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[Isingdeath]

Well this is the issue. The more the devs try to make matches equal, the more this thing will happen. I would imagine that this will get better as more people get on line but the problem will remain to some degree. The two goals are mutually exclusive so something has to give either less even matches or longer load times.

[ShamaelTheFallen]

Its very difficult to find a Match, maybe you should take a look for the ELO sistem or stats

[r35pawn]

Cannot find a match after 5 tries. Never has been an issue before post-patch.

[costi]

Isingdeath, on 19 February 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

Well this is the issue. The more the devs try to make matches equal, the more this thing will happen. I would imagine that this will get better as more people get on line but the problem will remain to some degree. The two goals are mutually exclusive so something has to give either less even matches or longer load times.

In my opinion they should relax the ELO bracket a bit, looks like the MM is trying to find a "perfect match" which is not available.

[Dihm]

The matchmaker is putting ungrouped folks up against 8 man teams.

[Suntech]

Many tryouts to find a match. Maybe many of the players are still patching, but the matchmakers need too long fo launch a game. I have to try almost 5-10 times till i can launch. Thats too long. Sure its good to make a real good balance game, but this is really extreme. Maybe in an hour the matchmaking will going better, if all players had patched. Greetings.

[ZuAltDafuer]

costi, on 19 February 2013 - 12:24 PM, said:

In my opinion they should relax the ELO bracket a bit, looks like the MM is trying to find a "perfect match" which is not available.

As we all start out with identical ELO values, this should not be the issue... Nevertheless, I am not finding any matches, either.

[Airmikee]

Have yet to find a match after multiple attempts.

[Mackman]

Was able to get in 3 matches early on, now starting my seventh or eight consecutive failed attempt. This is seriously uncool. Something must be bugged.

[ElLocoMarko]

And I was going to ask about the mechanics...
1. When did ELO start tracking me?
2. Does it match like ELO's or just try to oppose one ELO from one team with a similar on the opposing. (because 7 experienced players and one noob on each team means the noob is going to get stomped by the first thing they meet)

Apparently the mechanics are... it doesn't work.

(Edit)
Just saw the above post about the organized 8-man steiner that went against PUGs. Wow, super-fail!!
I forsee a second patch in a few days. Time to take a break from MWO..

Edited by ElLocoMarko, 19 February 2013 - 12:32 PM.

[MasterGoa]

I love matchmaking! Had very even and exting matches, usually finishing in the 8-6 or 8-5 range!

Very even teams.

I experienced two timeouts in 6 games.

Very satusfied in the results, having more players this evening will probably help alot to avoid
timeouts...

[ArcDemon]

Can't find a match either. Something that really struck me in a positive way from the first time I play MWO was how quickly you could get into a match (no more then 3 seconds to find normally). That was a big difference from other PC games I've played where you spent up to 15 minutes trying to find a server, and when you found one that was reliable you'd play on that one exclusively as long as there was room (I actually changed my ET and later QW shortcut to just directly connect to a server I'd know was good).

I do hope this gets closer to what it was originally as improvements are made.


EDIT: for those that can get into a match, what weight class are you using? I'm trying to get into matches with a heavy and not having any luck.

Edited by ArcDemon, 19 February 2013 - 12:32 PM.

[Devil Fox]

ZuAltDafuer, on 19 February 2013 - 12:27 PM, said:

As we all start out with identical ELO values, this should not be the issue... Nevertheless, I am not finding any matches, either.

We don't start at the same ELO... they've had 2 weeks of background seeding since their last patch where the back-end of the system was implemented to begin the ELO ranking adjustments. I was just trying to test a trebuchet before getting ready for tafe... now I'm stuck with no games. Looks like it'll be 4man drops later today just to enjoy this game (since MM can't seem to find me a pug game).

[L6a]

impossible to play, only waiting for another fail to find a match

[ZuAltDafuer]

It's going to take some time until it works as intended. The system has to "learn" the experienced players ELO and will position it correctly so equal average ELO will mean a 50:50 chance of winning.

Apostal, on 19 February 2013 - 12:31 PM, said:

We don't start at the same ELO... they've had 2 weeks of background seeding since their last patch where the back-end of the system was implemented to begin the ELO ranking adjustments.

Didn't know that, thx for the info.

Edited by ZuAltDafuer, 19 February 2013 - 12:33 PM.

[GargoyleKDR]

"Searching" "Failed to find a match" Repeatedly.

[irony1999]

Keep retrying with my heavy and medium. 3x's and counting so far, no matches found.

[CaptainFuture]

hi!

there needs to be a time limit for the search, like 30 seconds or so. nobody wants to wait 2-3 minutes and then end up with "failed to find a match". i rather have a unmatched match than none at all.

bye,

CaptainFuture

[Zen Orac]

I got one match but since have been unable to connect to a match trying 8-9 times. Suggest this feature be shelved I'd rather connect to a match and get slaughtered than not connect to one at all.

[AgentGG]

Same issue.. cannot join any more games after playing in only one game.