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Post by T34 on Jul 7, 2018 6:47:09 GMT -5
Six leagues in either direction frequently matched. Say E3 more frequently seeing low champs and also seeing G2s. Silver 2 matched with recruit level 13!
Huge capibility differences.
not sure if this is due to numbers in the game or because a lot of people are playing skirmish. Match making time is seemingly up too.
If someone is willing this would be a good time to note down the distribution of each league in skirmish. Would give a reasonable estimate of the population distribution excluding the whales. I presume the whales won’t be indicted with 250 au to play skirmish.
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Post by Diablo86 on Jul 7, 2018 7:00:58 GMT -5
Replace "!" with "?" in the title.
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Post by T34 on Jul 7, 2018 7:14:42 GMT -5
Replace "!" with "?" in the title. Nah  it’s changed. No question about it. The reason for the change is unknown. Two separate issues. I dont think the level 13 player with 29 victories cares. The E3s jaw would drop when seeing CLs during the post mortum. But again. Nothing wrong with A MK2 hanger in D according to Pix  |
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Post by FlashAhAhh on Jul 7, 2018 7:47:27 GMT -5
Replace "!" with "?" in the title. Nah it’s changed. No question about it. The reason for the change is unknown. Two separate issues. I dont think the level 13 player with 29 victories cares. The E3s jaw would drop when seeing CLs during the post mortum. But again. Nothing wrong with A MK2 hanger in D according to Pix Just had a TDM on Moon. We won 27:3. My teams were all champs with Murder squad hangars the other team had a Master, 2 Experts and 3 Silvers. Been a long time since I got to take a shot at a Thunder/Pinata Natasha! |
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Post by T34 on Jul 7, 2018 7:51:52 GMT -5
Nah it’s changed. No question about it. The reason for the change is unknown. Two separate issues. I dont think the level 13 player with 29 victories cares. The E3s jaw would drop when seeing CLs during the post mortum. But again. Nothing wrong with A MK2 hanger in D according to Pix Just had a TDM on Moon. We won 27:3. My teams were all champs with Murder squad hangars the other team had a Master, 2 Experts and 3 Silvers. Been a long time since I got to take a shot at a Thunder/Pinata Natasha! Were the reds in a squad? |
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Post by Divine Thunder on Jul 7, 2018 7:53:51 GMT -5
T34 - Previous post illustrates it is not a question whether, but why of.
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Post by T34 on Jul 7, 2018 7:59:44 GMT -5
T34 - Previous post illustrates it is not a question whether, but why of. Sort of. If they were not in a squad this is a masive development as the MMing is far more wide spread than what I’ve seen. If in a squad we know this can happen but not good. |
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Post by fearsome on Jul 7, 2018 8:07:34 GMT -5
Matchmaking is always going to be screwed up because they simply don't have sufficient player numbers on each of the 3 main platforms to ensure decent matchmaking covering all the various timezones perhaps if they had 2-300k more players per platform theymay get close to the matchmaker working as intended but until then there is always going to be huge variations in the teams and coiner murder squads will rule any and all matches they participate in.
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Post by Divine Thunder on Jul 7, 2018 8:18:44 GMT -5
T-34 - personally, a broad MM does not concern me since I face Champions League regularly and since going 6/6, I do not play much MM. Although, I do hate murder squads.
However, it does indicated that there may be a problem with the pool.
This may be a good thing, but I doubt it.
Maybe, us 6/6 players are part of the problem in that many have dropped MM in favor of the simplicity and low pressure of 6/6. Scrimage may be the problem too, since it also presents an alterative to the pressures and lopsidedness of MM. if the pool is shallow now so that MM has to broaden its reach, it is only going to exasperate the situation and drive more pilots to the alternatives, instead of the main game path.
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Post by suntron on Jul 7, 2018 8:23:40 GMT -5
I can see the average time to a game has increased. So I would think there must be less players and that would explain mixed Leagues. Is it a sign after the change in economy?
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Post by Zero Jee on Jul 7, 2018 8:27:07 GMT -5
Nothing new for me. Started seeing this disparity a while ago. I remember being in Bronze I/Silver III facing off against Gold and sometimes Diamond league players.
Started a few accounts to check things out for new players and last month was in Private League up against Silver hangars with WP bots and weapons.
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Post by windcaster on Jul 7, 2018 12:34:40 GMT -5
Ya I'd ocassionally see silver in D3, it would usually only be like 1 player, they normally would be like 4th or 5th but they fight hard.. poor fellas
T34 might be on to something I notice I was waiting about 20 seconds last night for a FFA match.. Could be a lot or in skirmish.. or maybe some quit playing.. or others are "protesting" in other ways that might mess with the MM.
I wish I knew for sure.
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Post by BigBear on Jul 7, 2018 16:06:07 GMT -5
Well that's it then,Skirmish is going to be added to the (not so) random battle screen.It shows how far this game has dropped that they cant pool enough players together just to cover two types of battle choice.
Its also possible the continued development and Beta releases of BoT has dragged a fair few players away,how long for or for permanently remains to be seen.
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Post by inspirace on Jul 7, 2018 16:54:22 GMT -5
I haven't played any regular matches since Tuesday (5 days now) - finishing all daily tasks by Ads produced by the spider Skirmish. Not bothered to do the booster daily tasks - so there is no reason really to play regular matches.
I guess there are many like me?
Once some of the planned gears (grandfathered) upgraded to the planned level, I would be back to regular matches, either FFA or two-man squad, to check the water temperature, sometime next week,
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Post by ironstar on Jul 7, 2018 17:38:25 GMT -5
I didn't see anything out of the ordinary today. Champs facing champs, with an occasional master player thrown to the lions
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Post by hi5 on Jul 7, 2018 18:22:49 GMT -5
iOS in mid-upper masters right now and only see experts and masters, occasionally C’s.
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Post by T34 on Jul 7, 2018 19:33:58 GMT -5
I can see the average time to a game has increased. So I would think there must be less players and that would explain mixed Leagues. Is it a sign after the change in economy? Yes, I am of that opinion too. Getting 2+ mins to start an far at times. |
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Post by Zero Jee on Jul 7, 2018 21:00:28 GMT -5
I can see the average time to a game has increased. So I would think there must be less players and that would explain mixed Leagues. Is it a sign after the change in economy? Yes, I am of that opinion too. Getting 2+ mins to start an far at times. Must only be higher leagues. I never wait for more than 30 secs in Gold, and that is rare. Average wait is 5 -10 secs. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 23:20:23 GMT -5
I have just played 4 matches (3 TDM & 1 BR) on iOS. The spread of the last match (BR) was S2 to E2. The other 3 games (TDM) were S1 to E2. Felt sorry for the S2 player who was level 25 and bottom of totem pole on blue team. None of the games are fast starters like they used to be although admittedly they are around 30 secs to a minute to start.
The other thing I have noticed in the last month (approx) is that the player base I am in with has changed. I have always played on the Asian server (being Australian) and I am normally in the small minority of English lettered names. This is now not the case and based on player and clan names used they can be almost from anywhere now - is this a further sign of a shrinking player base?
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Post by fearsome on Jul 8, 2018 1:43:11 GMT -5
I have just played 4 matches (3 TDM & 1 BR) on iOS. The spread of the last match (BR) was S2 to E2. The other 3 games (TDM) were S1 to E2. Felt sorry for the S2 player who was level 25 and bottom of totem pole on blue team. None of the games are fast starters like they used to be although admittedly they are around 30 secs to a minute to start. The other thing I have noticed in the last month (approx) is that the player base I am in with has changed. I have always played on the Asian server (being Australian) and I am normally in the small minority of English lettered names. This is now not the case and based on player and clan names used they can be almost from anywhere now - is this a further sign of a shrinking player base? If Pixionic wish to continue with the current game direction then they need to make the game fully cross platform in order to maintain viable player numbers 24/7/365 this would also require some changes to clan structuring as some clans do also have clans in the other platforms so clan members would need to be increased (without cost) to around the 150 member mark to allow the merging of the various platforms, The alternative is to see player numbers on each of the platforms continue to fall as the times to actually start a match increase and the total collapse of the matchmaking system becomes evident. |
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Post by ezekielcrow on Jul 8, 2018 3:24:42 GMT -5
MM is like a drunken piss.
Its all over the place and defeats what it was meant to do in the first place. (Keep your pants dry)
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Post by Crow T. Robot on Jul 8, 2018 9:00:52 GMT -5
Yes, I am of that opinion too. Getting 2+ mins to start an far at times. Must only be higher leagues. I never wait for more than 30 secs in Gold, and that is rare. Average wait is 5 -10 secs. I am in iOS masters 3 getting slaughtered by champions and legend league pilots on a regular basis this past week. I have no idea why but there has been some change/ adjustment to matchmaking. |
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Post by orionpax on Jul 27, 2018 15:18:13 GMT -5
Must only be higher leagues. I never wait for more than 30 secs in Gold, and that is rare. Average wait is 5 -10 secs. I am in iOS masters 3 getting slaughtered by champions and legend league pilots on a regular basis this past week. I have no idea why but there has been some change/ adjustment to matchmaking. This is what I have observed also. |
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Post by SoCalGrndR on Jul 28, 2018 0:22:00 GMT -5
Could be a growing percentage of Pilots like me..........  SoCal |
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it’s changed. No question about it. The reason for the change is unknown. Two separate issues. 
