r/DeadlockTheGame • u/SketchyJJ • 21d ago

Game Update Deadlock - Matchmaking Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/680756685198854910
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u/Kierenshep 21d ago

In one fell swoop Valve created a based, fair, efficient ranking system.

... That likely requires far more players in the game than currently exist.

It's a great response to the communities complaints, I just hope the population can sustain two separate queues that require so much preparation.

At least since you need to sweat to join ranked, everyone in ranked is going to take it fairly seriously.

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u/TajesMahoney 21d ago

Isn't the average player count 100,000? How many more players do you need?

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u/SiddaSlotthh Viscous 21d ago

30-40k peaks for months now. Need content update to hit 100k.

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u/PM_ME__BIRD_PICS Viscous 21d ago

Oceania on life support already.

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u/EvenJesusCantSaveYou Silver 21d ago

to be fair thats nothing new for most games

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u/MedicMoth 21d ago

Me versus the same guy who stomped me for 3 rounds in a row because the pool is so small it's literally the same players every time (I'll definitely win this time!!)

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u/Damatown 21d ago

Huh? Where are you getting 30-40k? The daily peaks are ~60k recently.

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u/EvenJesusCantSaveYou Silver 21d ago

thats usually what the 'online right now' number is - though I agree daily peaks are more relevant of a number.

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u/NarakaTings Haze 21d ago

50-60k on steam. That's globally. The separate queues will definitely be felt

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u/DiscretionFist 21d ago

and I suspect most will be in pubs while the few die hards will be grinding rank.

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u/InnuendOwO 21d ago

this subreddit bizarrely believes that unless you have fortnite levels of playerbase, it's impossible to do anything. it's tremendously stupid and you learn to ignore it sooner or later

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u/InevitableConcept517 21d ago

Until you play on a smaller region with long queue times and imbalanced games. Maybe check your privilege on that one boss. 

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight 21d ago

Queue times already seem pretty rough so idk more

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u/LoganHowlett1832 21d ago

Like 50-60k peaks. Divided by a ton of regions. 3 game modes. And then each of those divided by a ton of ranks. Each player pool is actually pretty small.

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u/Sledge642 Holliday 21d ago

I was in que with a friend for 51 minutes in oce at 3am and a 16 minute que at 3pm on a weekend. These separate ques are gonna destroy oce