FACEIT May 2024 release goes live, promising guaranteed verified matchmaking and other updates

A new FACEIT May 2024 release is officially live for Counter-Strike 2 players. The platform enables matchmaking away from Valve's servers, providing players with a safer and more enjoyable competitive environment. The new release has a host of interesting features such as guaranteed verified matchmaking, the improvement of priority subscriber and verified matchmaking, as well as a better Elo formula.

FACEIT prioritizes a player experience that has no room for smurfs (high-level veterans who make new accounts to combat lower-ranked gamers) and malicious cheaters. Here's how this platform's new CS2 update helps tries to ensure such an experience.

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FACEIT May 2024 release: All updates and improvements

The FACEIT May 2024 release prioritizes player safety and a better experience for those who pay for the verified or subscriber status on its servers in CS2. Here are all the changes in this platform's May 2024 release.

• Priority matchmaking for verified users and subscribers: The organization claims to have taken player feedback into account to ensure that verified and subscribed users have a higher chance of being matched against others of a similar status.
• Guaranteed verified matchmaking: Players who are both verified and subscribed can now choose to match against only those who are verified.
• Guaranteed verified super match: This feature is still in its Beta version and is being tested. With it in effect, players will be able to get into Super Matches where all players are verified.
• Elo formula: The Elo Formula was tweaked in the FACEIT May 2024 release. This feature will currently only apply to players between levels one to nine. Their Elo will be slightly affected by their performance to help match them against gamers with equal footing and Elo.
• Patches and bug fixes: The FACEIT May 2024 release also offers some bug fixes. These include the consent banner problem, where the banner would keep reappearing in spite of having been cleared by the player already. Another issue that's been fixed saw players being unable to enter a Supermatch.
• Desktop Client: A new client is being tested which uses 50% less memory, making the startup and functioning that much faster.

The update also includes a host of UX, Chat, and security improvements. Some of these will be difficult to see inside of the game but will certainly make a deep impact in terms of the overall gameplay experience.