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12/31/2024 3:29:13 AM
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Inexperienced players stuck for hours in Nightfall activities.
Hello, today I went to do a Nightfall in the easiest difficulty because it was helping a new light and then the seeker put us in a game already underway, but what surprised me was that when I entered the game, the only player there was a new light and he was more than 1hour and 40 minutes in the match.(I recorded the gameplay to check the total time of the match)
So I decided to do a test, lowered my power below 2000, equip parts with power 1900, which I have in my safe and I went to do the same Nightfall, then the search engine put me with players of equivalent power between 1930 and 1960
I tested 3 matches and in all 3, the players were below the required power, alone and in two of these matches, these players in it for about 1 to 2 hours in the match, without any stronger player enter.
Don’t know if it’s intentional, but it seems to me that the searchers are only pairing players with equivalent power, leaving "New Light" players stuck for hours in these activities, just like it happened in Xur’s activity from the birthday pack.
https://youtu.be/ARbjdjA2Rx8
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3 RepliesEdited by Yash: 12/31/2024 7:27:50 AMMultiple new players have told me that when they try matchmaking, they often end up paired with other new players, making it a struggle. Their experience has been very different compared to the people I get matched with in matchmade PVE activities. I suspect that years ago, some people complained about being forced to carry new players, and Bungie changed the matchmaking system so that newbies end up with other newbies instead of more experienced players. On the same note I also learned that before Guardian Rank 5, players don't even have mods enabled. Imaging being in a fireateam doing an activity were everyone has non-masterworked armor pieces in the 50s stats, no mods (no resist mods, etc), missing aspects and fragments, weapons with rolls that are probably funny, and underpowered. Yeah the game actually is much harder for them than when us more experienced players do those activities.
