New Rank 1 Matchmaking Rule

[Nerraw]

We just released a two-part improvement for the Heroes of the Storm matchmaker that will help players near the top of the ranking system find competitive matches against other top players more consistently. Thanks in large part to player reports, we discovered an edge-case scenario in which those with very high matchmaking ratings could be matched with one or more lower-ranked players, and the first part of today’s change greatly limits the likelihood that this will occur in the future.

The other half of our improvement today adds a new rule to ranked matchmaking that’s intended to tighten up the range of skill that Rank 1 players can be matched with and against. With this rule, Rank 1 players will now be more consistently matched with and against others between Ranks 1 – 4.

As with many of our matchmaking restrictions, please keep in mind that this new rule can be relaxed under certain conditions. For example, it’s still possible that Rank 1 players will occasionally see allies and opponents between Ranks 5 – 7 in their games and, in rare cases, may even be matched with or against Rank 8+ players. However, situations like these should be infrequent after today’s update.

Rank 1 players – We’re eager to hear from you, so hop into Hero League and let us know how your matches feel after today’s change. As always, we’d like to thank everyone who continues to provide constructive feedback for the new matchmaking system. We’re still closely monitoring the matchmaker internally, and working hard to roll out additional improvements in future patches.

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/forum/topic/20420284911

[Waaldo]

They didn't fix shit. My first game back to HL: http://i.imgur.com/LQAKsgW.jpg

Guy still in his fucking placement matches, instantly locks in Gazlowe and just feeds the whole game.

[Nerraw]

They didn't fix shit. My first game back to HL: http://i.imgur.com/LQAKsgW.jpg

Guy still in his fucking placement matches, instantly locks in Gazlowe and just feeds the whole game.

Send it to DBro's Twitter.

[Deleted]

Any news on teams 3-4 being able to return to HL?
Remember reading they were up to some internal testing before christmas.
Seems like LoL is making it happen in their new ranked season. Ghostcrawler seems to know what's good stuff, since it was what made Hots fun and removing it made the game unplayable.

[Nerraw]

Any news on teams 3-4 being able to return to HL?
Remember reading they were up to some internal testing before christmas.
Seems like LoL is making it happen in their new ranked season. Ghostcrawler seems to know what's good stuff, since it was what made Hots fun and removing it made the game unplayable.

Someone asked that question in the past week and DBro responded that they don't have anything to share on that yet.

[Acidbaron]

How about extending this to all ranks?

Not that it matters much since ranks are hardly indicative of anything.

[stahpityou]

It is pathetic how many retarded self-proclaimed pros play at rank 1. It is pathetic that Blizzard can not fix it. It is pathetic that they failed to release a season since the game came out.