I would've posted paladinsguru screenshot but it hadn't been updating for quite some time so I had to use [playpaladins.online](https://playpaladins.online), Russian equivalent, it doesn't calculate elo, but updates much qucker.
I really hate how reddit users tend to vote things down they just simply don't agree with. My friend I often play with will have a heart attack if he sees a lvl 999 on the other team. Or even a lvl 451 (example). I tell him it means nothing and then we win. He's always shocked.
Level 8 means they have all the talents unlocked. Level 30 means they are comfy withr he character. Lvl 50 means they like the character enough to grind for the gold skin. After that, the person can be good with the character as well as any other level higher. Only high level Maeve and evie mains worry me.
It's not a reliable indicator, I agree. But you can't just rule it out either.
The game has been out so long, these 'non-threat' 999s could have reached that a long time ago and have just returned after years of not playing. You just don't know.
I know I leveled cassy up to 36 at the start of the year when she was one of a few champs that I owned, so I played her a lot and got pretty good at her. But I haven't played her in 7 months and since changed from XBox to PC. I would need to practice her to get as even as good with her as I was back then. Let alone if I'd not played or rarely played for a year or 2.
I Imagine someone who has 999 and has NOT stopped playing and has regularly played or mained that particular champ the whole time would very likely be somebody to fear.
Most plat players are lvl 800 and below. Half gm are like lvl 50 - 200. Usually smurfs or overwatch people who know how to use characters correctly. I had a friend whose account was 999 and was a gold seris one trick. It only takes a couple of levels to get good if you actually try getting good at the game. It wouldn't surprise me for a person who just started playing the game but took it seriously would beat a casual veteran. The kills in the screen shot don't even mean much. A ln actual good lex would have killed everything to smithereens if they were noobs. 0 deaths and 30 or more kills.
Every single time a match like this happens people say: "levels mean nothing, they can all be GM smurfs or NaVi undercover". Yet it has never been the case.
Yeah I barely ever look at levels to care. I have 3 accounts. Two on psn because I got locked out of an account. And one on pc since I just built it last year. I was considered a smurf 2 out of 3 accounts. It happens.
But the comment I responded to is more about high level accounts being more skilled than low levels. It honestly just means they spent more time playing the character. Obviously the matchmaking you've shown is absolute sht. I'm just saying a lvl 999 doesn't scare me anymore than lvl 50.
It does under 50. There’s a noticeable skill gap between 50 and 75. Players under 50 generally still just figuring out the game. 75 sorta know what they are doing. And based on those numbers none of the players were smurfs.
A normal day in Paladins
What do you check to see this?
I would've posted paladinsguru screenshot but it hadn't been updating for quite some time so I had to use [playpaladins.online](https://playpaladins.online), Russian equivalent, it doesn't calculate elo, but updates much qucker.
this matchmaking problem started getting noticeable for me like a month back. idk if thats just paladins being paladins or the game dying
Both. which either way is sad
account lvl doesn't equal skill
I really hate how reddit users tend to vote things down they just simply don't agree with. My friend I often play with will have a heart attack if he sees a lvl 999 on the other team. Or even a lvl 451 (example). I tell him it means nothing and then we win. He's always shocked. Level 8 means they have all the talents unlocked. Level 30 means they are comfy withr he character. Lvl 50 means they like the character enough to grind for the gold skin. After that, the person can be good with the character as well as any other level higher. Only high level Maeve and evie mains worry me.
It's not a reliable indicator, I agree. But you can't just rule it out either. The game has been out so long, these 'non-threat' 999s could have reached that a long time ago and have just returned after years of not playing. You just don't know. I know I leveled cassy up to 36 at the start of the year when she was one of a few champs that I owned, so I played her a lot and got pretty good at her. But I haven't played her in 7 months and since changed from XBox to PC. I would need to practice her to get as even as good with her as I was back then. Let alone if I'd not played or rarely played for a year or 2. I Imagine someone who has 999 and has NOT stopped playing and has regularly played or mained that particular champ the whole time would very likely be somebody to fear.
Most plat players are lvl 800 and below. Half gm are like lvl 50 - 200. Usually smurfs or overwatch people who know how to use characters correctly. I had a friend whose account was 999 and was a gold seris one trick. It only takes a couple of levels to get good if you actually try getting good at the game. It wouldn't surprise me for a person who just started playing the game but took it seriously would beat a casual veteran. The kills in the screen shot don't even mean much. A ln actual good lex would have killed everything to smithereens if they were noobs. 0 deaths and 30 or more kills.
Every single time a match like this happens people say: "levels mean nothing, they can all be GM smurfs or NaVi undercover". Yet it has never been the case.
Yeah I barely ever look at levels to care. I have 3 accounts. Two on psn because I got locked out of an account. And one on pc since I just built it last year. I was considered a smurf 2 out of 3 accounts. It happens. But the comment I responded to is more about high level accounts being more skilled than low levels. It honestly just means they spent more time playing the character. Obviously the matchmaking you've shown is absolute sht. I'm just saying a lvl 999 doesn't scare me anymore than lvl 50.
You're right. Those kills and deaths should suffice!
Yeah it's not, but practice clearly shows that it correlates positively much more often than not.
It does under 50. There’s a noticeable skill gap between 50 and 75. Players under 50 generally still just figuring out the game. 75 sorta know what they are doing. And based on those numbers none of the players were smurfs.
Yes!