Battlegrounds Exploit

BarryJ2

After testing out the new Battlegrounds game mode, I have encountered 3 individuals using the same "exploit" to face weaker players. As there are no restrictions on what champions one may bring into the game mode, many high players will add very low tier champions, such as 2 stars, into their roster to face weaker opponents. As an uncollected player, I have faced a Paragon player, with a rank 4 Kitty Pryde, and half of his roster has rank 2 or above six stars, the other half being 2 stars. Please note that during the champion selection process, players are still able to pick the highest ranked champions, so they are rarely forced to add 2 stars to their team.

It would be more effective, in my opinion, to matchmake based on in-game progress rather than average hero rating. This way, it is much harder for individuals to exploit and ascend the ranks faster, depriving less-developed players of any chance to win.

TL;DR - many players are balancing their rosters with very weak champions, and this allows for them to fight weaker opponents in battlegrounds

danielmath

matchmaking should be based only on what tier you are in. If you are in plat 1, you should face other players who are in plat 1. Roster should have no bearing on matchmaking, it's an irrelevant factor.

BarryJ2

Issue is, in lower ranks, players with less developed rosters are prone to face massive accounts due to the abuse of this exploit. How does one win with a maxed four star against rank 3 six stars?

avs7733

As stated above it should just be based on what division you’re in regardless of progression level. Something I thought Kabam learned a long time ago with that whole war matchmaking debacle. If anything, they could give a tiered head start based on progression level. Set up like that you could probably just remove the gladiator’s circuit altogether.

danielmath

BarryJ2 said:

Issue is, in lower ranks, players with less developed rosters are prone to face massive accounts due to the abuse of this exploit. How does one win with a maxed four star against rank 3 six stars?

you don't, because you shouldn't be ranked higher then the people with r3s

SummonerNR

@BarryJ2 and replies ..

This is already being talked about at length over in ..

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/314196/is-this-considered-battlegrounds-cheating-or-not#latest