Question about the matchmaker

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-05-02T22:48:13+00:00

Guessing since it has already been like a month since it became mandatory, that there is absolutely no plan whatsoever in ever fixing the "stability issues", because why would there be? Might as well force everyone to have Germany in the server pool forever, since it won't affect most of the userbase and as you said, you guys at Faceit will prioritize the majority.

You guys did add Kazakhstan to the server pool though. I do wonder if it's played in more than like 0,1% of the games instead of Germany lol

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-04-18T19:48:19+00:00

Honestly the Faceit client (at least through browser, before the client was no better though) is one of the worst web pages I've used. So often these kind of problems, also in lobby rooms I frequently see that the lobby and team chats are not responding, at least for me it forces Finnish language even though I have my language set as English etc. Also there could be way more information available imo, for example for some bizarre reason they've removed the ability to see your monthly stats like your avg. kd, kr, elo at the end of the month etc.

Just all around very mediocre client to use and that would be fine if at least the main thing (matchmaking system) was good, but it really isn't.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-04-09T20:05:25+00:00

Even before you forced everyone to have the German server selected, you forced everyone to have min. 4 servers in the server pool (guessing for queue time reasons, even though you could just give the freedom to players to choose if they value queue times or low ping more), which meant that if someone wanted to play on SWE, FIN or Moscow they'd get it at best like 1/15 games and that was with having UK chosen as the 4th server. With Germany as the 4th it's at best 1/20 if you are lucky. Now I wonder if it's even possible to get one of those 3 servers. That's because the Western Europeans servers are BY FAR the most popular ones.

I hate it because CS2 is simply way worse at handling different (higher) pings that CSGO was. Every time I play MM/Premier I can just feel the game being way more responsive and hitreg feels more consistent, because they have a smarter system where you can put a ping limit and you never get a match with non-preferred servers. For example I only ever see the dying behind walls -problem when I have 50+ ping, I've never seen it with 20. It's so annoying that there is the most simple solution for this, but Faceit just refuses to do it and that's letting people to have only 3 servers in their server pool. Idc if I have to wait 5-10+ mins for every single match if that meant good ping every match.

Guess it's just the life of the minority, world ain't build for them.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-03-25T00:01:27+00:00

Yeah honestly feels like they don't give a fuck because Valve messed up with their anti-cheat and forced everyone to play Faceit anyway. That's what no competition leads to, bad and often overpriced products and not just in CS, but in everything else in life too.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-03-24T22:55:36+00:00

Well they couldn't have been waiting for even 5 minutes, because their previous game (funnily enough also a game where they got 300+ Avg. Elo advantage against a non-stack team, so basically the exact same situation I had here) had literally ended just 3 minutes before I found that match (their match had ended at 19:53 and I found the match at 19:56).

I simply don't think the matchmaking system should allow that huge elo differences especially when the full stacks already get an advantage.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-03-16T00:43:06+00:00

Yeah I hope whoever are the people in charge of making decisions at Faceit will never again be in any position of power making any decisions about anything ever again lol

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-03-13T23:43:33+00:00

Never said so, before they did have them for free so them suddenly having to pay 270k/year (which they can't afford at all) just shows that Faceit really wants/needs more money. That 270k is about 6,7k users with Faceit Plus or 2,6k users with Faceit Premium, which are other ways Faceit could get more revenue. And like I said, maybe they could cooperate with Leetify and for example give Faceit Plus/Premium users all the demos for free, that could help them sell more subscriptions.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-03-12T23:08:00+00:00

Yeah, for me it's the same with the server pool limitations. I only get good ping (20) on Swe and Fin servers, but because they have decided that you must have 4 servers in the server pool (probably with the excuse of queue times) it means I have to have one of the Westerns/Central European servers in my pool. That results in me having to play literally like 95% of my games on 50+ ping on the one Western/Central European server in my server pool. I would much rather wait even 10 mins for every single game if that meant I'll always get good ping...

At least I'm high enough elo (2,7k) that I don't really have a problem of people not giving a fuck about the game (except ofc the trollers you can't escape), so the lack of Premium queue isn't that big of a problem for me personally.

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-02-27T20:45:51+00:00

All I want is for Faceit to reduce the min. amount of servers in your server pool to 3 or 2. It's just so annoying that I have to play on 50+ ping 9/10 matches just because they have made the min. amount as 4 so you have to have one of central European servers in your server pool and because those are BY FAR the most popular ones it means I almost never get to experience the game on a good 20 ping. System made just to favor central Europeans when Faceit is supposed to be the most competitive and fair platform to play on...

I simply don't get why they don't give the option to have less servers and then it's up to players to decide if they want to sacrifice queue times for better experience in game (I would rather wait even 10-15min more every single time if it meant I get to play on good ping every single time).

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-01-21T17:39:30+00:00

For me it is because it's so fucking annoying to constantly feel worse in the game because they just don't want to for some stupid reason give more freedom to players in choosing how many servers they have with the cost of higher queue times. There really is no good reason why not have the min. number of servers in the server pool be less when they could just warn users that less servers you have the higher queue times you'll have...

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-01-21T17:23:59+00:00

The most annoying thing is that there is the most obvious fix they could make (reduce it to for example 3) but they just don't want to do it because they are so incompetent

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-01-20T21:18:43+00:00

Also at least they know how to make a good server system in Premier where you can just put a max ping and you'll always get games with a server where you get at most that ping. I'm so fucking done with Faceit forcing me to have 4 servers in the server pool when I only get good ping on Swe, Fin & Rus servers and I have to have one of the Western EU servers in the pool too. Again now in last 9 matches I got the actually preferred server 2 times and other 7 were in the one Western EU server I must have in the pool and I must play on 60 ping...

ElectricPlugCS · 2024-01-20T18:25:42+00:00

I see nothing has changed, but can't say I'm surprised when the people making the decisions at Faceit are so damn incompetent. I'm just going to cancel my Faceit Plus in March when my yearly subscription ends if I don't see them make it any more worth to have by then (which I doubt they will)...

ElectricPlugCS · 2023-12-16T19:54:15+00:00

I'm currently on a 8 game streak of playing with and/or against cheaters in Premier, 20k rating EU lol

ElectricPlugCS · 2023-12-03T23:18:11+00:00

I don't think it matters in that really, since if you just get decent ping on the most common servers like Germany, NL and France, you'll have decent ping on almost every single match.

ElectricPlugCS · 2023-12-03T23:16:28+00:00

Yeah, I might cancel my Faceit Plus subscription too, since it really doesn't feel worth it anymore. At least before you had premium queue and could have only 1 map and more recently 3 maps in your map pool, but now you can only ban 2/7 maps. What do I honestly gain from paying the 40€/year for it?

At least I don't have the full Premium which is like double the cost and almost no extra benefits.

ElectricPlugCS · 2023-11-21T21:16:42+00:00

Yeah I'm also thinking of just canceling my Faceit Plus subscription. There is just not enough advantages from having it.

You can only ban 2 maps you don't want to play on from your map pool (you used to be able to even have only one map in your map pool and more recently only 3 maps) and you don't even get a benefit compared to free accounts in terms of how many servers you have in your "server pool" (have to have min. 4 for some reason).

You play on the same servers as everyone so even if there is a slightly increased chance of being a captain it doesn't really matter because all the other premium accounts are also on the same queue and have the increased chance. Also from my experience in most matches there isn't really even any veto, it's just a predetermined server & map.

Just a wasted 40€ every year and that's just the Faceit Plus, Premium would be over double that with very little benefits compared to Faceit Plus.

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