I've got a really good Questions...
This Point in the FAQ:
Q. What do you mean by anonymous matchmaking?
A. When you choose to search for a game in this format, Ironclad Online will examine the poll of other searching players and attempt to place you into a game of your selected type against an opponent or opponents of relatively equal skill. Games played in such a manner will count towards your standing on that format's competitive ladder.
This System is absolutely killing Multiplayer games, I've seen it with Blitzkrieg 2 already, its almost impossible to play with 2-3 FRIENDS at ONE Game, and if you're so lucky to play with 2 Friends of you in ONE and the same game, you're never lucky enough to get the right Teams too...
I dont know how other Players think, but for me and all my Friends, the most important Part at Multiplayer is to keep control over the system, not to let the system keep control over the player.
Sorry but if the IDEA with "anonymous matchmaking" will persist until release, the game will fail in MP, the Anonymous matchmaking allways was user-unfriendly and it will allways be.