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Probably MtG: Arena
I have a pod I usually play the physical card game with, but sometimes when we can't get together that week I'll boot up the online version and play some casual games
I've spent ~100 hours in it and I've decided I really don't like it, and all for a single reason: the matchmaking
It is abysmal. I started up the game, made a shitty deck with the free stuff they give you, and go on a 15 game win streak. Over the course of my playtime I'll be upgrading my deck, when suddenly out if nowhere I'm facing the sweatiest assholes with the most juiced decks that will waste your time if it means a 1% increase in win rate
After a week of this I realise that even the casual format has a deck ranking system - the more powerful cards in it, the harder the opponents you'll face
Now, I'm all for this, if your deck was given a visual rank so you'd know the opponents you'd face before you spent resources to make it, but being faced with the problem of being unable to upgrade your deck, else you might be put in the same pool as those who'd played the game all their lives, is somewhat demotivating
Of course, going on 15 game win streaks where the opponent barely does anything isn't fun either