they are separate

Yes I wish that too. Really dont like steam so if its off steam I'll get it off steam.

Its interesting though matches always start around the 4 minute mark. Custom game lobby never has an open game.

AND Im always fighting rank 8 people and games are very tough and close almost all the time ="=.

If I check their profile I see they have played alot of games - more than I have but their win ratios are all 0% which kinda suggest the game is rigged?

Im really beginning to suspect they are AI pretending to be players or something. They dont get the win so they remain rank 8 always. I have infact lost 3 games against those 0 wins people.

If you are in the queue for a while 3+ minutes, and you aren't in the top 50 players (legendary), then you get to play the AI.

If a player if available, the computer will generally match with them instead, regardless of rank.

Even if you play a "1" rank, it is a good way to learn.

Most players will give you advice, if you ask.

If you aren't sure, a good way to check is to try interacting with them during the game.

Send glhf and see if they reply.

YOu'll soon learn the AI names. Some are obvious.

Ah so I have been playing against nothing but AI haha. Kind of guessed but still a little disappointing. I think I did come up against human players  twice or something in the first few days since they werent rank 8. And I thought I was good. Haha.

There just arent any GOG players I guess. But Im rather impressed with the AI. I've been playing alot of games and Im rank 1 AI conqueror now. Maybe after I max out the stars I will have to wait hours or something for a real player. Probably will just get stomped, scary.

Well I can tell now that I stopped been able to play a ranked game. 2 waits. 1 over 2 hours, another one over 1 and 15 minutes hours. Neither resulted in a game. lol. GG

Some things are not meant to be. hehe

Steam and GOG would have to come to an agreement as it is done on their servers. It has happened with some games across the networks though so perhaps it will happen one day.

Well, Steam and GOG certainly have their own separate networks, so I assume the servers belong to those respective networks. The devs did say something along these lines was the problem anyway. May be overcome someday but yeah, could a be a long time if it ever does.