Rank: Ascendent II
Region: Oceania
Although it wasn't mentioned in the patch notes, so I'm unsure if there was any actual change to how the game decides who to place in a game based on their MMR etc, I have noticed a very significant MMR/Skill difference in players I match with since the recent update. Unlike other previous patches where the player skill seems to be roughly the same and I notice the same players that are near my rank or higher, almost all my matches after this patch have included incredibly lower MMR players and lower ranks I have never in my entire 1000 hours of Deadlock I have ever seen or knew existed.
Currently ranked Ascendent II and I am consistently entering Ritualist/Emissary lobbies, and for the first time ever I experienced Arcanist lobbies, not once, but twice back to back. Even in lobbies that showed it was only a few ranks below me, many of the players showed incredibly low skill which I assume were even lower ranks being mixed together. I know my region is lower player base so I expect to get lower ranked lobbies like Archon/Oracle, but getting Arcanist and consistently Ritualist is incredibly awful matchmaking right now. Again I'm not sure if this is related to the patch or just happened to occur during my queue times, but basically every single game (15+?) after this patch have just felt very bad/unfun with very little engagement in fights or laning due to the skill difference being so wide between so many players.
Arcanist Match ID: 38369341
Arcanist Match ID: 38370733
Also bonus: Current cheater in OCE who played all morning today, had them twice in a row called Marissaulrica25183, aimhacks/wallhacks very very obvious. They were even turned into a frog one game but for some reason they werent banned (possibly just made a new account). Everybody confirmed that they were cheating and also consistently mentioned they were cheating in other games too. Hopefully they are banned soon.
Match ID: 38398453
Match ID: 38397729
