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Hope they discuss the new 2v2 Matchmaking change a bit and also confirm when the same change will drop for the solo 1v1 Party Modes.
It does not seem that variance was added to 2v2 matchmaking. They simply opened up the coding to allow partners of different trophy levels, where before both random partners would have the same trophy count.
Also, people are still bringing in 1 or 2 Level 1 cards and a Level 13. And this is the majority of matches.
Here is a recent match we had
Our cards - all Level 9 (Variance of 0.00)
Their cards - 13, 13, 13, 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8, 10, 7 ,7 ,10, 8, 8, 8, 8 (Variance of 7.00)
Most matches go like this still
Our cards - all Level 9 (Variance of 0.00)
Their cards - 9, 10, 9, 8 , 9, 10, 9, 8, 13, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 1 (Variance - 5.19)
Or
Their Cards - 10, 9, 8, 10, 9, 9, 8, 9, 12, 12, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 1 (Variance - 8.86)
Hey,
I passed the same thread you linked to the team some weeks ago.
It has been discussed, changes have been made, but the variance is not the only variable taken into account. The recent 2v2 matchmaking changes aimed mainly to reduce the "7x level 1 + 1x level 13" cards exploit.
We're monitoring those changes, so if you have some feedback, I'm more than happy to pass it to the team. If you have some interesting matches that you think we should look into, you can give me your account tag with the day and approximative time of those matches (in PM if you feel more comfortable).
Thanks!