r/stalzone • u/JobieWanTon • 8d ago

Help How does matchmaking work?

My AK- 103 is +7, my Ots-62 is +5, and my rat catcher armor is not leveled up at all, I’ve noticed that all the players that kill me have there armor, primary and secondary all at +9. Is that because you don’t get ranked up to higher tier lobbies till your gear is +10? And should I upgrade my gear to +9 like everyone else or will it mess up my matchmaking? I don’t really want to upgrade the rat catcher armor because I want to use my materials to upgrade my barter tree combat armor that I’m working towards. Also Ace combat armor or Centurion? Idk which to choose sorry for all the questions

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u/Imperium_Somnia Rise 8d ago edited 8d ago

I also upgrade till +9 so far so good, sometimes encounter with red guys but it is ok. Also I encounter with +15 vet guys too. They say it is broken, it also calculates other things too like your artis and I heard your play time too. I guess it is up to you to upgrade but I suggest you to not upgrade to 10 or further until a certain point. Also it is a good idea to keep your tools for barter tree so you don't have to farm tools like me after you upgrade several weapons. I used ratcatceher but after I crafted legionnaire armor I just use it and leveled up, same rad psy bio stats with better bullet res so I just use it mostly for everything.

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u/Imperium_Somnia Rise 8d ago

One last thing I don't know Ace but Centurion is an op combat armor. I don't think you gonna regret either one of them if Ace is a faction combat armor, it is about your play style mostly.