Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

[Iasounis]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Hmm good point. My rep is very low cuz I pretty much stopped playing 2K consistently a few months ago. But I mean, obviously I'm not bad lol.

In that case, I guess it's just a problem with 2K's somewhat toxic community lol. I actually never ever even pay attention to people's reps when I play and I don't assume anyone is going to be s*** until I play with them and (usually very quickly) learn they're s***.

I wish people didn't care so much about that crap and just freakin' played

I'd rather not care either, but now that your overall past 95 is on the line, I've become a little choosy.

There's another thread going, so I'll just say... 2k needs to figure out some form of matchmaking. Be it, grade, rep, overall (don't really like this because people always making new builds), AND (not 'or') keeping squads matched up.

[Erithtotl]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

I'd rather not care either, but now that your overall past 95 is on the line, I've become a little choosy.

There's another thread going, so I'll just say... 2k needs to figure out some form of matchmaking. Be it, grade, rep, overall (don't really like this because people always making new builds), AND (not 'or') keeping squads matched up.

I'll add one more thing on rep. Once you get to the 3rd tier or so you have to have played quite a few online games. That doesn't mean you are good or a good teammate. But it likely means you know your shot and understand how 2K plays online (which as I said is SO DIFFERENT from offline). Someone in the 4th tier (superstar) has probably played twice as many rec games as someone in the middle of the 3rd tier, and just going from tier 4 level 1 to level 2 requires like 150 games.

I've seen a lot of high rep (4th-5th tier) be very effective with sub 90 ovr players, sometimes so good you have a hard time believing you read the OVR right on the pre-game screen. Likewise I've played with a number of 96-97s who are either mindless chuckers or turnover machines because they aren't familiar with how things work online.

If you are a team player who will pass and play defense and want to play with adults you can add me or Karl (above) on Ps4.

[ItchyNscratchy]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Since we are on the topic of rec center is anyone else just getting stuck on the jordan loading screen prior to going into the game??

3 times in a row now when i jump into the doors, i get a team, then it just stays on the “rec” screen and swivels left and right but it just stays there. I havent played rec for about 30 days before this and now all the sudden i cant even get into the actual game.

[mightyrx]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Since we are on the topic of rec center is anyone else just getting stuck on the jordan loading screen prior to going into the game??

3 times in a row now when i jump into the doors, i get a team, then it just stays on the “rec” screen and swivels left and right but it just stays there. I havent played rec for about 30 days before this and now all the sudden i cant even get into the actual game.

Whenever that happens to me, it's because players are quitting during the loading screen.

[howardphillips214]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Whenever that happens to me, it's because players are quitting during the loading screen.

Not all the time, but that is typically the case. Sometimes it really is just hung.

[howardphillips214]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Holy crap... Every time we go into the Rec the past few days it's been nothing but try-hard squads. My buddy had a good idea, if you go in with 4 and pick up 1 you should NEVER face a full squad of 5. I'm not going to say you CAN'T go in with 5. But full squads need to face full squads. If i go in by myself i don't want to play a 99 elite squad with people i don't know.

There should be separate Rec lobbies for full 5 and pick up games. If a team doesn't want to get beat up in the team arena they shouldn't get easy pickings from the Rec.

I say this as someone who plays with 5 quite a bit as well. So even if i have a full squad, there should be a tiered match making system that lets the 98 OVR superstar 3 and over teams play with each other.

[LeBlonde James]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Holy crap... Every time we go into the Rec the past few days it's been nothing but try-hard squads. My buddy had a good idea, if you go in with 4 and pick up 1 you should NEVER face a full squad of 5. I'm not going to say you CAN'T go in with 5. But full squads need to face full squads. If i go in by myself i don't want to play a 99 elite squad with people i don't know.

There should be separate Rec lobbies for full 5 and pick up games. If a team doesn't want to get beat up in the team arena they shouldn't get easy pickings from the Rec.

I say this as someone who plays with 5 quite a bit as well. So even if i have a full squad, there should be a tiered match making system that lets the 98 OVR superstar 3 and over teams play with each other.

Since they fixed matchmaking to overall a week or two ago. I have a playmaking/glass that I keep at 92 overall when playing rec solo just to avoid squads lol. I've ran into one 5 out and zone squad over the past week when going in solo...and beat them with randos.

Also got all my badges on this player by just playing rec solo in a week. The competition is pretty bleh but better than facing full squads while solo. Teammates can be very bleh as well lol but I can usually carry playing center.

Have had several games like this over a week running solo since the new matchmaking. It feels like old walk on.

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[howardphillips214]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Since they fixed matchmaking to overall a week or two ago. I have a playmaking/glass that I keep at 92 overall when playing rec solo just to avoid squads lol. I've ran into one 5 out and zone squad over the past week when going in solo...and beat them with randos.

Also got all my badges on this player by just playing rec solo in a week. The competition is pretty bleh but better than facing full squads while solo. Teammates can be very bleh as well lol but I can usually carry playing center.

Have had several games like this over a week running solo since the new matchmaking. It feels like old walk on.

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Where can i see they said they changed it?

[Gowi]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

The punishment for quitting needs to be more severe.

[Iasounis]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

The punishment for quitting needs to be more severe.

Actually it doesn't. Should be less until they implement matchmaking.

[loso_34]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

The punishment for quitting needs to be more severe.

Was watching a stream today where 2 people quit down 5..score was 11-6.

They probably recognized the streamer but that’s no excuse

[loso_34]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Where can i see they said they changed it?

They def changed it to overall. When I run rec solo with my 88 overall center I match up with teams with an average rating of 88-93. Noticed the change recently.

I preferred matchmaking when it went by rep.

[Gowi]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

Actually it doesn't. Should be less until they implement matchmaking.

IDK, my whole team quit so it was just me and the AIs versus a loaded team so I'm a little salty.

[tru11]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

They def changed it to overall. When I run rec solo with my 88 overall center I match up with teams with an average rating of 88-93. Noticed the change recently.

I preferred matchmaking when it went by rep.

crap got my c and 94 and my 2way at 96.

noticed i only played against squads.

chucked it up as bad luck lol.

[TheFgGoatLikesHawks]

Re: Matchmaking in Rec is awful.

So sick of these try hard squads.

Is it too much ask to just hop in a game with randoms and play other randoms.

Sure I could take 10-15min looking for a team, or backing out 100x, etc. but sometimes that's not feasible and we should be able to just hop in a game and not have these mismatches where it's me + my braindead teammates vs a squad running the Princeton offense smh. Waiting around or being mismatched shouldn't be our only options.