Hey there @SujiTheMaiden, thank you for getting in touch about this matchmaking penalty issue. It is important to note that quite some time has passed since this was first reported and we do not believe it is something that has been occurring in the latest update. In the future, can you please consider creating your own thread if there is not something active already regarding what you have mentioned? This unnecessarily raises forum traffic and moves more active threads down the page.
Regarding the issue itself, if you are on PC, could you please go through that troubleshooting article my colleague kindly mentioned? I have just looked into it from my end, and I can confirm that all of our For Honor services are running as intended. The steps included in the article will ensure that your connection is optimal to our servers. If you have gone through those steps but the issue persists, could you please provide a short video showing this in action on the latest version of the game? You could directly upload the clip to an online video-sharing platform like Twitter or YouTube. Alternatively, if you would prefer, you could transfer the video to a PC using a flash drive and then send it to us another way, such as through a file-sharing site.
If you have any questions or run into any other issues, please do not hesitate to let me know.