Why can't I play ranked games with my mates???

Now this issue REALLY gets me hacked off. Xbox live is aimed at us gamers to play anyone anytime anywhere and we have to pay for it. I don't mind paying for a gold service but I expect to be able to play a game with my mates in a ranked online game. The last game that did this was Saints Row. I was expecting GOW to let you play but no, you had to hunt for your friend to play a Ranked TEAM game and sometimes you could not get in at all. WHY!!!

I dont want to spend £50 on a game and then have to play ranked games with people that I do not know. A good team comes from playing with each other on numerous games and finding what your teammate can or can not do and working around that. You can not play well with a moron that has accidently pressed rank game and who has never played the game bvefore.

it stops people from boosting their stats... simple as that.

if you want to play with your friends... play player matches.

Because ranked matches is for playing with/against people you don't know, and it stops you from boosting. Ranking isn't important, playing for fun is.UltimateRAGEX

precisely. End of story.

It's to avoid cheating. Just play player matches.squidder_doa

I know all that but if achievements (and I love getting achievements) are on a ranked team game then I should be able to play with my mates. To stop boosting they could have a lobby like Saints Row. Me and my friends would want to play ranked games because the achievments are collected by playing ranked games so we all joined into a lobby and then would play a random team. It was impossible to get two teams of friends to boost the game on ranked unless you was really lucky and got placed in the same game. Of course you should not be able to start a game for single deathmatch with friends in your lobby.ChrisEyebrows

but achievements (the ones tied to online gaming) are suppose to be reflective of your skill in the online community... just not based with your friends. getting 100 sniper kills playing random games is different from just getting 100 sniper kills playing with your buddies.