cyberknight
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Post by cyberknight on May 24, 2017 19:40:46 GMT -5
I'm pretty new to the game. I just start a few weeks ago and I have some questions about the matching algorithm for matches. I'm FTP on this game but I'm building a respectable hanger for only being a few weeks in. Here is my current hanger. Attachment DeletedHow am I getting matched up against guys like this? Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedI've been reading on the league system and how broken it is. I know that some players are tanking to get more Au. But I'm not even being matched in my own league. Silver II vs. Gold III come on. If they were the same league I could understand it being tankers but I keep getting matched above my weight. And this is a common occurrence. When I check the teams at the end the Reds are usually all along those lines or slightly above me. The Blues are more often than not around my build give or take a point or two up or down. Most matches like that are a slaughter where I can't even take my heavy bots vs. a light bot sometimes. I've picked up some skill at driving my bots so I hold my own on a level playing field but it's not often level. And it's not even squads coming in it's random matches usually. What gives and is there a way to match better? Thanks
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Post by Insane Demon on May 24, 2017 19:59:23 GMT -5
Maybe it depends on where you live (time zone) and when you play (not during peak hours when more players in your league are active).
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Post by T34 on May 24, 2017 20:04:31 GMT -5
your win rate at 68% is very high for the match maker. it is trying to get u back to 50%. under these circumstances you can be matched with much better opponents from higher leagues. the guy in the golden league is a clear example. the guy in silver 1 MAY be a junior clubber. not sure. the only suspicious aspect is the high number of wins. but again he may have been playing on and off for a long time and just levelling his gear. IMO this is possible and is frequent in the current system.
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Post by HEATHEN HERETIC on May 25, 2017 2:00:12 GMT -5
It's possible you might be experiencing a lack of players in your region when you are playing and the match making system is grabbing the next lowest ranked player/s to fill in. But maybe not too. Are you skipping maps you don't like playing? Dropping from matches because of disconnects or some other factor like uneven player numbers? Not accusing, just asking. I used to do those things myself. When you start seeing gold and above players frequently then you might want to not do any of those things I asked about. Because that might mean you've been relegated to the Leavers Queue. It's a real sh*th*le full of a**hats and 「fluffernutter」t*rds that like to take advantage of lower upgraded players for Au & Ag. Been there and still doing that. I hate it. You see all ranks in there from 1-30, recruit to champions(what a misnomer for clubbing 「fluffernutter」t*rds). Yeah, you will actually see level 1 players in the LQ. It's completely 「fluffernutter」ed up in there. I don't know what any player at levels 1-15 could possibly do to get relegated to that sh*th*le but it's happening on a daily basis.
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cyberknight
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Post by cyberknight on May 25, 2017 20:01:39 GMT -5
insane Demon I'm in the eastern time zone in the United States. I play on and off throughout the day. It seems to come in waves of being very overmatched vs. just slightly overmatched so maybe there is some correlation there but it should be an active area. T34 That would make the most sense to me but I'm generally not that high on the win percentage. I've often dropped down into the low 40's. The high number of wins on the silver guy makes me think he's a tanker but I'm more annoyed about getting matched up against much higher skilled players all the time. It's hard to get any Au the way things have been going. @odiriferous Poo I play all the maps as they come up. I may like some better than others but I don't favor them. I stay to the end in each match, even after I lose all my bots. I've had some connection lag here and there but I haven't been dropped from a match from it. I've lost a bot to it though.
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Post by HEATHEN HERETIC on May 26, 2017 12:20:32 GMT -5
The matching algorithm is a joke. Just finished a match with a level 30 player sporting a whole hanger of 12/12 bots. My stuff is 6/6 max with the profile I was using. So noone can tell me that that algorithm is working. I've been encountering these kinds of match ups will all 3 of my active profiles(2 others are inactive due to LQ issues). G*dd*mn, but can't Pixonic just listen to reason or find at least two functioning brain cells amidst all of their crew? A brain damage r*t*rd*d monkey overdosing on crack could come up with a better mm.
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cyberknight
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Post by cyberknight on May 26, 2017 21:03:47 GMT -5
@odoriferious Poo If the new matching system that is suppose to come out June 1st isn't much better I may just drop out of the game. I'm enjoying it until I hit six matches or more in a row that there is ZERO chance of winning. The matching system is a joke as it stands right now. I was at a 52% win ratio and hit four impossible matches in a row. It may have led to more but I gave up after four. They weren't even close. I've got two lv 8 weapons with a scattering of lv 7 weapons among lv 5 and lv 6 weapons. Three bots are lv 6, two Griffins and a Leo, and one lv 7 Golem. And Playing against lv 7-11 bots with lv 8-12 weapons mostly. And much of those are Au or WP weapons. I'm moving along on WP but I can't get the Au to compete with those. I'm lucky to get in the top three for my team even of we win. I may get a MoC now and again but that's not often. The not getting ANY gold even if you win really sucks.
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Post by T34 on May 27, 2017 6:32:44 GMT -5
Yep. Sounds like the lovely MM we all so love. Winning and losing streaks punctuated by balanced fights (not too many). Once it works out where u supposed to be good luck to earning gold.
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Post by Thunderkiss on May 27, 2017 10:43:30 GMT -5
Another issue is availability of proper opponents. If there are no appropriate opponents, or not enough, beware, silvers and golds can and do appear.
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Post by HEATHEN HERETIC on May 27, 2017 10:54:08 GMT -5
What's the point of the game trying to keep your win/loss rate at 50%? It has to know how cr*ppy some players are to do this right? I mean I get on a winning streak with people who know what the beacons are for and then the roller coaster starts up a hill it can no longer climb. I get relegated to playing with a bunch of beacon ignoring 「fluffernutter」t*rds for a long series of matches. I'm still trying hard to take the beacons as usual but it certainly appears noone else is by looking at the after action reports. I'm not a fan of this cr*p. The "algorithm" Pixonic is so very proud of cr*p.
And if I'm not mistaken(and I happen to know that I'm not from reading Pixonic's own braggart posts) we're supposedly being matched up according to our ridiculous league rankings. Now that's a pure load of manure since we all know the super tankers have dropped through the ranks with their full 11-12 hangers. And they want to stay there so they still tank matches to try and cause losses for their "teams". Now ain't that a hoot? Instead of fixing the MM Pixonic just keeps screwing around like a bunch of crack monkeys with no clue. And apparently no care either since the fix is so very simple.
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Post by T34 on May 27, 2017 18:00:58 GMT -5
After the MM induced roller coaster ride last night I become so frustrated that I put the game down and started watching carp on tv. Enthusiasm is slowly and steadily evaporating. I know it's just a mobile game but how could outcomes be rugulated so artificially. Imagine competitive spots where ur success is set to 50%. Who would play and who would watch those events? Sports betting agencies would go out of business as well.
Also on the flip side of the argument there are those 12/12 guys who want to play the game in a competitive environment. If I'd put together a 12/12 than what would be the pleasure of playing with 8/8 and 9/9s as an example. It's like MM regulated seal clubbing.
I have a feeling that this MM system is good for short term revenue generation but iat the same time I suspect it will bring a poor outcome in the long term as people will eventually move on and do other things.
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cyberknight
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Post by cyberknight on May 28, 2017 17:29:48 GMT -5
@odoriferous Poo I agree the artificial 50% win ratio is a bunch of bull. I'm competitive by nature and I really hate being locked in like that. It's one thing if I lose to a better team on a level playing field. It's another to be penalized for playing well by being put up against opponents of a much higher level. T34 I'm right there with you. My old phone took a dive and shattered the screen so I had to go out and get a new one. At first I couldn't get my account back and I wasn't about to start back from zero. Pix finally got my account back running today. If it had taken much longer or I couldn't get it back I was done.
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