**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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Really bad analogy there, chief.
Why? Because it’s a game, and with no rules on how to get the edge on my opponent with respect to the deck manipulation it’s fair game. I just want quick rewards with little to no effort.
I could put in my heavy hitting r4s and r3s, especially herc, nimrod and apoc. But then I get matched with paragons with stacked decks.
Pick some tricky 5/65s, r1s and 2/35 6* and I get matched with late Cavs and early TBs.
It's no fun in silver 1, being matched with people, with 10+ r4s every other match, if I pick my highest PI deck.
The issue is, that kabam need to work out how they want matchmaking to work.
Because otherwise, I'm going to be joining those who are already maxing a bunch of nightmare 4*s, running only 4* and 3/45 decks and stomping on new accounts anyway.
The issue is not the players. It's the game.
Sandbagging to avoid matching players is almost on a par with modding IMO.
I should add that even in the arena when you use so-called sandbag teams you actually have to use all three champs. If you actually had to use those 2* champs consistently I might have a different opinion, but the mechanics of the random draw make it statistically likely you won’t need to do so the majority of the time. That makes them not a genuine tactical choice, but rather a mechanical exploit (little E).
There’s legality and there’s ethics. If you’re fine being unethical; then that’s that. That’s your conscience and the hill you choose to be on. But stop with the mental gymnastics of trying to justify your actions.
Is it unethical to bench my r4 Omega Red in favor of my R3 Domino? If not, where's the line?
And so we're clear, I ran a 4*/5* deck till Gold and have been using my best deck since and am in Plat 1 now so I never even sandbagged. I just don't like people trying to decide which strategy is "ethical" and which isn't.
Enjoy it while it lasts; Kabam WILL work to fix this. This is against their vision for the game mode. They want UC/Cav players to progress; not get constantly beat down by TB/Paragon players manipulating the matchmaking.
I seen so many players complain about BG matches against stacked roster but if your in their league (tier) then it’s expected that you will have to face them sooner or later. Seems like a lot of players just want to face competition at their level but still earn all the same rewards. Wasn’t this the issue we had in the past with war. Where a low prestige alliance would be in the top bracket facing only the other low prestige alliances, but getting the top rewards. The hoop alliances were outrage and they had every right to be pissed. So what’s the difference now for BG. You want the same rewards so everyone should face everyone in their bracket.
Some players are saying we should all have the same deck to make it a fair fight. Why would Kabam or any players who spent time and/or money on their roster agreed to this. What’s the use of investing in my roster when I can’t take advantage of it. Theirs other games modes I can use them but why not this game mode. I level up my roster to take advantage of my skill set. Having the ability to chose between all the champs in the game for BG is a bad idea. It doesn’t reward the players for their efforts They put into get my roster to where it is, it actually punishes them which makes no sense. I’m just TB so I don’t have a stacked roster but I’m happy with my roster since it suits my play style. BG is not perfect but it a fun new mode with good rewards for my effort.
As long as you are in the same bracket, gold 1 f.e., you should have the same odds to be matched with anyone in that bracket.
That means that a 8k prestige Uncollected player should have same chances to match whether a similar strength account or a 15k prestige Paragon account.
Sooner or later the strong accounts would climb to Gladiator Circuit faster and weaker accounts would get more similar matches and skilled players would climb to GC after as it should happen.
Totally random matchmaking is as fair as it can get.
Anything else is just favouring, depending on the parameter it is counting on, different members of the player base.
That’s why we see the sandbagging phenomenon.
Current matchmaking is favouring second accounts mainly.
Experienced players with low rosters.
Example of how broken current matchmaking is:
My main Paragon account (3.2mil 15k prestige) is still at gold brackets (and will probably need shields to make it to GC), while my alt freshly Cavalier account (~500k 8k prestige) is already at Gladiator Circuit enjoying more Trophie token rewards way more easy, by beating mainly inexperienced Cavalier players and very rarely another alt account!
This shouldn’t happen.
It’s wrong and Kabam should change it.
Random matchmaking is the solution to this.
Everyone knows that, and whoever is supporting any other matchmaking than that, just wants to benefit by a fraud matchmaking 😠
The biggest reason this is false is based on the fact that you are manipulating your deck to get easier matchups.
If there was just one tier and one ladder and everyone matches with everyone; adding 1 or 2 star champs would have zero impact on your matches.
The problem is making it where you have to win so many in a row to move up while in the Victory track up until platinum. Just make the lower tiers, number of wins. People will move up and out.
Anyone in the gladiator track should start in the victory gold tier the next season.
Think about it like a golf tournament where handicapping is used frequently. All golfers earn a handicap which is their adjustment to their score. This way, a much larger pool of participants can compete; which greatly increases the rewards due to a much larger entry fee pool. A person that normally shoots 85 can win by shooting an 80 over a player that normally shoots a 75 but scores a 76.
If this golf tournament refused handicaps and just said lowest score wins, regardless of pro or amateur or handicap, the pool would be much much smaller. No golfers that normally shoot above 80 will participate because they know they have no chance at winning—they are simply out classed.
Likewise, in BGs, if all players in a tier are matched without any consideration, UC and Cav players will shy away from the mode due to constantly being matched against TB and Paragon players. They know their roster is less developed than most of their opponents. Thus, Kabam is attempting to match based on tier AND roster strength to allow fair matchups for everyone to be able to progress.
Personally, I lean towards a true ladder and ignore roster/progression level. But only because I’ve seen endless complaints about matchmaking in many different games because of algorithms trying to find “fair” matchups. Of course, even with tier based matching, you’ll have tankers that drop down just for easy wins
People can do what they want.
I’m happy to use all My top Champs and just crack on. Some people have 10+ r4 and choose to stack a deck With all 4*, let them carry on if they prefer that approach.
Until we see some realistic
Segmentation (levels, start position and rewards) then this type of discussion this will continue to exist.
Allowing people with smaller roster (with have all been there) to only match similar rosters in VT and then changing it in glad circuit and then match 15.9k rosters.. just delays their complaints and makes them
Fodder in the circuit.
No. I believe we should of had transparency from day one in matching algorithm. This is war matching all over again