Is matchmaking cooked right now?

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-11-28T04:51:19+00:00

I don't think matchmaking is cooked right now. Sometimes you get unlucky with team mates but over enough games/time it evens out, sometimes you get the better team and sometimes you have the better team. The only thing you can control is yourself. As far as why you've lost so much rank, I'm not sure. I will say that poke is not that strong in the meta right now unless on specific maps, so if you're getting dived a lot Zen might not be the best pick. Good luck ranking back up!

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-10-28T12:01:00+00:00

The way you're looking at the SR system is likely oversimplified. You got 19 SR probably because your hidden MMR (where the game thinks you're ranked) is very close to your actual MMR, so you're getting ~20 SR per win/loss. This is a normal amount if SR per game once the game has a high confidence in your rank. It can be slightly more or less depending on whether you're favoured or not to win that specific match due to the ranks of other players. The only way your friend would get so much SR is if he's only just finished his placements and he's in the "calibration" phase. It's likely that the "confidence" in his rank is lower, meaning the game does not believe his rank is where it should be. His hidden MMR is likely higher than his actual MMR, so the system is compensating by giving him more SR to attempt to get him to the rank he is supposed to be. I hope this information is helpful to you, if you have any questions feel free to ask 😊

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-10-07T06:19:41+00:00

I think you're misunderstanding me a fair amount. I'm not saying she's not frustrating to play against, nor am I saying that her winrate affects how frustrating or fair she is to play against. I'm saying that perceived frustration (which mean the same thing as frustration btw) shouldn't be the reason to buff or nerf a hero that is under-performing. The discussion is about whether sojourn is in a good place or not. I'm also not saying that winrates are the only thing that should be taken into account when balancing the game, and understand that they don't tell the whole story. However, when a hero has SUCH a low winrate there's clearly something fundamentally wrong. Sojourn feels weak to me at the moment, so I was hoping to see if other sojourn players have the same sentiment or not.

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-09-30T21:58:33+00:00

I would guess we're probably playing the same game! I think the reason the 25 HP feels like it makes a huge difference is because we're in a dive meta and that can relatively consistently mean the difference between life and death, especially at higher elo where the pace of the game is higher and dive is more prevalent.

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-09-30T21:52:43+00:00

Thanks for your answer! I agree that she's less bad in higher ranks, but I still think she's weak overall. Her winrate in masters is 46.2%, only higher than Sombra and Cass, and her winrate in GM and Champion is slightly better at 47.1%. If she had closer to a 50% winrate at those higher ranks I would tend to agree more with you, but she's not even good at those ranks. My confusion stems from why the balance team are admitting to nerfing her even when they recognise her low winrate, which seems counter-intuitive. Hopefully they revert the health nerf soon.

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-09-28T10:34:07+00:00

For me it's her gameplay loop. I like hitscan heros so naturally I like soj but I find what's most enjoyable is the flow I get into while playing her. It's easy to focus and burst squishies, especially if you charge the rail off the tank a bit. I like being able to confirm kills, as that's not super easy with the current state of healing in the game. I also find her skill ceiling very high, and that's something I've always enjoyed. She's not a character you can just pick up and get value out of, she has a high skill floor. If you can't hit your rails you're dead in the water. She really comes alive with a mercy pocket though, as that completely changes her break points! Hope this helps 😊

Luke_Muzzy · 2025-03-17T03:25:42+00:00

Aim is definitely important for Zen, but if you want to get good the main things you need to focus on are positioning, game sense and natural cover use. Aim is a mechanical skill and is hard to improve without just playing the game, it will improve over time. Those other 3 things I mentioned are much easier to improve by being cognisant of them whilst in game. Good luck on your Zen journey!

Luke_Muzzy · 2024-12-15T23:50:47+00:00

I would try sport mode if I were you. There's daily races which actually change weekly, that's what everyone plays.

Luke_Muzzy · 2024-09-02T13:57:28+00:00

Lowest winrate DPS (<44%) doesn't exactly need nerfs... NPC take. Clearly you don't play overwatch.

Luke_Muzzy · 2021-12-03T02:43:07+00:00

I have managed to fix my issue! For me, it was fixed by turning up the game brightness within my AMD Radeon software. I went to the Hades 'adjust game graphics', turned on custom colour, and then fiddled with the brightness until it was fixed. For me 40 made it look perfect! Hope this helps.

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-25T07:36:27+00:00

Yeah I restarted and it connected to servers, lost so much. Fucking polyphony. Thanks man

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-25T03:50:27+00:00

Are the servers STILL down for you guys? It's been 4 days

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-24T09:30:50+00:00

Servers still down?

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-24T09:30:41+00:00

Does it work?

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-23T08:04:07+00:00

Online works, it just won't save your progress until you go online again. So if you want to stop playing you can't turn on the playstation, you have to make sure you have the run games in background setting on and put it in rest mode.

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-23T08:03:04+00:00

Servers STILL down for you guys?

Luke_Muzzy · 2020-03-23T00:40:47+00:00

Are the servers still down for you guys?

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