**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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With the slightest additional effort, we have been Silver 1/2. And by slightest I mean the very, very slightest. One additional member who grows interested might be all it takes.
Dr. Zola
Dr. Zola
Dr. Zola
So lets do it. Let cav and TB players have better rewards. Ofc they are worse players then paragons ,ofc less expierience in game and game knowledge but they are playing what the system gave to them. And system is quite smart. If In GC matchmaking was the same then some cav 1mil player will be on top of the liderboard, best in the world. Than it would be obvious that system is wrong and unfair. And right now only middle class (middle paragons) is in pain.
At least limit Prestige matchmaking to the first 4-5 VT tiers.
Do we have to wait again several seasons, like happened at AW, for Prestige matchmaking to get removed?
A responsible answer from Kabam would be appreciated.
Because the already given “BG matchmaking is constantly being monitored and evaluated” isn’t changing the fact, that another BG season will start with an unfair matchmaking system.
Monitor and evaluate what? Prestige matchmaking?
Do the company still ignores the outcomes of that, after the AW experience?
Do we need more data and higher exposure to that, to realise the obvious?
It’s unfair and destroys any fundamental meaning of competition.
Some of those took a while, such as sandbagging and some still not resolved like pause and time out. But the moderators have assured that it's being addressed and worked to be corrected.
No one has yet to tell us that they are even looking into issues on this unfair prestige matchmaking issue. The closest to that, which was ever dozens of tags and me hunting mods down in other posts they were responding to, was when Jax said something like Kabam is continually monitoring BG matchmaking. Never once did he or any mod directly acknowledge the issue of the unfair track progress or how this discourages many from progressing their rosters.
It is also frustrating since their fix to the many sandbagging complaints played a massive role in causing this issue that now rewards players.foe not progressing rosters and gives lower rosters far smoother and easier track to getting better rewards than those with far stronger accounts.
I am also positive that there aren't more complaints from higher rosters because they just don't know yet. Many haven't figured it out and as they do, and as low to mid Paragon find out that 5k to 8k prestige rosters are getting better rewards than them, I can only imagine how upset they are going to be.
The reality of that statement is likely something more like "We evaluate monetization of game modes routinely."
And therein lies the problem. Many of those with the high end rosters are spenders. The spenders that care about chasing those rewards will get victory shields, so while the path to GC is painful, the vast majority of those accounts aren't complaining, because they're buying their way into GC.
From the lower account perspective, the folks who probably aren't spending a lot on the game, their outrage is heard much faster, cause when they can't win consistently, and don't want to spend on shields, the only remaining option is to complain on the forums.
Simply put, there are far more UCs, Cavs, and TBs to complain cause they want to be FtP, but still get what spenders get.
The expression "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" comes to mind, and right now, the upper end being negatively effected isn't shouting loud enough, cause they're spending. And if people are spending, Kabam is happy.
This matchmaking system isn't likely to change anytime soon,
I'm sure the combined number of UCs, Cavs, and TBs is greater than the number of Paragons.
If this thread is any indication, there's only a handful of Paragons complaining about the current system, which pales in comparison to the total number of Paragons.
On the flip side, I don't think I've seen any of the other titles complaining about the match making in season 4. In fact, there's really only been one person from those titles commenting on it, and that's you, defending it.
So the only real assumptions are behind why Kabam has been completely silent on the topic, and the reason such a small percentage of the top end are complaining. So yes, while I acknowledge they are assumptions, I would argue they're pretty reasonable assumptions.
To be frank, that's when competitiveness becomes obsessive in my opinion. When people are so focused on gaining advantages for Rewards, they do things that can ruin it for others. Then here we are.
But neither do I think it’s silly to expect more than a vague acknowledgment that there may be disadvantages to the current matchmaking process that are being examined. We really haven’t gotten that.
If the team is fine with a process that allows relatively comparable rosters to compete mainly against each other without adjusting rewards on a relative basis, they should just say that. Each game mode has its own dynamics, and most are probably better suited for larger, more developed rosters. Perhaps the current plan is to allow BGs to be a way to help smaller rosters more on a relative basis—who knows?
Not the route I would take, but I what do I know?
Dr. Zola