Talk:Asphalt 9: Legends/@comment-28896876-20180905103223/@comment-31544835-20180906051640

@Atom it’s just a game. Maybe you’re over committing yourself in your competitive games? I definitely agree that A9’s matchmaking needs improvement, but I also see and experience the positive sides that A9’s matchmaking currently has too.

What platform are you on? On iOS there’s tons of seasoned players and after some unfair races where I stomp on under ranked opponents I eventually get to play against those skillful players. I have a more positive take because I definitely experience those satisfying skillful and competitive races fairly frequently. But I’ve got into a groove of playing MP without caring about rank and enjoy each race regardless of poor matchmaking.

The positive side of the matchmaking is it rewards seasoned players, so they can more easily climb back to their competitive spot, say when a new mp season begins. We are a big unfair carrot for new players who have to work hard to get better. That’s part of there grind. And like Zlatan was saying, at it’s best, it promotes healthy competition. I do feel bad stomping on opponents who are under ranked and destined to lose, and if anyone is close to moving up in a league, especially going from Plat to Legend, I’ll lose the race. I definitely get some fun in messing around, trying new tricks under mp pressure, and helping others rank up when I inevitably screw up, or if I don’t screw up, waiting at the finish line scrubbing on rocks.

Partially I think it’s the fault of us soft launchers. There where really bad wait times once your reached LL during soft launch, and as A9 uses MP as the driving force for building rep, the poor wait times jeopardized this, so many complained.

I like the idea of matchmaking tightening up the rank gap tho. I see that can work with what we have now, no need to get rid of anything. The problem is the extremes of skill level. The idea of having one OP car verses noobs wouldn’t be so bad if the matchmaking rank gap was smaller. The benefit is, that a season palyer can get back to their level of competition quickly. I’m trying to imagine myself slowly grinding away to get through Platinum for the millionth time, no thank you.

And maybe once you take a break from mp, you’ll try getting better! Or if you’re that good, wait and star up your cars, and you’ll eventually get some good competitive races I in. I do them often. But I agree there’s lots of crap too.

Well when you’re ready, Go get those 50 points your were robbed of soldier!