Finally decided to try my hand at ranked after playing against A.I. until Level 100
After 240hrs of Singleplayer Campaign and A.I. games I lost my first and only 7x games in a row the last couple of days, lowest Rank I've been against is Gold 2 and the Highest Plat 3
Man this is so fun, I love getting steamrolled by a bunch of people over and over way above my skill level...
Do I even bother trying to keep at this? I can play against Ridiculous A.I. and sometimes higher if I'm absolutely locked in with a good match up but this is kinda soul crushing.
I'm sorry but being cannon fodder for these people isn't fun, I was hoping to see some adjustment in my matchmaking after 7x games but I guess not?
And like, the games are queuing nearly instantly, it's not like I've been sitting here waiting 5+ min to find someone because it can't, the longest I've waited is like maybe 45 seconds lol.
Everybody is playing Calvary civs. Calvary seems just diabolically OP right now, 10x games and it's all Cav civs. I thought spear-men and crossbowman were good against Calvary? Nope, Calvary eats me alive every time. Holy cow does anybody play or do anything else besides Calvary? I thought you build Spearmen and then Crossbowman against Calvary civs but it doesn't seem to do anything??
EDIT: 3x more games, one Gold 1, Platinum 1, and one Gold 2 (10x game loss streak, bronze/silver no where in sight) - Gold 1 guy just talked a bunch of shit to me after I lost and he was level 22 (smurf? They've only played ranked and quick match 1v1's pretty much only as the French and "This user has not yet set up their Steam profile"), sorry boys I think I'm done for a bit - super frustrating matchmaking experience, good luck to any new players and thanks for the guidance regardless. It’s break time lol.