new player constantly matched with high elo players?

[HI ANON]

I just started the game a couple days ago and almost every match im in I face players with hundreds to thousands of hours of experiance and just get my ass handed to me. Sometimes ill even get kicked for being new to the game. Does Siege just match people randomly?

[ChaosNz]

in casual most of the time yes, ranked on the other hand is based on the rank but you'll play with people higher and lower then your rank every so often

[HI ANON]

Originally posted by ChaosDragon:

in casual most of the time yes, ranked on the other hand is based on the rank but you'll play with people higher and lower then your rank every so often

alright, looks like im going to have to wade my way to level 20. I really want to like this game, but this matchmaking is a complete turnoff.

[Corvus_42]

and if you are finding it difficult to rank up then theres always terrorist hunt which you can play solo or coop to help you gain plenty of renowns and rank up easily till you hit 20 :)

[HI ANON]

so i made it to level 20 and even in ranked i go against plat and gold players. What gives?

[slans04]

Originally posted by בלאק ג'ק:

so i made it to level 20 and even in ranked i go against plat and gold players. What gives?

When you get a rank you will be against players of your ranked.

[Corvus_42]

dude the first 10 ranked matches every new season u play r placement matches i.e those matches decide which rank u belong to.After u earn a particular rank then the game decides who to pit u against.Its a long process i know but hey at least this means u r gonna play the game more so eventually u will learn more and get better like the high level players.

[Striker]

Also do remeber you are coming in to the game almost a year and a half after it has come out so you are going up against players with much mor experience its to be expected that you would be destroyed and since this is your first season your rank when u get it might be a bit too high for you but you will quickly make your way down the ranks while learning some places and strats.

[HI ANON]

Originally posted by Striker:

Also do remeber you are coming in to the game almost a year and a half after it has come out so you are going up against players with much mor experience its to be expected that you would be destroyed and since this is your first season your rank when u get it might be a bit too high for you but you will quickly make your way down the ranks while learning some places and strats.

Tons of multiplayer games still have matchmaking that is noob friendly. If you go and play league of legends as a new player (despite the game being nearly a decade old) you will play against other new players (and smurfs). This game just feeds you to the dogs until you painfully crawl your way to level 20 and play your 10 ranked games. I finished them today and got Silver 2, and for the first time in the almost 30 hours ive played i feel like im competetive member of the team and not a dead weight being dragged along.

My point is: why does this game actually not have a skill based matchmaker up until that point? I could see many other people just giving up and leaving before then.

[Corvus_42]

Actually it did until the devs changed it last season cuz the high level players wouldnt care to play casual back thn ,now since they match up with high levels they can play with someone who is competitive like them which is good for us experienced guys but bad for the newbies.Before, all low levels could find matches on casual easily and spend their entire time playing casual and avoid ranked (ranked is the best way to experience this game,casual is for trying out new strats),so in order to push thm out of casual and make thm try ranked they made this system.
On the bright side ur first rank is silver 2 which is high level silver, most people end up in bronze or copper,so tht shows u improved a lot in the time u spent doing the placements
compared to most people