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@guccigangchuck said in Showdown made me uninstall the game (feedback):

@fullthrottle152_mlbts said in Showdown made me uninstall the game (feedback):

I'm also new, bad at this game, but I don't mind how showdown is done, it's beatable.

I believe their online mode needs a redesign though, to help new players. It's too random, find myself matched against vastly superior players way too often. We need a league pyramid type system. Put all us trash players in the bottom league, we can have some enjoyable games against each other. Put the good players in the top league with better rewards.

Playing against similar skilled players is the best way of improving. It's disheartening for a new player to be matched against experienced skilled players, that's only going to turn new players away from the game.

Its called ranked for a reason.

I've played ranked in multiple sports, FPS games over the years. The ranking system is this game is flawed, outdated. I'm not sure if MLB the show has any intention of becoming an eSport, but if they want to grow their playerbase, they need to rework the ranking system.

A good ranking system starts with a placement games that puts your playerbase into set divisions, depending on their skill level.

The way it's setup now, the worst player in the world could be matched against the best player in the world at the start of ranked seasons. Current system is also easily exploitable with smurf accounts. A smurf can continually play against lower skilled players in this game. Don't you want the playerbase to grow, the game to become more popular?

I'm also new, bad at this game, but I don't mind how showdown is done, it's beatable.

I believe their online mode needs a redesign though, to help new players. It's too random, find myself matched against vastly superior players way too often. We need a league pyramid type system. Put all us trash players in the bottom league, we can have some enjoyable games against each other. Put the good players in the top league with better rewards.

Playing against similar skilled players is the best way of improving. It's disheartening for a new player to be matched against experienced skilled players, that's only going to turn new players away from the game.

As a new player, moments is my favourite mode.

@yankeefan412_xbl said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

@fullthrottle152_mlbts said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

@yankeefan412_xbl said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

I am on the Series X and have played several ranked seasons games today with no problems.

What is your location mate?

Pennsylvania

Have you got crossplay enabled? I'm still finding it difficult to find games.

You can get a PS5 from a site called Stock X if you don't mind paying a bit extra. It's more secure than sites like eBay, they'll test the console before shipping.

@x814xmafia_psn said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

@fullthrottle152_mlbts said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

Title says it all, finally got a decent team together with the cool monthly rewards. I was looking forward to taking my new team online, but matchmaking isn't working. It says "opponent found." Then I get the "challenge failed" message. Is it due to my location being in Ireland?

I've a Netduma router, can see on my geo filter that there is only American servers. Is there some sort of ping lock system in place that won't allow people with high pings to join long distance dedicated servers?

These aren't dedicated servers.

According to my Netduma, they're using dedicated servers in America.

@yankeefan412_xbl said in Online ranked seasons not working on Xbox Series X!:

I am on the Series X and have played several ranked seasons games today with no problems.

What is your location mate?

Title says it all, finally got a decent team together with the cool monthly rewards. I was looking forward to taking my new team online, but matchmaking isn't working. It says "opponent found." Then I get the "challenge failed" message. Is it due to my location being in Ireland?

I've a Netduma router, can see on my geo filter that there is only American servers. Is there some sort of ping lock system in place that won't allow people with high pings to join long distance dedicated servers?

Much appreciated guys, it's basically using a similar ranking system to Apex Legends. Do the devs visit this forum? I feel their ranking system should be improved upon in the future. A less skilled player is more likely to be matched against a high skilled player with its current format, that's discouraging for new players.

They should've placement games before putting a player into a division. You get five placement games, match opponents on their amount of wins. For example, a player who has won his first three placement games would be matched against another player who has won their three placement games.

They could then have divisions, or a league type system. Let's say the top division is called the diamond division where all the best online players in the world reside. This type of highly skilled player is likely to win all five placement games, will be put into one of the top divisions. Lower skilled players who loss all their placement games would be put into the bronze division.

I believe this type of ranking system would greatly benefit all players. They could've rewards for each division. The higher divisions would obviously have better rewards.

Hi, completely new to the show, baseball in general. I'm enjoying the Show 21 on gamepass, just wondering does ranked seasons have skill based matchmaking guys?

I'm not very good at the game yet, my team is trash. I need to play seasons to level up Gambi. Is ranked seasons online worth playing for a new player, or will I be matched against good experienced players?