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[Jman5]

We'll see how things unfold, but so far I'm enjoying my matches in the solo queue. It's hard to describe, but the games just play better. I don't have to worry as much that my team is crumbling all around me unless I make some big plays. They just stay alive... on their own...

Anyway, it's a very strange feeling and I half expect that I've jinxed myself just talking about it.

[Ghogiel]

DaZur, on 19 August 2015 - 10:14 AM, said:

Clearly new system is exposing a lot of players who may have been riding Elo coat tails and now find themselves struggling.

Struggling at what, exploiting the score board? it certainly isn't winning lol

[bad arcade kitty]

played 10 games, went 12 kills more than deaths, win some, lost some... nothing special

had a few stomps... stomped usually was my team

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 19 August 2015 - 04:47 PM.

[Ano]

I don't think they've said how the population is divided between the tiers, or exactly how the tiers are grouped for match creation purposes (beyond that tier 1 won't be put with tier 4 or 5).

It's entirely possible that tiers 2-5 are essentially in the same pot for the matchmaker, and while it may try to group as many closely-rated players as possible in a given match, I could easily imagine it not making a huge amount of difference.

Also... it's possible that the reason teams appear to be so bad is less "full of terrible players" and more "terrible teamwork"

Edited by Ano, 19 August 2015 - 04:59 PM.

[Kubernetes]

So far it's a mixed bag. There are fewer solo rambos or totally clueless noobs, but there are also fewer elite badasses. Overall my games seem better overall quality. I do suspect my PSR is a tad lower than it should be, based on my frequency of top score or top kills/damage.*

I pretty much expect that this experience is common. I think it will take a few weeks or even months for players to settle into an accurate PSR.

Edited by Kubernetes, 19 August 2015 - 05:20 PM.