Quick Draft Ranks
Hey friends,
It occurs to me that in the current system, you allow the quick draft to switch in the middle of a ranked season. If you're going to track ranks and follow a skill-based matchmaking system, which you recently posted about, you should definitely consider the fact that once the set rotates, players may not know it as well and thus shouldn't be matched in a similar fashion.
I was just matched with three individuals with a near-instant pop on the queue, so your matchmaking system deemed them within my skill level. However, the matches were complete stomp fests. It literally made me regret spending any money on it.
There isn't any sort of learning environment for draft if you just throw us into the same rank regardless of the set being played. There is a lot more to a draft than just individual skill level.
As you said in the news post, you're looking for ways to improve the matchmaking to ensure that we enjoy "Fast, fun Magic for everyone, anywhere." Going 0-3 in a draft for a set that I knew nothing about may have been fast, but I had a god-awful time.