Question for iOS Pilots: How bad is the game right now?

For me, there is guaranteed at least 2 ditchers per match.

I had a bad run the other day, now today I've been on a really good run. It is definitely hit or miss and when it is bad, man it feel terrible just as it always has. Overall the game is solid for me. Ditchers and tankers are still a problem, but it looks like it is getting better. I am anxiously waiting the leaver protection league to pull the bad apples out of the general mix.

As far as I'm concerned the games are on average the closest and most balanced they've ever been for me. My win rate is give or take 50% all the time now and my league score is slowly creeping up in a yoyoing fashion and I'm just one good run away from knocking on the door of Expert I.

Compared to the old MM where I kepts a 70% winrate on random play and was banking Au, now it is more of a grind but the games are much much closer on average.

Hit and miss mostly
Some good days and some bad but I think time of day has lots to do with it
I love getting free gold when red squad ditches( thx reds )

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

It oscillates... I've had long streaks of no ditchers and then I'll run games where we get a bunch of ditchers...

I think right now what used to be power hour has been transformed to ditcher hour. They just seem to be more present in those late evening hours.

If I can get games in during the day or early morning, I rarely get ditchers.


Dejnov.

It's good for me. I moved from bottom to top of D2 around the time of requalification, and I have now moved solidly into D1. Not really sure why, as upgrades have been steady.

I definitely see streaks. I don't keep good track of others' hangar or league levels, but it's clear that sometimes the competition is fierce and I finish last on my team while other times I finish first. Rarely is that because I played particularly poorly or well, so it is probably indicating I am playing more experts vs more gold.

Again, I don't track tankers, but they seem pretty rare. I guess I could start. Sometimes my damage is so low, someone might suspect me of tanking, but I play 5 bots to their deaths.

-Amid

I'm finding it much better now that the league system is in play. I'm not getting mech'd out much any longer, and the teams seem pretty balanced. Most of the time, the only reason we lose is because no one is going for the DAMN BEACONS! Seriously.. There is NO REASON that I should be capping 4 or 5 beacons when I'm running an Aphid Patton, a MolotGriff, a PunisherGriff, and good ol PlodosaurusRex. None. But I am a beacon capping fool, cuz the blues are a bunch of morons when it comes to the beacon game.

Sorry. A bit off topic there.
Overall, good. Just need to get my team to cap the beacons. In in Gold 1 or Diamond III, depending on the streak.

I've been bouncing around in D1. The presence of tankers over-determines match results in both directions, and its happening in the majority of games. If the tanker league is active, I'm not seeing it. If I excluded games with Tankers, I've had some good match-ups, but there are still too many D1 vs. Champion+ matches, and too many matches vs. top tier.

Most matches in Diamond 3 have some level of dubiousness going on. Tanking, meching out with 1 bot, low damage etc. It's not uncommon for my butch zenit to get top damage ... (note, I only start with it when it's a camper map, and usually dump him soon after)

For the most part good. Matches are even and close. If there is any tanking (like end of the month), then it goes away when I wait and play later after the kids (not mine) have gone to bed.

For me, I am trying to test new builds so sometimes I am running an oddball lineup. With the new matchmaking and league system, I try not to drop too much. My Molots, Punishers, Zenits, etc. aren't up to snuff with my main gear, so there's nothing I can do. I've had good games, but sometimes I have really stinky games that aren't a fault of mine (meaning I am trying to win with sub optimal gear, to see if I should switch and maybe level them up). Also, despite what I said earlier about matchmaking, today I noticed some odd matches I was put in that recalls shade of the old one. As many know, it tries to keep you at 50% so I am trying to game this fact when testing my Molots and Punishers. If I am going to lose with that gear on, then might as well lose a match that the Gods have predetermined. (No, this isn't tanking. I am trying to minimize my losses since it is not an easy climb back up after testing for an hour). I looked more carefully at the pilots on either side, and after I have a really outstanding game (place 1st, win, etc)., then I get matched up with higher tier opponents (Champions and Masters). I'm pretty sure I lose those 100% of the time. Either that, or I get stuck with a bunch of scrubs on my team (Diamond 3, 4 slot hangers) and the other side has 5 Experts. If the matchmaking gods are gonna play me like that, I am gonna play it back. Also when I put in my lower level weapons, I notice I get sent down a tier until I can prove myself. Then when I swap it out and put in my damage hanger, I get sent up to the big boys (like Masters and Champions).

On my secondary account, I noticed it was actually nice to me after I didn't touch it for a while. Before, the first match back from a break, I would be thrown into my tier and without any proper warm up, I would do terrible. But last night, I played an easy match first. Then it got a bit tougher the second match. Then the third match, it threw me in with the sharks (aka my tier). I say sharks since my bots are 2-3 lower level than other comparable hangers in my tier, plus I have a 4 bot hanger.

The game is good for me in D2 on iOS. There are tankers yes, but I'm in mostly competitive matches. I did have a 4-6 match on Springfield and we lost on beacons 5-0 lol. But again, for the most part things are great.

I'm in Expert as well, Expert II approaching I.

I notice similar issues as boomsplat but don't feel it affecting me as much. Some matches are of course tougher than others but on the whole I am pretty happy with the balance. I'm steadily climbing up the league, two steps forward for every step back, and am winning a little gold on the way.

I have taken two long breaks from the game since I started playing when it was fairly new and am able to grind more gold now than anytime before. Since returning the last time (maybe 5-6 months ago) I finally got my fifth slot, a Galahad, three Aphids, two Zeus and an Ancile, while grinding for a Rogatka back in the days took me an excruciatingly looong time

SThor

Well, the usual criticisms aside, the last 6-8 weeks have really been challenging on multiple levels but alas, Im still playing the game everyday and contributing to the War Robots community in various ways despite it all since November of 2015.

Theres much to be said about that... If I wasnt having fun I wouldnt gripe or continually shout on here or FB how much it sucks, Id just leave and stop playing.

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Playing on iOS (iPad and iPhone). Gold II level. The issues with deadbeats seems to be like "when it rains, it pours". Some days I see only a few. Then days like today, ridiculous. I've played 12 games this morning over coffee. Trying to get to the win 8 battles for 30 Au deal. I've won 2 ! Every single match has had at least 2 tankers on the blue team. There's been a scattering on the reds as well. So it's shaping up like one of those "it pours" days ...... 
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