Stricter Ranked Matchmaking (No more noobs in Elite)

Hello, I've been playing and loving the game since beta and I like that you can queue up with anyone in Ranked, individual ranks be damned. However, playing in Elite and suddenly playing with/against someone who is clearly new or learning the game is just not fun for anyone.

I can't imagine that new players who wants to try their lot at the Ranked game mode being put against people who know all the tech and quirks of the game are going to have fun or even learn something. I am sure that those lobbies were only ever made because they're weren't enough players to facilitate a fair match, but if this keeps happening, its more likely to sour the experience than it is to make anyone happy that they found a match so quick.

Basically my suggestion is to put a hard cap on Elite and the top ranks or enforce a max-rank difference. One model that works well enough is Counter-Strike 2's approach to competitive matchmaking with friends. If you're in a party with less than 5 (a full team), your ranks must be within 10k (2 ranked divisions) between the highest/lowest ranked players. However, if your party is full, you can queue up regardless of individual ranks so friends can play with each other for fun. I think this is easily better than the current system, even though it currently accommodates shorter queue times. It feels much better losing when you're doing it with the gang, not with randos.

Besides, less experienced players should be playing quick matches (or in the practice tools tbh). I just don't want to scare off the all new players once they hit level 10.