I miss freelance

The terrible matchmaking started when SBMM was added when the problem was (and still is) nearly entirely group size based.

I initially thought that the Festival had something to do with the Crucible. A lot of folks losing their exotics for masks. Then, I remembered Bungie saying, they think they have figured out the matchmaking. So, I assume, this is the new matchmaking (Control). Looks like two good players on each team, then two mediocre, then two bad players. I've been looking at folks ranks ahead of time. Gives you some inidication of experience and ability. Stay frosty out there!

Its about as far from Pro as you can get really. Its the shonky 2004 P2P model that causes most of the problems.

I don't know what the hell they're doing, but halfway through a match one team starts tanking all damage, supers do virtually nothing, yet there doesn't appear to be any lag in their animations. Whenever this happens I notice that the match never counts toward bounties and kills don't count towards catalysts. My network has been tested repeatedly and it's excellent. All players are able to continue playing, but one team starts dealing and tanking massive amounts of damage. Almost like "rubberbanding" AI in racing games.

I have a mixed experience. Since SBMM was introduced in quickplay overall I find things better (less stompings). I don’t think there is anything that wrong in losing games big every now and again. Or even having a bad run of a few matches in a row. It must be very difficult to consistently match evenly. Also, players genuinely can be very inconsistent from match to match themselves. Especially at the “lower level” I inhabit. I know I am. Some days I am on it and hit my headshots and move well, others I am like a clown walking over a minefield. I have also noticed that fairly regularly a guardian on rank 5 will rock up and slay out spectacularly. You can tell instantly by their movement they are very good. You wonder how they get in a lobby with the likes of me, and they can totally skew a match and make their teammates look good. I see it as a challenge when my team is outclassed. I try and get a positive KD even though we get munched. I enjoy quickplay, I know I’ll never be great, but so what. It’s a game. Gotta have fun.

Funny enough, I have an 18% win percentage this season and can’t get above a 1.3, when I used to live at 1.7/1.8ish. I struggle to keep above a 1.0 most games. Just feels brutal.

[quote]I have played many control matches, trial of osiris and other modes but the issue is the opponents are always overly strong. I have won 1 match in two weeks. I noticed the efficiency (stats after the end of crucible matches) of my team is around 1.1 average while the opponents have like 1.8 average. I am not an expert in crucible but losing every match with a large difference in kills really upset me. I won’t even play crucible, Bungie literally forced me to play to try my luck on some catalyst as they drop from crucible and need crucible kills to unlock. Also, warlocks are noticeably weak, why they are matched against sliding titan and invis hunter. Both of the classes are designed to dominate crucible so pitting warlocks against them is like setting foxes in a chicken farm. Warlock class requires excellent skills to even compete with those two classes so warlocks shouldn’t be matched against them. I know hunters and titans need sheep to increase their kill count but come on Bungie, don’t let the crucible newbies to be the “sheep”. Anyone would lose interest on crucible matches if this kinda matchmaking is not improved. My clans have many conquerer titles but 3/4 of them don’t even have immortal adept, they don’t play crucible at all now as they have their catalysts done. I want to improve seriously but if I keep getting shot before even being able to shoot the opponent, anybody would naturally quit after sometime. I am not sure if crucible is meant for pro only but if it is then I am sorry in advance.[/quote] All of that yet folks still play it

Ok first things stop taking destiny pvp so seriously….especially control ! Control is all or nothing now , use whatever you find fun or enjoy using . Try to play with people who play alot to improve your play 🤷🏼‍♂️

There is sbmm in every playlist but trials. You can go to destiny tracker and even see that your last few matches were projected to be close to a 50/50 chance or were in your favor.

Let paraphrase the mayor of London. [quote]blowout matches are just part and parcel of playing a game like destiny[/quote] Yeah but for real matchmaking is unbalanced.