MM RANTS!

Those lizards are so fickle.

Come guys use ya heads. If its a under match game (6,5,4, vs 2, 3 bots) and the underdogs have the good grace to stay leave the beacons and go stuff'em with 12 orkans and thunders. No time to collect 'D'

''Respect the Underdog'' lol.

Here are my observations.

In general, there are two kinds of MM, or I shall say, the most common.

Equipment based matchmaking. Based on the tiering of your tank, mech, plane, ship, or whatever. If it has respawns, and you get a drop deck, this is based on the tiering of the highest units on the drop deck.

The cons of this matchmaking form is that its prone to seal clubbing.

Then there is W/L rate based matchmaking. The objective of this matchmaking is to equalize all the players to a 50/50 equilibrium in W/L. In my observation, this kind of matchmaking ends up creating frustrating losing streaks for players.

Then there is a kind of matchmaking that is the hybrid of the two. Rather than fix the problems, it seems to combine the disadvantages of the two into a single package.

There is also a player tier or player stat matchmaking. The disadvantage of this form of matchmaking is that it leads to "carriers" carrying a team of potatoes. It doesn't really offer anything more than W/L rate matchmaking.

There is also format type matchmaking. An example of format based is having one third of a team comprising of light mechs, one third with medium mechs, one third with heavy mechs. This however doesn't work with games with respawns using drop decks. Format based matchmaking is better only for games with repeat respawns, meaning you respawn on the same mech or mech class as the one you started with, and that will be your class for the rest of the game.

Format type matchmaking is often used with other forms of matchmaking, including equipment tier based, player tier based, player w/L rate.

Since the other day with whatever that patch was, the MM algorithm has matched me with players much higher than me. 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 is up with that? Since the new map came in I have even been in matches with legend league players, and my hanger is about level 8/9 vs 12./12. I went from being close to 60% win rate to around 40% win rate. They need to fix this or I'm gone and will not spend another dime on this game that has always seemed to be in favor of those that spend a lot of money and then seal club the hell out of those that do not spend a lot of money on this game. Another thing Pixonic should do is make VIP worth doing. If I'm going to spend a monthly fee then I want something more than a little extra silver. 500 extra gold per month is a start and a discount on weapons and upgrade time.

Just dropped from 60% down 32%. On my way back up now 48% at the moment. Not sure how many more times I am willing to do this.

I've noticed a logical progression in my winning rate...i start a season in a legue, win 50% of Battle For a period, near the end of the season beginning to win more, the last days Climb in superior league, win almost of all Battle till Reach the half or more of the new League, season ending and fight to decide the position in the new League, lose five to start in middle /lower position, win 50%,Lose 60%, Fall in the lower League, win 50%,win60%, Climb again in superior League, win 50%,win 60%, win all....and so on

What a load of crap! My first battle today resulted in a full squad of Iron Smiles Champions against a random team of 1 Champion and 5 Diamond 3 players. This was Pixonic's response:

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Oksana
Oksana (Pixonic)
May 11, 01:20 +03

Hello!

Thank you for contacting War Robots technical support.
I fully understand your concern regarding our matchmaking system.

Please, let me elaborate on how the system functions currently:

As you're probably already aware, earlier our system lead to unfair team balance some players felt comfortable with while many other players were put at a significant disadvantage.

Unfortunately, you may still experience rather frustrating mismatches (like the ones described in your letters), and we're truly sorry for the inconvenience caused.
The system will be leveled out when everyone is put into appropriate tiers. Being a foundation of the long awaited League system, tiers are primarily skill based, making it more challenging for players to improve and climb up the competitive ladder. As soon as majority of players are sorted to their appropriate tiers, matchmaking should accommodate players' need for satisfactory balance during battles.

Previous system worked in such a way that players progressing quite fast or the ones in possession of only one or two powerful robots were put against veterans which ended miserably for either side, as both could not enjoy gameplay. The former due to not being able to be effective in battles, and the latter due to not facing basically any significant opposition. The new system addresses this concern.
You can still utilize all robots in your possession, of course, although some of them are going to prove much more effective than the others in respective tiers. Moreover, there will be more space for diversity with different game modes planned to be introduced in the future.

We strongly encourage you to play more with your preferred line-up so the system could put you into a desired tier and you could enjoy satisfactory gameplay & balance.
I also encourage you to take a look at the official blog post explaining the changes performed in a bit more detail.
It's available here:
warrobots/new-matchmaking-what-it-is-all-about-and-whats-next-69698fcc7929#.5qb6kf7s0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">medium.com/warrobots/new-matchmaking-what-it-is-all-about-and-whats-next-69698fcc7929#.5qb6kf7s0

We do continue working on the system and we appreciate all feedback received from players, whether it's negative or positive. We greatly appreciate your deep interest in our game and your concern.

Best regards, Oksana.
War Robots support-team.

?Patriot?
?Patriot?
May 10, 14:28 +03

Blue Team = 1 Champion, 5 Diamond 3. Red Team = 6 Champions from Iron Smiles Clan. Matchmaking is ruining this game. Is that your idea of a balanced match?

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This was absolutely ridiculous. Just played on Dead City. I am in Gold 2. The opposing team were 4 Gold 1 and 2 Gold players. The lowest scorer on my team was a Gold 1 player obviously fading. The next one up was Bronze for goodness sake with a Level 1 Cossack, Level 3 Destrier and a base level Vityaz. The other players were Gold 3. What a joke. I can only assume the pool of players to draw from is quite small.

Well, the most annoying thing is when I get matched with AFK players. I once played a game where we had an AFK Gareth and an AFK Raijin. Because of them, two of our actual players quit, and then its me(a Gareth) and one other guy(a GL Patton) and we lose to three Fujins, two Destriers and a Golem. Then, once our hangars are completely empty and we are spectating, thats when the AFK PLAYERS DECIDE TO START HELPING. We lose of course and its all their fault. What were they doing the whole game?!? Making sandwiches? Its really stupid and I hope the AFK players get banned.

Why is it I can compete at Silver 1, usually between 50-60% win rate, but as soon as I hit Gold 3 it's like they drop a piano on my head. I'm either instantly at the bottom of the damage list, and/or I'm on a team that couldn't hold a single beacon if their life depended on it. It's not even gradual -- it's like somebody flips a switch and I'm suddenly attacking battleships with a peashooter and it's just nonstop losing.

And then they conveniently tease me with a $15.99 Galahad.

Well apparently only the red teams got the memo, because everybody on the blue teams is playing like total 「fluffernutter」ing morons. 

Okay... matchmaking is off today... just played a match with Silver 1, Gold 3/2/1, and Diamond 3 players on both teams. I have never seen Diamond players in my battles before! No, I'm not in LQ. I don't leave battles.

I don't know what others consider Gold (3), but I don't consider it a higher league... Diamond+ = higher leagues.

So Saturday was a carbon-copy of Friday -- started the day at Silver 1, made Gold 3, then immediately got brutally hammered for like 5 games straight. But I somehow managed to not get busted back down to Silver, and I managed to stay at Gold 3 ever since. I've been paying attention to the levels and rank points of players on both teams (that is, when I'm not totally meched out long before the end of a match), and the match-ups are all over the place. Sometimes I'm in with all higher ranking Gold players on both sides, and then once in awhile I'm the only Gold on the field among all Silvers. I have no idea why or how, as I've managed to keep enough points long enough to stay in Gold the whole time. But if that's the way it's gonna work, then I'll just have to roll with those losing streaks and hope I can stay in the Gold through them.