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Please be aware, there is a known issue with Saga badging when observing the AW map.
The team have found the source of the issue and will be updating with our next build.
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What a horrible match making
Uncollected vs paragon on bronze 1
The first couple Brackets, you advance with one Win. Up to Gold, you go up with 2 consecutive Wins. Unless someone is seriously going out of their way to win one and lose one just for the Objectives every 2 days, they're going to advance. Even then, the number of people doing that is not going to be great. The majority will likely be trying to get Wins for the 7* Shards and Titan Shards from Solo.
There are more motivating factors now. I feel more confident with the system as it is now. There really is no such thing as a perfect system, but the long-term effects of this feel more fair than the previous concerns I had.
People will adjust and fall into place.
The 4 key reasons for so mahy strong accounts in lower tiers are:
- Seeding bug, previously GC and high VT players put right down to Bronze/Silver/Gold tiers
- Vision piece in Vib I
- 7* and Titan Shards "compensation"
- Megatron Crystals for winning a match
3 of those are likely to result in players pushing to advance to Vib and/or GC - meaning that they'll be pushing for higher tiers and thus away from the weaker accounts, as the season goes on.
Only the Megatron crystals potentially encourage sandbagging, meaning that they're losing more matches than they're winning, thus weaker teams are getting some chances at winning anyway.
And the sandbagging is not done for the megatron crystals, its just 1 win for them. Its done for milestone rank rewards.
If they don't make the rewards MUCH BETTER, without a Deathless piece or an actual incentive to get to GC it will fall back to being less interesting and stopping people to push and make the lower tiers a nightmare for the lower players again...
I personally don't care, I never advocated for lower progression aocounts in the past in BGs; but saying this will be better is just wrong.
Part of having strong and passionate ideas is the ability to reevaluate whether your ideas are still a valid concern. At the time, they were. We had all kinds of farming within a system that had no consequence for it. I haven't argued about Matchmaking for many months. My concern as of late has been the climb length every Season.
Things have changed since my initial arguments. Do I still care about newer Players? Absolutely. That doesn't mean I want to agree to satiate them when something is better in the long run. The system will be imbalanced for a bit. Things will shift down the road.
If memory serves, you were someone who argued endlessly against my concerns for new Players. Now that I'm on board, you're arguing that. Which is it?
Incentive? That is compensation its not incentive. It won't be there next season, same for the deathless piece...
Short run? They are expecting a few months.. that's probably 2-3 seasons for it to be fixed... With no 15k 7* shards 10k titans or deathless piece in GC it will go back to being what it always has been with a free for all matchmaking. Its gonna be great.
As much as it feels bad, there's nothing stopping those with smaller rosters to do story content (which have already been nerfed to eternity and beyond) to progress. It's their choice to not do it should they choose not to, and we shouldn't be taking the responsibility off them all in the name of making them "feel good".
There are also more Tiers and more Rewards for lower Players to progress from overall.
Don't conflate my concerns to be self-serving. My opinions have been loud enough to speak for themselves over the years.
What new milestones?.. they have been the same for the last 2 or 3 seasons....
More tier rewards? They added like 9.5k trophies for the whole track. I have seen you complain and quit for a lot more rewards than 9.5k trophies.
This is as self serving as it gets. You are fine that lower accounts don't get the safe heaven until Plat2 anymore cause now you might make it to GC. They might never make it past Diamond; but thats ok with you.
There are more Tiers and more Rewards, yes. The first couple Brackets you get them for winning a Fight. More if you manage a lower Win ratio.
What system were you arguing for that the lowest Accounts should be making it past Diamond?
I've already explained myself ample times. My concerns are lessened because the system isn't the same. Things will balance more in a couple Seasons. Your argument is just getting old now. You keep saying I only care about myself, and you've been saying it all along these discussions. If that's what you think, have at it. That doesn't make it the case.