Why do you think games like this only end up with the hardcore, because anyone who isn't very good gets matched against people way out of there skill range. Why can't a company pull a Starcraft 2 and stick the newbies with the newbies, and the advanced with the advanced. 
 
Sure there is a "same" ranking setting for ranked games. Though at 15-42 I get matched against guys who have over 400 matches, I just played someone who was 365-38!! It's not even fun getting juggled non stop and having no idea what's going on. The player matches can be a little more even, but even then there is no telling who you get. I set up a "Beginners Only" room for 8 people, then some guy with like 500 wins comes in an schools all of us over and over, not very fun!
 
For those who will say "Go learn to play" or "Losing is how you learn"... Sure maybe to some extent, but why can't it match us against similar skilled players only. Not everyone has time to sit in training missions. I just want to hop on an enjoy a few fights that are close. I don't mind losing, but losing when you have no chance is not very fun. 
 
Maybe I'm wrong, this is my first online fighting game. I really really want to keep the game and love it, but for now I'm mostly playing against the CPU since the matching isn't good enough. 

Find someone who is also new to play with. When you do use match making take note of how your opponent played differently than you and, more importantly, mistakes you made and areas you could improve in. 

" For those who will say "Go learn to play" or "Losing is how you learn"... Sure maybe to some extent, but why can't it match us against similar skilled players only. Not everyone has time to sit in training missions. I just want to hop on an enjoy a few fights that are close. I don't mind losing, but losing when you have no chance is not very fun. "

"this is my first online fighting game. I really really want to keep the game and love it, but for now I'm mostly playing against the CPU since the matching isn't good enough.  "

If you're looking for noob matches, there are alot of us on this site. 

" Find someone who is also new to play with. When you do use match making take note of how your opponent played differently than you and, more importantly, mistakes you made and areas you could improve in.  "

" @Deadmeat said:

"this is my first online fighting game. I really really want to keep the game and love it, but for now I'm mostly playing against the CPU since the matching isn't good enough.  "

Well, the game is one of the least friendly fighters to newcomers. You might do good to learn one pop-up combo that ends in an ultra and just spam that over and over. You also might want to pick up SSF4 since it has an easier learning curve, and some of the basic stuff will transfer over to marvel. "

" You also might want to pick up SSF4 since it has an easier learning curve, and some of the basic stuff will transfer over to marvel. "

What is A,B,C,D combo and how do you end with a super? The only combo's I can do well are the air juggle that you switch out through all the characters. 
 
It's harder to play against people with sticks too, I'd say 25% of the time a quarter circle move doesn't work because of the d-pad sucking :(

the reason that you get matched with people better than you is because that was the person closest to your ranking available at that time. The more players there are the more  accurate the match making.

" Why do you think games like this only end up with the hardcore, because anyone who isn't very good gets matched against people way out of there skill range. Why can't a company pull a Starcraft 2 and stick the newbies with the newbies, and the advanced with the advanced."

I know your not gonna like this but losing IS learning. I've been losing for a month and last weekend, out of the blue I started winning. It feels good and is worth the wait

I stopped doing ranked matches and keep myself on rookie. 
 
I'm currently only playing player matches but going back to ranked once I get some confidence. 
  
That said, I generally always win, even if it's by a hair. I should probably rank up another level.

I made an entire thread about this. Capcom basically is fucking terrible at making online components for games and their matchmaking is complete and utter shit. They should just give up entirely and get a company like Blizzard to put together their matchmaking because they know what they're doing.

dude i agree. i quit playing this game because the matchmaking sucks. i hate getting paired against people that obviously play this game nonstop or have some insane talent for fighting games ill never have. i just want to play against people my level but the "same" skill setting doesnt work for shit.

well most people should just train before heading straight online. I didnt enter online for 3 days after i got the game, just trained BnB combos and so on. 
 
 
i have 89% win streak and have only lost twice on ranked. i think my best streak was 60+ wins.. 
 
Nothing is more awesome than getting paired up with a 5-4th lord, and then mopping the floor with him. but yeah the system is broken. 
 
@FluxWaveZ: we should play

Sometimes there's not a whole lot of people online to choose from.  If the game isn't fun (even when you're losing), then chances are good that it's a bad game.  Maybe a different game is the way to go?

I think the problem is more or less the fact that you can't tell who's actually new to the games and who's been playing them since the start.