lately ive been playing enlisted on the normandy maps as the allies. before the ranked system came out, I generally felt that matches were even, and that skill would actually determine the fate of the battle. I had a win percentage of 77% then, and I was really enjoying the game.
the update comes out with the ranked system. Ive managed to get to colonel now and am at a standstill, and why? because I loose every match now despite always scoring highly (usually 10k+ games), after maybe 40 matches ive won only 5 at best. and the reason is the ranked system, because when it alters the matchmaking it does not account for high ranking players that have made a squad together. I see at least 3-6 gold ranking players on the axis team every match without fail, while I rarely see more on mine than myself alone. I dont have friends that have the time to play enlisted like I do, and so its rare I get that opportunity too.
but this shouldnt be the way it works at all in the first place. I shouldnt now have a 65% win rate and declining simply because I am not in a squad together with friends of similar skill, the matchmaking should at best find other high ranking players to put alongside me, or simply not put killsquads of gold ranking players against lone gold ranking players. this is ridiculous and discourages playing the game unless you have friends willing to lose the same amount of time to the game as you.
someone had to make this topic eventually. this is now a core flaw of the game, it ruins every match for players such as myself. the game is unenjoyable in this state, and will continue to loose players that dont have the option to group together.