can’t function. Every. Single. Game.

I couldn't adgree more with that. Even got a $hitty teammate 'baked_beans'.

STILL skill based matchmaking would solve that.

[Liam]

i got a Penny teammate yesterday, not dropping a single nest in a whole game .. just firing her left clik and throwing nets :p