Legends League is a joke.

As a former Android player I agree. But it's a weak fix to a big problem on iOS and Android. Like slapping bubble gum over a hole in a boat. Especially once certain players get all of the component items that they've wanted. Then the plug will start leaking once again.

windcaster, yeah, I joined the Amazon servers almost immediately after it was implemented so it was very easy to move up the ranks. The player pool was barely there at all. So shallow that it quickly became boring even if I was in Champ league. It was like being Godzilla with no King Kong to fight. So I quit playing there for over six months. I was still absorbed with my Android profiles and having fun with them to a degree before the Random and LPQ became permanent.

Now when I reopened the Amazon game this last January the player pool had risen a bit. Enough to make it fun again at least. But nothing has changed about the matchups. The player pool in Amazon is still pretty shallow. Many forum members can attest that after moving from either of the larger platforms that their previous experience allowed them to fly through the rankings at breakneck speeds.

Here's the kicker. The solo matches in the Amazon servers are not separated by leagues at all. Once you get initiated to the game by level 5 you get thrown into the main mixup and you are forced to deal with Recruits to Legends every single match.

And as horrific as that sounds it is actually quite fun for the semi-experienced and smart newb players. Platform jumpers find that their experience pays off and big. They already know the dos and don'ts and so they quickly accumulate the needed resources to build their hangers. Smart newbs just figure it out pretty quickly. And they all practically fly up the rankings. Players can still easily make Champion with 3 slot 4/4 hangers. Many even do so with less because they are very skilled players.

My thinking is that this should be done to all of the platform servers. Mix players of every rank in every solo match just like the Amazon servers do. There would be no reason at all to tank anymore. And no more ong wait times for higher league players either. Because there are no rank tankers on the Amazon servers and no matter what game mode you want to play the wait times are almost always 30 seconds or less. I've never actually seen a match on Amazon take longer than 15 seconds to start unless I've lost connection. And that was just the once.

If PIXONIC dumped the matchmaking algorithm altogether and did on every platform what they do on the Amazon servers I believe the game would become far more fun for the smart and skilled players. Tanking would be unnecessary and pointless. New players would either learn the game quickly and become skilled or just be fodder for the more experienced players or quit. To me that'd be a huge win all around. At that point the "league" rankings would be what they are now but in truth. They are little more than indicators of a player's equipment upgrades anyway unless that player is truly skilled. And since we don't carry badges indicating rank into combat no one knows what their opponents/teammates are capable of anyways in solo matches. So dump everyone together and let the chips fall as they may. Seriously it's way more fun than you might think. Amazon matches can often go down to the wire despite the enormous disparities in hangers. And when they don't they are over with in 3-5 minutes so you can gain those Honor points and tickets even quicker.