PvP Matchmaking Huge Issues (with pics)

I want to preface this by saying I personally enjoy the PvP system in this game and this isn’t to bash the PvP as a whole. I won’t touch on any class balancing, just purely on the matchmaking that occurs.

I’ve been hovering between the 2100-2300 MMR range and seen some insanely unbalanced teams. I included some screenshots below with unbalanced teams both in my favor and against my favor.

Match 1

Match 2

I got the first match after already being queued into several unbalanced teams before that. The MMR difference is significant enough between all three players on that team.

The second match I got right after finishing the first and the queue popped in a second for me. I’m not sure why Diamonds are being matched with Bronze/Silver. The result is usually not a fun experience for them.

I’ve also seen Plat/Diamond lobbies with a Bronze thrown in on one team. It’s unfair for the team that gets the Bronze and also a bad experience for the Bronze playing way outside their elo.

This doesn’t happen every game, but recently, it feels like it’s been 20-30% of my games that look like the ones above. This is just my personal experience and I haven’t seen any streams or talked to other people to see what it’s like for them. The matchmaking is terrible compared to other games I’ve played.

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This happens because the competitive matchmaking is dog shit and they didn’t think to have brackets where players are placed together. They prioritize queue times instead of placing you with players around your mmr. Most people don’t give a shit about pvp cause the system is terrible. It’s going to get worse as more people quit and the pvp becomes even more dead.