Expert lobbies don't work anymore

[kr0tyara]

After the matchmaking update, it became almost impossible to play public Expert lobbies. Every single one of them now has a bunch of low-level people who don't know anything about the game. Well, unless the host kicks these people manually, but it's a really tedious thing to do.

Seems like if you don't use any filters, the game gives you lobbies for all levels, from beginners to experts, all mixed up. And since the newbies won't usually go and tweak those filters, they accidentally end up entering Expert lobbies, to everyone's annoyance.

I'm not a snobby person at all, I didn't mean to say something like 'they are noobz and i'm a pro and i hate noobz', it's just that these people are really hard to play with: they leave as soon as the game starts, don't know about shapeshifters or engineers, can't say their location, etc. The Expert filter helped to avoid such players, but not after the update.

I loved this update in general, but this issue really bugs me out. My suggestion is to stop showing the Expert lobbies if people don't enable this filter specifically. I really hope the devs will resolve this problem.

[erutan2099]

Eh....newbies/low levels pretending to be "elite" is not just an Among Us thing.
It's only easier to see in this game. It was a problem even before the update. (One of the reasons I typically advise my room as casual, because looking for expert only players is tedious, as you mentioned.)

While I do agree that the rage quitters/trolls/low skill level players are a problem, the devs did try to reign this in by setting auto-bans for people who rage quit (even if it did happen to come with a black screen glitch - oops), giving the power to the host to ban people in the lobby and various other approaches.

quick question for you: Are you a hoster or do you typically join lobbies?
If you are a host, there are ways to help with this - you can try lower holding level lobbies and weeding out low levels over time until you get a group you are comfortable with and if they are good for changing it to expert you can switch it up.
If you are a joiner, it will likely be a bit more difficult to find a good expert lobby unless you have regulars you play with all the time.

[The Gaming Master]

i have played for 16.9 hours, does that make me elite?

[(TTV)OnBrandRP]

Originally posted by kr0tyara:

After the matchmaking update, it became almost impossible to play public Expert lobbies. Every single one of them now has a bunch of low-level people who don't know anything about the game. Well, unless the host kicks these people manually, but it's a really tedious thing to do.

Seems like if you don't use any filters, the game gives you lobbies for all levels, from beginners to experts, all mixed up. And since the newbies won't usually go and tweak those filters, they accidentally end up entering Expert lobbies, to everyone's annoyance.

I'm not a snobby person at all, I didn't mean to say something like 'they are noobz and i'm a pro and i hate noobz', it's just that these people are really hard to play with: they leave as soon as the game starts, don't know about shapeshifters or engineers, can't say their location, etc. The Expert filter helped to avoid such players, but not after the update.

I loved this update in general, but this issue really bugs me out. My suggestion is to stop showing the Expert lobbies if people don't enable this filter specifically. I really hope the devs will resolve this problem.

Your first mistake is assuming the average Among Us player will know the in's and out's of the game.

The game is made up of mostly kids and very young adults / late teens.

[PublicSenf]

The "elite pro"

Originally posted by kr0tyara:

I'm not a snobby person at all, I didn't mean to say something like 'they are noobz and i'm a pro and i hate noobz', it's just that these people are really hard to play with.

It's exactly what this post is all about.

[Dors]

Definitely passed this feedback about the expert lobbies to the team. Don't have an immediate solution or ETA I can give but we are aware.

[FishLove]

There should be mandatory matchmaking filters tutorial, like setting language.