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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 30, 2020 15:45:00 GMT -5
Made Master 3 a few days ago, highest ranking I’ve ever attained in all my accounts and years of playing, and it’s by far the absolute worst league yet. Every game itâ??s me and maybe one other Master, all the rest are Champions. And not just barely Champions, these are 25k win Champions with Mk2 meta hangars, and hereâ??s me in Master 3 with my level 8 non-meta gear and barely 1000 wins trying to compete ... and failing miserably. Every game now I’m 5th or dead last, and if itâ??s 5th it’s only because I grabbed a beacon and some other loser didn’t, because it sure as hell isnâ??t the damage I cause in the minute and a half Iâ??m actually in the game. All of a sudden there are no other Masters ... amazing, since there was no shortage of them when I was in Expert. And all of a sudden NOBODY on my team knows what a beacon is. How the ?fluffernutter? do you get to Champion and not know how to cap a beacon. This is every ?fluffernutter?ing game: Not exactly what I call fun. Oh, and those three morons down by D beacon stayed right there the whole rest of the game. Brilliant game play there. I think it’s time for another vacation.
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Post by nix on Jun 30, 2020 16:59:36 GMT -5
Yup, it’s terrible. My kid is in Masters with a level 7-9 hangar. I ran into him in a game the other day, with my full green hangar. He’s excited cause he just got a Hades ffs. Matchmaking needs fixing.
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Post by mechtout on Jun 30, 2020 17:15:34 GMT -5
Feel bad for Masters players with the shoddy mm
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 30, 2020 18:22:56 GMT -5
Feel bad for Masters players with the shoddy mm It is without a doubt the absolute worst I’ve ever seen in this game. I have to shut it down after just one game, because literally every aspect of game play is just too frustrating. It’s flaming pigs running around everywhere, then stealthed Ao Jun’s or purple glowing leeches, then a sky full of Mings. There is nothing remotely enjoyable about playing this game right now. It’s finally reached the level of stupid I’ve been expecting it would for a couple of years now ... and surpassed it.
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Trash Bagel
Destrier
Posts: 108
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Pilot name: Trash Bagel
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Clan: Nova Rising
League: Expert
Server Region: North America
Favorite robot: Daneel Olivaw
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Post by Trash Bagel on Jun 30, 2020 18:34:32 GMT -5
As a master dweller, I think it gets much worse at the end of a season or event. That's when I see long stretches of mostly champs.
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Post by Pulse Hadron on Jun 30, 2020 19:00:58 GMT -5
Yup, there’s a hard wall between Expert 1 and Master 3. Above it is basically Master+Champion because there’s not enough champ players so the MM widens and widens and pulls in masters. But the widening seems to be capped at Master 3, hence the wall, and it’s often hitting that wall.
I tried for a long time to stay in Expert 1 by using weaker and weaker hangars but I’d have to start using unfun bots now and the league point inflation gimmicks would push me up anyways. So I’ve drifted into Master 3 a few weeks ago and, whatever, I’ve gotten used to it. Battles are chock full of Ravana which are boring to fight but slightly less boring than trying to stay in Expert 1. And there’s just as many non-drops, afk, and tankers in Masters.
Anymore I just try to do the daily tasks. Wins feel empty because the afks were red or we had the hyper-meta-champ so it’s not like we actually ‘won’ or outplayed them. And losses are just the same thing in reverse. It doesn’t mean anything.
Something that might help that I’ve been doing is don’t try to be the first wave of attack or beacon grabbing at start of battle. Hang back a bit and follow behind your teammates and then chip in where you can.
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Post by S1E1 on Jun 30, 2020 19:37:59 GMT -5
Something that might help that I’ve been doing is don’t try to be the first wave of attack or beacon grabbing at start of battle. Hang back a bit and follow behind your teammates and then chip in where you can. ^^^^ Second this advice. it's been like a year and a half since I moved into Champs, so my memory on this is definitely fuzzy (plus lots of meta changes since then) but I remember it being a big adjustment in play style. I could power through a lot more in Expert and then Masters becomes all about dialing back, waiting patiently and picking your moments. Also picking your targets by trying to focus on your counterpart as much as possible, while picking off Champs when they're vulnerable/low on health. I can always tell the new arrivals to Masters because they'll keep dropping in against me over the same beacon versus going to the other side of the map looking for better opportunities. I spent a decent amount of time playing Dom and TDM, which helps take some of the edge off but also was good for slowing down my style and making me more strategic. Also, I might be wrong on this, but I suspect Pixo really cranks up the mm hard against you when you first get into Masters. Trying to make you buy stuff which unfortunately makes a lot of people quit instead. Matchmaker has brutal periods regardless of league and Masters sucks overall, but I think the dial turns back some after a little while. All those Masters players you faced in Expert League had to come from somewhere. And I remember I rocketed through Masters a lot quicker than Expert League. Again, results may vary but I feel like it's one of the quick leagues to pass through (unfortunately moving into low Champs sucks too, although it's not as bad as the Expert -> Masters moment).
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Jun 30, 2020 20:19:42 GMT -5
PREACH BROTHER!
Yeah, absolutely my experience. I've had to keep readjusting the internal canon I have going in my head.
The invasion is going really badly for the good guys and my unit is equipped with obsolete bots pulled out of storage, wreck dumps and secondary areas. Nevertheless, we've got to help hold the line or all is lost.
Outside of my head, I realize that I have almost zero effect on the actual game result.
Sometimes part of me, when my fellow blues are shooting me at the start or head-shaking me, silently shouts Rorschach's line at them, “I'm not trapped in here with you, YOU'RE TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME,” ?
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 30, 2020 20:47:18 GMT -5
Wow - you guys are echoing pretty much everything I’m experiencing. On one hand, it’s good to know it’s not all in my head; on the other hand, it doesn’t make it any less not fun. Common theme here seems to be to dial back the aggression, and learn to accept my place as a non-contributor for awhile. Maybe it’s time to forget about beacon caps and put the leech back in with some 600m guns and see if I can at least keep that out of harm’s way for a minute or two. And jack up the armor modules on the Arthur.
That’s another thing - used to be once the Arthur got let loose, it was there for the rest of the game. Not any more. Damm reds are much more adept at surround-and-drown tactics than before, meaning I can’t just drop it on any old contested beacon any more if I want it to last more than a couple of Ming salvoes.
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Post by Overlordship on Jun 30, 2020 21:02:02 GMT -5
Master league is an odd place. I was in it for a good long while there initially with MM bouncing me back and forth between E1 and M3. Matches seemed like either fairly matched or I was the sole Master League player amongst a sea of high Champs and ready for my beat down. It was truly eye opening to see the dichotomy between the two types of games. At some point you’ll be pushed up to Champs like many of the rest of us and it will be only one type of game.
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Post by psychopsyd on Jun 30, 2020 21:19:55 GMT -5
Wow - you guys are echoing pretty much everything Iâm experiencing. On one hand, itâs good to know itâs not all in my head; on the other hand, it doesnât make it any less not fun. Common theme here seems to be to dial back the aggression, and learn to accept my place as a non-contributor for awhile. Maybe itâs time to forget about beacon caps and put the leech back in with some 600m guns and see if I can at least keep that out of harmâs way for a minute or two. And jack up the armor modules on the Arthur. Thatâs another thing - used to be once the Arthur got let loose, it was there for the rest of the game. Not any more. Damm reds are much more adept at surround-and-drown tactics than before, meaning I canât just drop it on any old contested beacon any more if I want it to last more than a couple of Ming salvoes. Thing is...your not a "non-contributor" if you are contributing even a little. You're rating your worst against someone else's best. Do you know what really irks Ao Jun pilots? Someone with mid-range guns and Quantum Radar running overwatch for 2-3 blues from a bit of distance forcing him to break off his attack early or face 2-3 blues without stealth. Throw some heal shade on a blue...draw 2-3 bots after you on a wild goose chase...keep pushing the beacons...pick out a teammate and run on his wing no matter how stupid he seems...(unless you see it's me...I do stupid 「dookie」 that will get anyone killed)...in other words, reassess what you can do to contribute and work up conservatively. This will also give you more time to level your stuff up if you wish to. If you feel you can't win...do something amazingly stupid that could be positive. (It's actually fun.) It will work WAAAAAY more often than it should. Your obviously good enough to be where you are...just figure out what you want to do there.
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Post by akulon on Jul 1, 2020 2:20:28 GMT -5
Made Master 3 a few days ago, highest ranking Iâve ever attained in all my accounts and years of playing, and itâs by far the absolute worst league yet. Every game itâ??s me and maybe one other Master, all the rest are Champions. And not just barely Champions, these are 25k win Champions with Mk2 meta hangars, and hereâ??s me in Master 3 with my level 8 non-meta gear and barely 1000 wins trying to compete ... and failing miserably. Every game now Iâm 5th or dead last, and if itâ??s 5th itâs only because I grabbed a beacon and some other loser didnât, because it sure as hell isnâ??t the damage I cause in the minute and a half Iâ??m actually in the game. All of a sudden there are no other Masters ... amazing, since there was no shortage of them when I was in Expert. And all of a sudden NOBODY on my team knows what a beacon is. How the ?fluffernutter? do you get to Champion and not know how to cap a beacon. This is every ?fluffernutter?ing game: Not exactly what I call fun. Oh, and those three morons down by D beacon stayed right there the whole rest of the game. Brilliant game play there. I think itâs time for another vacation. Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/「smart person」 that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP.
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Post by integeritis on Jul 1, 2020 3:38:07 GMT -5
Made Master 3 a few days ago, highest ranking IâÂ?Â?ve ever attained in all my accounts and years of playing, and itâÂ?Â?s by far the absolute worst league yet. Every game itÃ?¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s me and maybe one other Master, all the rest are Champions. And not just barely Champions, these are 25k win Champions with Mk2 meta hangars, and hereÃ?¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s me in Master 3 with my level 8 non-meta gear and barely 1000 wins trying to compete ... and failing miserably. Every game now IâÂ?Â?m 5th or dead last, and if itÃ?¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s 5th itâÂ?Â?s only because I grabbed a beacon and some other loser didnâÂ?Â?t, because it sure as hell isnÃ?¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?t the damage I cause in the minute and a half IÃ?¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?m actually in the game. All of a sudden there are no other Masters ... amazing, since there was no shortage of them when I was in Expert. And all of a sudden NOBODY on my team knows what a beacon is. How the ãÂ?Â?fluffernutterãÂ? do you get to Champion and not know how to cap a beacon.Ã? This is every ãÂ?Â?fluffernutterãÂ?Âing game: Not exactly what I call fun.Ã? Oh, and those three morons down by D beacon stayed right there the whole rest of the game. Brilliant game play there.Ã? I think itâÂ?Â?s time for another vacation.Ã? Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/ã??smart personã? that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP. While I heard those voices here and on reddit, they are in the minority and are always called out when they try to indicate that you are the ?dookie?ty person for not wanting to participate in Pixonic’s arms competition. In fact trying to encourage people to participate in an arms race in a pay to win environment is the ?dookie?tier thing to do. You donâ??t know the person behind the screen and you donâ??t know how this pressure would affect his/her personal life. I never heard anyone saying that if you don’t buy a new BMW then you are a bad person, because you slow down the traffic on the highway. Internet is a peculiar place.
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Post by Sgt. Beacon on Jul 1, 2020 3:48:23 GMT -5
Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/?smart person? that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP. I think this is an accurate depiction of their thoughts of 2 Champions League teamed up with 4 masters. But, my thoughts of the Champions League's
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Post by hi5 on Jul 1, 2020 7:01:43 GMT -5
Made Master 3 a few days ago, highest ranking Iâ??ve ever attained in all my accounts and years of playing, and itâ??s by far the absolute worst league yet. Every game itâÂ?Â?s me and maybe one other Master, all the rest are Champions. And not just barely Champions, these are 25k win Champions with Mk2 meta hangars, and hereâÂ?Â?s me in Master 3 with my level 8 non-meta gear and barely 1000 wins trying to compete ... and failing miserably. Every game now Iâ??m 5th or dead last, and if itâÂ?Â?s 5th itâ??s only because I grabbed a beacon and some other loser didnâ??t, because it sure as hell isnâÂ?Â?t the damage I cause in the minute and a half IâÂ?Â?m actually in the game. All of a sudden there are no other Masters ... amazing, since there was no shortage of them when I was in Expert. And all of a sudden NOBODY on my team knows what a beacon is. How the ã??fluffernutterã? do you get to Champion and not know how to cap a beacon. This is every ã??fluffernutterã?ing game: Not exactly what I call fun. Oh, and those three morons down by D beacon stayed right there the whole rest of the game. Brilliant game play there. I think itâ??s time for another vacation. Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/?smart person? that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP. I’d wager most Champions League players blame the MM (which is worse than I’ve ever seen it right now) and not the low level players sucked into their matches. I’ll say I would much prefer they rework Champions League so it never pulls in masters, even if it takes longer to start a match. Most of my games include as least one leaver or less than 100k damage M player and it sucks for both them and myself.
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Post by foxypotato on Jul 1, 2020 9:44:21 GMT -5
Masters League is a breeze when I played DOM. Not sure about BR but that mode hasn't been what I consider playable in ages.
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Post by akulon on Jul 1, 2020 10:03:46 GMT -5
Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/ã??smart personã? that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP. Iâ??d wager most Champions League players blame the MM (which is worse than Iâ??ve ever seen it right now) and not the low level players sucked into their matches. Iâ??ll say I would much prefer they rework Champions League so it never pulls in masters, even if it takes longer to start a match. Most of my games include as least one leaver or less than 100k damage M player and it sucks for both them and myself. Your game usually include one leaver? Hehehe, one smart ?bum-bum? Masters League player. If a player with level 7/8/9 non component gears still care about key, silver, gold, platinum event tokens or operation then he better skip the game if most of the reds and blues have maxed last stands.
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Post by Sgt. Beacon on Jul 1, 2020 10:27:29 GMT -5
Ummm, if you read certain comments in forum, you'll realize that for some high level players your level 8 non meta gears is a burden to the team. Even you've tried your best, you'll still be considered as a moron/useless/?smart person? that make them loose their one very precious game. My sympathy OP. I’d wager most Champions League players blame the MM (which is worse than I’ve ever seen it right now) and not the low level players sucked into their matches. I’ll say I would much prefer they rework Champions League so it never pulls in masters, even if it takes longer to start a match. Most of my games include as least one leaver or less than 100k damage M player and it sucks for both them and myself. I don't know. I'm in champ now. And yesterday had a Champions League level played a pursuer with noricums all match in Yam. We were all Champions League..
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Post by TheDecepticonIdeal on Jul 1, 2020 10:41:36 GMT -5
Try DOM.
When I was vacationing in Masters League a few months back it was paradise compared to Champions League. Maybe I got lucky with the MM, but I generally got a good mix of Expert, Master and Champion players to keep it dynamic. I would've stayed there indefinitely if not for the MM inflating my league points and pushing me to Champions League.
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Post by hi5 on Jul 1, 2020 15:24:52 GMT -5
Iâ??d wager most Champions League players blame the MM (which is worse than Iâ??ve ever seen it right now) and not the low level players sucked into their matches. Iâ??ll say I would much prefer they rework Champions League so it never pulls in masters, even if it takes longer to start a match. Most of my games include as least one leaver or less than 100k damage M player and it sucks for both them and myself. Your game usually include one leaver? Hehehe, one smart ?bum-bum? Masters League player. If a player with level 7/8/9 non component gears still care about key, silver, gold, platinum event tokens or operation then he better skip the game if most of the reds and blues have maxed last stands. Pix appears to be leveling more bans lately for tanking. A few here on the forum have gotten it for simply running legacy bots in Champions League games. I canât blame leavers but it does make for a 「dookie」ty game, especially if itâs done in a way to score some damage and stay past the leave timer so they donât get replaced. The intent is to ensure their side loses and they get the most negative points. Isnât that what FFA is for, where you donât hurt teammates?
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Post by hi5 on Jul 1, 2020 15:29:48 GMT -5
Iâd wager most Champions League players blame the MM (which is worse than Iâve ever seen it right now) and not the low level players sucked into their matches. Iâll say I would much prefer they rework Champions League so it never pulls in masters, even if it takes longer to start a match. Most of my games include as least one leaver or less than 100k damage M player and it sucks for both them and myself. I don't know. I'm in champ now. And yesterday had a Champions League level played a pursuer with noricums all match in Yam. We were all Champions League.. I believe there is a ton of league managing going on lately. Low level player giving there all in a match way outside their league? RESPECT (and 「dookie」 sux, sorry playa) Genuine Champions League player running 「dookie」 builds to drop back into Masters - I get it, but kinda 「dookie」ty for fellow blues.
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Post by Shockwave on Jul 1, 2020 15:43:03 GMT -5
I mentioned this in another thread: The last two months I been quitting a LOT of matches, like 5-8 everyday due stupid waste of time matches like this: [ The game is getting frustratingly unplayable between lag, inflation of the prizes, deathqsuads and meta players domination, etc. Less than a minute and you already got spawn raided.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 2, 2020 21:58:37 GMT -5
This is absolute bull「dookie」.
That is all.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 3, 2020 11:47:27 GMT -5
No, really. Like all of a sudden every one of my bots is made of glass. I get insta-melted by everything that takes aim at me. Even my level 38 Arthur. It reminds me of back a few years ago, the first time I rage-quit, anger I had dropped a few hundred $$$ building up a near 12/12 hangar, and they decided to introduce Mk2, sphincters and sharttrains, and I’d go for days where I swear they nerfed my entire hangar. A few weeks ago I was usually 1-2 every game, win or lose; now I’m dead last every game, even when there are Experts and other Masters on my team. And 9 games out of 10 my team gets absolutely smoked, both in beacon caps and kills. I just don’t get it.
Oh yeah, and I already saw my first @#$&*%! Scorpion today. Isn’t life glorious.
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Post by heavypiece on Jul 3, 2020 21:37:39 GMT -5
I have been floating between Masters and Champs for the past few weeks. Yesterday I was involved in a match that lasted just over a minute. The Reds capped all the beacons. Our spawn area was swarmed and I lost a couple of bots before they even had a chance to finish dropping in. We were totally destroyed. The next game was over in two minutes only this time the Blues were the one doing the butt kicking. I must be doing okay over all as I have made it to Champs. But some times the games seem like total small downs, like I am way out of my league. While other matches I feel like the king of the robot killers. I stopped looking at the stats of other players awhile back as I much prefer to just jump into the next match so I can kill more robots.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 4, 2020 8:46:00 GMT -5
Consider this my last stand, of sorts, I guess. After all these months with this ‘smurf’ account trying to keep my progress low and slow, I finally broke down and opened a fourth hangar slot. I have plenty of usable bots and weapons all in the lvl 6-8 range to throw in there, so I figured why continue to hamstring myself here with the competition as stiff as it is. So now I’m running: Lvl 7 Leech with lvl 6 wasps and pulsars Lvl 8 Rayker with lvl 9 Avenger and Puns Lvl 9 Tyr with lvl 8 tasers and lvl 8 Loki with lvl 8 rime and magnums First 4-slot game was another white-wash - all 4 bots gone in under 2 minutes, titan was barely half charged. Just got overrun by fast, big gunned reds early and couldn’t do squat. Second game ran Leech, Rayker and Loki, never made it to Tyr or titan, because for a change the blues did the running over. I still finished second to last, because I only managed to grab one beacon and those weapons just don’t do crap for damage. But the Loki occupied about half the team for the last minute or so, so I take some pride in that, even though there’s no silver in it. Before adding the 4th slot, I almost got bounced out of Master - all those beatdowns took their toll. Maybe I’ll have more of a fighting chance to stay there now. Whatever happens, at 2-3 games a day, it won’t happen fast. Got a bunch of weapons that can almost affordable be taken up another level or two, but that’s not gonna happen fast, either. Also have a Ravana that’s about a week away from done; a set of lvl 8 storms on it could also change the complexion of things. Eventually. I figure that should be about the time we start getting overrun by Scorpions, which is pretty much my whole experience with this game in a nutshell. Edit: Yeah, right. Next game, I barely got Arthur charged before my 4 bots got melted, and then faced a maxed taser Ming that I did almost no damage to before it chewed through my shields. Fighting chance, my arse.
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Post by psychopsyd on Jul 4, 2020 9:43:05 GMT -5
Ok...I have been reading this thread but I don't get what you are trying to do... It looks like you have started a new battle account and attempted to SLOWLY rank it up, F2P I assume, and level up gear by not having a full 5 bot hangar...but it turns out you are too talented and have been promoted to MASTER before your hangar is deep enough to stay there and score meaningful rewards for your efforts. YET...you made efforts to prevent your demotion to EXPERT. (Getting beaten back to EXPERT while trying to win every game is not "tanking"...it's supposed to be part of the method PIXO uses to accurately rank pilots and their hangars for the Matchmaker.)
For reader such as myself...of limited divination... will you explain what you wish to do?
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 4, 2020 12:09:20 GMT -5
Ok...I have been reading this thread but I don't get what you are trying to do... It looks like you have started a new battle account and attempted to SLOWLY rank it up, F2P I assume, and level up gear by not having a full 5 bot hangar...but it turns out you are too talented and have been promoted to MASTER before your hangar is deep enough to stay there and score meaningful rewards for your efforts. YET...you made efforts to prevent your demotion to EXPERT. (Getting beaten back to EXPERT while trying to win every game is not "tanking"...it's supposed to be part of the method PIXO uses to accurately rank pilots and their hangars for the Matchmaker.) For reader such as myself...of limited divination... will you explain what you wish to do? Right now, just trying to find any kind of a hint of enjoyment from playing. But there is none. It’s just game after game after game facing mostly well-leveled Champions. Even the few I win, I’m still dead last. I can still drop back to Expert just as easily with 4 bots as with 3 - just kamikaze it from the start, and I can be out of most games in under 2 minutes causing almost no damage if I want to play that way. But now that I’m here, I’m trying to alter my game play and figure out how to at least survive and get some semblance of a return for my efforts, which for all of this past week has been utterly futile. Finishing at the bottom of the team earns you squat, win or lose, and no matter how hard I try to play smart, that’s where I end up. Every damn game. It’s like everybody is running boosters and all my gear got nerfed back to level 1. In all my years of playing, I’ve never seen it this bad.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Jul 4, 2020 12:51:36 GMT -5
Danny, this is our life.
I'm back in M2 after the MM shoved me into M1 briefly to see if I'd suddenly spent $8,000. I didn't, so.... boot!
My normal finishing spot is 6th. An occasional 5th, generally due to a blue tanker, and rare 4th's. The other spots are like diamonds on the beach, sometimes you just reach down and one is given to you.
I have a hangar of Frankensteins. I have a hangar that is well put together. I have the Vityaz hangar. They all get the same results. I even moved my titans over to my 6P hangars. No difference to winning and losing (though I imagine my average damage is falling). There really is no safe space in the leagues (although the game is still really fun until you see your first titan), especially not in Masters where our role is that of the Volkssturm of late WWII (until such a time as we face up to our responsibilities and by God level our bots, weapons, modules and pilots up like we were meant to! lol).
I've made the metal adjustment and my games have become more enjoyable as a result. I hope this helps in some way. I do really enjoy your posts, I hope you can find a way to stick around.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 4, 2020 15:13:07 GMT -5
Well, more evidence that MM is anything but strictly league rank-based. Horrendous matchups once I hit M3, but I had gained enough honor points qualifying to keep me there for a few days. In the past 6 days I think I had one game where everybody else was Expert, the rest everybody else was Champion. Then a little while ago I finally got pushed below M3 where I had to qualify to stay there, and wouldn’t you know it, suddenly there are Master players coming out of the woodwork. M1’s, M2’s and M3’s everywhere for three straight games. Coincidence? I think not - it’s just too predictable. Oh yeah, and as soon as I re-qualified in M3, the Masters disappeared and the Champions were again out in force. So the claim that MM teams you up with and against whoever is available that’s ranked closest to you is pure and utter horsehockey. It is unadulterated manipulation, plain and simple.
Anyway, yes, I had three decent games with the other Masters. Lost a couple, won one, but they were competitive and I ended up right in the middle of the pack, amidst mostly higher level players, and I’m fine with that. And in the process, I decided I’m not going to struggle changing my game, I’m going to keep dancing with the one that brung me and play like I always play. I need to just accept the fact that my under-leveled gear is gonna get melted most of the time, and maybe once in awhile I’ll pull a decent game out of my backside. I can’t afford to level my gear up much more than it is, so I have to live with what it is. In 5 days I’ll have a Ravana, at which point I’ll become a (lessening) part of the problem.
And what the hell is the deal with Blitzes. These little bastiges cannot be killed.
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