Alright, sent the developer my appreciation along with the question about the matchmaking issues and some suggestions for matchmaking, including:
- an option for players not actively hitting "ranked" match at the moment, to be included in the matchmaking search. Its async, so when I am in bed, and opted to want 1 ranked challenge, then there isnt any reason why someone "looking for a ranked match" wouldnt be able to find me. Would greatly increase the pool of available ranked matches
- include a tier system tied to the achievements in Uncharted (sort of like this thread has in post 2) to even out upgrade levels.