With the announcement of the new heroic race, Vortex, and he new heroic dragon, High Portal, I was curious as to how matchmaking between the competitors are determined. I’m guessing its by general activity. If so, how do they measure this “activity”? Thanks in advance! 🙏🏻

They base it on the laps you've completed in previous races. Or so it is rumored, but I think they matched us several races ago and use that outlier for every race. I know some people who only qualify yet they are still matched with intensive competition.

@Nynaevelan said in Heroic Race Matchmaking:

They base it on the laps you've completed in previous races. Or so it is rumored, but I think they matched us several races ago and use that outlier for every race. I know some people who only qualify yet they are still matched with intensive competition.

Lol, that would be me. I have not “competed” since the second collection began. I have only had 1 race from the second collection that I managed to finish to get the new Heroic that was offered. All of the other races start off really strong. Generally I begin 4 hours into the race. By that time there are usually 3-4 racers already qualified making it pretty difficult to catch up so I don’t even try. Most of my races though have not had more than 1 racer not qualified in the end.

So, my races have not been based on prior standings. I’m just lucky that way I guess.

If that's how it is then I pretty much had this coming. In Frozen Lake race, I reached lap 5 and came first. So this time I got matched with a bunch of bulky players. So I guess I should just drop it at lap 4 in this race if I want an easy play in the next one.

@Samuel-Bartholomew said in Heroic Race Matchmaking:

If that's how it is then I pretty much had this coming. In Frozen Lake race, I reached lap 5 and came first. So this time I got matched with a bunch of bulky players. So I guess I should just drop it at lap 4 in this race if I want an easy play in the next one.

It is possible to reach lap 15 to get both heroics without spending many gems. You have enough time to go there.

@Samuel-Bartholomew If you drop at lap 4 you get nothing. Remember, you must reach lap 5 to qualify.

Actually, we are unsure of how the matchmaking is done. I don’t think it is determined by your last race. I actually think it is pretty random. Since the second group has begun, I have really been limited in my participation. I play enough to qualify and then quit. My races have been very active, with 2-3 players battling for first place. None of these races has gone less than 15 laps. In fact most were a bit more.

If it was solely determined by your past participation or placement, my races should not have been so active.