Ranked sucks

[MommyMilker]

Im somewhere around rank 4000 and im facing rank 100 players, all they do is spam the ball in the corner and there is nothing i can do about it. Ranked is unenjoyable to me.

[MUSHI]

That's actually why I never botherd doing rank in the first place, asdie from me needing a better pc. Somethin told me they would just spam the ball on the wall 24/7 before hitting you with it... *sigh* oh boy. Now that I think about it they also try that nonsense in quick match.

[MommyMilker]

I just bought this game to play duels but its no fun when all they do is make the ball so fast you cant react.

[MUSHI]

Then try QM and getused to playing for a good whlte before trying 1v1 again.

[HARRY1G]

git gud

[Epistemic]

I feel you. Had this same issue last week. The only player I was able to beat was HARRY1G; 5-0 ez clap.

[Mordtziel]

I just bought this game to play duels but its no fun when all they do is make the ball so fast you cant react.

Just to burst this bubble, we can react to high speed balls. Speed caps out around 200 (though the number keeps increasing up to 1 mil). Though it is quite difficult to do until you've done it for a while.

I'll throw you this bone. Try to steal their bunt with a smash and parry it. Pay very close attention to their serve. Most players only have one or two serves and they do the same thing every burst. So just remember what they did last time, and punish it next time.

[MommyMilker]

So you are saying its fair that im playing against people with a far higher rank then me? i also never said i dont like it because i can't win.

[YinYin]

Yeaaah ... let's not argue over that. No point to it. You're playing to have fun and a match at your level obviously helps that as you get to play more instead of watching someone show off.

The upcoming ranked update should improve it, but you might have to wait longer.

[responsible bedtime]

this sort of thing is what will hurt this game's playerbase in the long run, nobody likes losing over and over and over to players that are just plain more experience than them (because they've all been there longer), but eventually the higher ranks or so will just get bored from the lack of competition and quit. for any serious change to come i hope the ranked update will help guide newer players like myself into ranked without the learning curve of a moba

[MUSHI]

Originally posted by Asscastle:

this sort of thing is what will hurt this game's playerbase in the long run, nobody likes losing over and over and over to players that are just plain more experience than them.

This is the soul reason why I force lose at times in QM, so people won't quit the lobby and stay to have some more fun.
Months ago everyone just screwed around teabagged and whatnot to show they're having fun. Now it's just all serious players i'm getting.

I loved acting like a fool in QM passing my serve to others if I die first. But when serious players join and do nothing but wall spam before trying to hit you and keep them ball to themselves long as possible, that's just halla noying and makes people leave, i'm not looking to play serious in a freakin QM now i'm pretty much forced to....keep that nonsense in 1v1 nobody wants to see you wall spam after you die each time.

[1.2M | Missingno.]

This is the nature of niche competitive games with a high skill curve. It's just not reasonable to expect matchmaking to always find someone exactly as skilled as you at all times, this doesn't exactly have a Dota-sized playerbase for that.

As for complaining about ball control, you don't get to dictate how others are and aren't allowed to play. It's on you to deal with that by getting more aggressive and forcing them to make a move before you just snatch their bunts - don't just sit back and let it happen.

[Epistemic]

Originally posted by Mega Missingno.:

This is the nature of niche competitive games with a high skill curve. It's just not reasonable to expect matchmaking to always find someone exactly as skilled as you at all times, this doesn't exactly have a Dota-sized playerbase for that.

I don't know if you've read through the thread I wrote about my ranked experience, but my first match online I was rank ~43,000; I was matched against someone ranked ~130. In my case, it wasn't that I was in queue for 10 minutes before the matchmaking algorithm said "Hey, this is the only other person online, sorry bro", my match was found within 1 minute of me starting queue.

Nobody expects matchmaking to find someone "exactly as skilled" as they are, the issue at hand is that lower ranked players (players with less skill/experience) are getting put against people in the top maybe 5% (I'm throwing out this number, since I don't know the playerbase) regularly. The way the game plays makes this sort of situation extra frustrating, because really good players can completely control the ball, leaving you feeling like you aren't even playing the game.

As mentioned above, there is an update coming (or maybe it happened I haven't been playing online due to the holidays), that should help this to an extent.

[Mordtziel]

As mentioned above, there is an update coming (or maybe it happened I haven't been playing online due to the holidays), that should help this to an extent.

It just went to the beta servers earlier today.

[1.2M | Missingno.]

Matchmaking isn't going to wait 10 minutes to put you in a game that'll be over in less than half that time. Better to just grab someone who's available.

You also have to keep in mind that the top 5% are the players who spend a lot of time online, they're always there while less experienced players aren't playing nearly as often (those that do will soon gain that experience and move up).

[Epistemic]

My post was an attempt to explain the issue, and point out that a new system will be in place soon to help alleviate this. You responded by trying to argue semantics, which leads me to believe that you don't actually understand the issue, or you are trying hard to ignore it.

10 minutes was an arbitrary number. That being said, I'd rather have a fun match that took 10 minutes to find, than one where I get completely decimated.

Originally posted by YinYin:

Yeaaah ... let's not argue over that. No point to it. You're playing to have fun and a match at your level obviously helps that as you get to play more instead of watching someone show off.

The upcoming ranked update should improve it, but you might have to wait longer.

If you personally want an online matchmaking system where the top players regularly get put against new players (and crush them), then that's your perogative, however, that isn't enjoyable for most people, and thus won't grow the playerbase. As Yin said, that is such an obvious point that arguing against it is pointless.