New Battlegrounds Matchmaking update
dxxnyxl
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This new matchmaking update is absolutely horrible for lower leveled players - previously the wall that lower leveled players hit was in platinum. We were able to claim the rewards up till then and gain points in the solo event, but now, the wall is hit in platinum. I, as an uncollected player, am playing against valiant players who are legends, with several rank 3 seven stars and their lowest prestige champion being about x3 mine. This is insanely unfair, I've played several matches and there just isn't a point because they simply kill my defender within 20 seconds because of the prestige difference. Prior to this season this wasn't a problem for me until platinum and it was great because battlegrounds was enjoyable and great for progression, but now I can't even win a single game of battlegrounds.
Essentially, Kabam moved the wall for f2p, newer, lower-level players from platinum to bronze.
Essentially, Kabam moved the wall for f2p, newer, lower-level players from platinum to bronze.
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BGs is a PvP competitive mode, trying to use it as your main source of rank up materials and not story content is probably the biggest mistake.
I understand BGs is a competitive mode and it shouldn't be my main source, but when you are at a point where you are stuck in story and the events are pretty bad, there is nowhere for rewards such as Battlegrounds.
Yep, check back in a few seasons from now.
I agree with you, sure, in a few seasons from now it will be all fair and balanced and we will live happily ever after, but in the current season, this takes away a whole game mode from anybody cav and under.
One more thing - Who knows how long this will take to balance out? 3 months? 6 months? A year? Which uc/cav/tb player is going to wait that long?
Just think of it this way.. the longer you stay in lower progression levels the gap will get bigger.
You shouldn't worry about BGs, you should worry about beating story mode.
You’re already ahead of the curve to what story content is designed for. Uncollected was designed for 4*. Cavalier for 5*. You already have by the sounds of it a good amount of 6*. Presumably newer ones too that are much more powerful than what the intended acts had at the time. So grind those and work on the skill aspect more than the roster aspect.
None of this is new data. They've just made the hard pivot in season 19 to make sure the invested client base (with the sunk hours/money) stay engaged, as that client base is good for 1) hours played and 2) money. If newbs fall to the wayside, so be it. This isn't a great time in any gaming company, so it is what it is.
It really isn't that easy, in my case, I simply don't have the firepower to play storymode since my champions are under-ranked and under-leveled. I want to rank them up and progress them, and there aren't many options other than battlegrounds. Battlegrounds allows me to purchase resources through the store and the battlegrounds solo event allows me to get shards and other goods. Without battlegrounds it makes it 10x harder for me to progress.
I totally agree with you, this change hooks the junkies and it forces the newer players to start paying to get that same high. From kabams pov this is a great decision for money.
BGs was also where I worked on the skill aspect, by playing against the strongest defenders I learned a lot about different abilities and etc.
But that still doesn't change the fact that this update to BGs is horrible, especially with the event being tied into battlegrounds (magnetron crystals locked behind daily bg quests)
Or getting to zone 25 on incursions during two sperate months.