Alliance war matchmaking solution?
After spending the last few seasons in a Platinum 1 alliance that is on the verge of master rank this season I’ve had a lot of time to think about how Kabam could fix the shell alliance issues as well as the matchmaking times exploit to avoid other top alliances. I think it’s fairly simple.
Swiss pairing during season would allow you to match based on season records followed up by the war ratings system we use now.
This way shell alliances would be unable to arrange matches with winning record alliances late in the season and undefeated alliances will be assured matchups against their closest rivals. The rest would be matched with alliances with a closer record to their own in the middle of the pack. Win bonuses can also add in a win streak bonus so that tanking wars early to get easier matchups did not occur.
Further wars could always begin searching and end in a standardized time like aq. To account for timezones the defensive placement phase could be shortened to 12-18 hours and the remaining 30-36 hours designated for a longer attack phase.
I’d love feedback or suggestions and I hope Kabam sees this and considers it.
Thanks for reading!