Alliance War Matchmaking unfair [Merged Threads]

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  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 36,566 ★★★★★

    I've made the Arena example several times, but it's literally like an Arena. You want the higher Multiplier, and the highest Streak possible to get the most Points you can. You're not doing a fight-to-the-finish against everyone in Ranks above you.

    Your Arena example is a poor comparison... My roster of 155 5* and 62 6* makes it hard for most to compare with me with spending. Especially with the 4* pulling death squads. I can put up 9.2 million points on just my 5* and 6*.

    9.2 x 6 = 55.2million + 3 @ 5.1 million = 70.5 million without spending on refreshes. Someone with 800k would never stand a chance in 5* featured. Not to mention it is all about who is willing to put in the time or spend as to who gets the champions.

    You could be speaking about the 4* arena, but that is the problem. Wasting time on 4* which is not going to help advance your roster.

    Now I am supposed to believe someone not dedicated to develop a 5* roster DESERVES similar chances at Gold, Platinum and Master awards without having to experience the toughness of the bracket others have to face. Sure the prestige wars are “fairer”, but what about the players who run 5*’s and have to spend on boosts and pots? How is it fair to them to have tougher and more costly matches only to rank in lower Gold because other teams never have to spend or face anything hard?

    What of years the upper player put into their rosters? Where is the fairness there? You are completely wrong and off base with your responses.

    In War, the Rating of your Champs doesn't denote higher Rewards. Not in the current setup. Spending advances your Roster but that doesn't mean you deserve better Rewards automatically. It's what you do with those Champs within your own War Matches that earns the Rewards.
  • Mr_PlatypusMr_Platypus Member Posts: 2,779 ★★★★★

    If anything. Kabam should make divisions.... Elite 9000+, Veteran 6000-8999, Experienced 3000-5999, Beginner below 3000. Each can have its own brackets with appropriate rewards. This Prestige-based free for all will just mean AW will slowly die, as higher alliance will stop buying boost and pots for mediocre rewards.

    This sounds like the best of both worlds tbh.
    It means there’s no massive mismatches, everyone fights equal opponents for rewards that their opponents are also fightng for.
  • Midknight007Midknight007 Member Posts: 770 ★★★

    I've made the Arena example several times, but it's literally like an Arena. You want the higher Multiplier, and the highest Streak possible to get the most Points you can. You're not doing a fight-to-the-finish against everyone in Ranks above you.

    Your Arena example is a poor comparison... My roster of 155 5* and 62 6* makes it hard for most to compare with me with spending. Especially with the 4* pulling death squads. I can put up 9.2 million points on just my 5* and 6*.

    9.2 x 6 = 55.2million + 3 @ 5.1 million = 70.5 million without spending on refreshes. Someone with 800k would never stand a chance in 5* featured. Not to mention it is all about who is willing to put in the time or spend as to who gets the champions.

    You could be speaking about the 4* arena, but that is the problem. Wasting time on 4* which is not going to help advance your roster.

    Now I am supposed to believe someone not dedicated to develop a 5* roster DESERVES similar chances at Gold, Platinum and Master awards without having to experience the toughness of the bracket others have to face. Sure the prestige wars are “fairer”, but what about the players who run 5*’s and have to spend on boosts and pots? How is it fair to them to have tougher and more costly matches only to rank in lower Gold because other teams never have to spend or face anything hard?

    What of years the upper player put into their rosters? Where is the fairness there? You are completely wrong and off base with your responses.

    In War, the Rating of your Champs doesn't denote higher Rewards. Not in the current setup. Spending advances your Roster but that doesn't mean you deserve better Rewards automatically. It's what you do with those Champs within your own War Matches that earns the Rewards.
    No... your champs determine the difficulty of your opponent... which should mean better rewards if you are able to win. However, it does not. A team with 4*’s only get the chance at the same rewards and they don’t face nearly as hard as a match.

    I can beat 4* defenses all day with only using 4*s. I shouldn’t get top tier rewards. Try again. You don’t play at the top level, so you wouldn’t understand. Stop trying to troll and move along.
  • gohard123gohard123 Member Posts: 1,015 ★★★

    I've made the Arena example several times, but it's literally like an Arena. You want the higher Multiplier, and the highest Streak possible to get the most Points you can. You're not doing a fight-to-the-finish against everyone in Ranks above you.

    Your Arena example is a poor comparison... My roster of 155 5* and 62 6* makes it hard for most to compare with me with spending. Especially with the 4* pulling death squads. I can put up 9.2 million points on just my 5* and 6*.

    9.2 x 6 = 55.2million + 3 @ 5.1 million = 70.5 million without spending on refreshes. Someone with 800k would never stand a chance in 5* featured. Not to mention it is all about who is willing to put in the time or spend as to who gets the champions.

    You could be speaking about the 4* arena, but that is the problem. Wasting time on 4* which is not going to help advance your roster.

    Now I am supposed to believe someone not dedicated to develop a 5* roster DESERVES similar chances at Gold, Platinum and Master awards without having to experience the toughness of the bracket others have to face. Sure the prestige wars are “fairer”, but what about the players who run 5*’s and have to spend on boosts and pots? How is it fair to them to have tougher and more costly matches only to rank in lower Gold because other teams never have to spend or face anything hard?

    What of years the upper player put into their rosters? Where is the fairness there? You are completely wrong and off base with your responses.

    In War, the Rating of your Champs doesn't denote higher Rewards. Not in the current setup. Spending advances your Roster but that doesn't mean you deserve better Rewards automatically. It's what you do with those Champs within your own War Matches that earns the Rewards.
    You just don’t get it... your roster determines the difficulty of your opponent... Someone with 6000-7000 prestige is facing 4* Defenses and against 100% FTP. Many cannot finish a map. So, why should they have a War Rating of 3000? Or 2500?

    It isn’t skill at that level. It is skill when your facing 5/65 5* line up with the latest and great defenders. Where you spend on 30% boosts and 9500 pots only to lose or win by 1-2 death with all BG s cleared. Yet, there are those in Gold 2 with 9500 Prestige that gets these hard fights and use to be Plat 4 with the same win-lose rate.

    Meanwhile, teams who don’t spend against teams that don’t put up half as much of a fight deserve Platinum and Master rewards? Man. your logic is astounding. What you are proposing is to continue with the old structure which will cause alliances to stop spending. Go ahead and kill the game while your at it.
    Not just 5/65s. Imagine the nightmare that is 3/45 Domino on node 3. Also do not engage people that clearly do not understand what is going on.
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  • PulyamanPulyaman Member Posts: 2,365 ★★★★★
    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.So, its no wonder people are surprised that they get terrible match ups and complain in forum. Its not their fault that they got those matches because that's how the system was working. Not everyone took advantage of the matchmaking process, so it would be nice if people stopped looking down on everyone who posts about unfair matches. Comments like "You have no business playing in this tier" or "You did not deserve those rewards" just make you seem arrogant.

    Yes, some people got screwed over when matchmaking was by prestige, some people got screwed over when it became by War rating, ultimately it's Kabam who has changed the algorithm. So, I it would be good to see this kept civil from both sides because if Kabam could decide to change it again post season or mid season.
  • WorknprogressWorknprogress Member Posts: 7,233 ★★★★★
    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.So, its no wonder people are surprised that they get terrible match ups and complain in forum. Its not their fault that they got those matches because that's how the system was working. Not everyone took advantage of the matchmaking process, so it would be nice if people stopped looking down on everyone who posts about unfair matches. Comments like "You have no business playing in this tier" or "You did not deserve those rewards" just make you seem arrogant.

    Yes, some people got screwed over when matchmaking was by prestige, some people got screwed over when it became by War rating, ultimately it's Kabam who has changed the algorithm. So, I it would be good to see this kept civil from both sides because if Kabam could decide to change it again post season or mid season.

    I agree and to be honest I haven't seen many people blaming the alliances themselves. All anyone can do is show up and try to beat whoever they get matched against in the end. Were there no alliances purposely keeping prestige down to keep getting better matches? I don't know personally but I'd bet if there were they were definitely the minority.

    People have mostly just been saying that if an alliance can't possibly compete when matched with the majority of similarly rated alliances, then they've probably been benefiting from how matching was previously working for a while now. I feel bad for those in that situation personally as they'll probably get a lot of wars in the near future that feel pretty unfair but it certainly wasn't fair for much weaker alliances to continue to place in higher reward brackets than stronger alliances while never matching any of them at all either.
  • PulyamanPulyaman Member Posts: 2,365 ★★★★★

    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.So, its no wonder people are surprised that they get terrible match ups and complain in forum. Its not their fault that they got those matches because that's how the system was working. Not everyone took advantage of the matchmaking process, so it would be nice if people stopped looking down on everyone who posts about unfair matches. Comments like "You have no business playing in this tier" or "You did not deserve those rewards" just make you seem arrogant.

    Yes, some people got screwed over when matchmaking was by prestige, some people got screwed over when it became by War rating, ultimately it's Kabam who has changed the algorithm. So, I it would be good to see this kept civil from both sides because if Kabam could decide to change it again post season or mid season.

    I agree and to be honest I haven't seen many people blaming the alliances themselves. All anyone can do is show up and try to beat whoever they get matched against in the end. Were there no alliances purposely keeping prestige down to keep getting better matches? I don't know personally but I'd bet if there were they were definitely the minority.

    People have mostly just been saying that if an alliance can't possibly compete when matched with the majority of similarly rated alliances, then they've probably been benefiting from how matching was previously working for a while now. I feel bad for those in that situation personally as they'll probably get a lot of wars in the near future that feel pretty unfair but it certainly wasn't fair for much weaker alliances to continue to place in higher reward brackets than stronger alliances while never matching any of them at all either.
    I agree that some people have been benefiting, but no reason to kick someone when they are down. We had a war where the opponent was taunting us in War room chat about the matchmaking changing and how we were going to lose, We did lose but only by 2 or 3 attack bonus, So , I had no idea why they were being so high and mighty. Dont think people who are posting even knew how matchmaking was done, they just thought they were getting better because they were winning matches against equal strength opponents and getting the rewards? I don't think anyone in P4 to stone actually checks the prestige of all alliances in their bracket. I know some alliances do and more power to them. But, most of the players just play the game as it comes and don't dive deep into the mechanics of matchmaking and how prestige affects the aq score and all that jazz. So, my only request to all the people in the forums is that we all get screwed one time or another, Don't just throw stuff like "You don't deserve". We don't decide what we deserve. Kabam does ;)
  • Das_giDas_gi Member Posts: 320 ★★
    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.So, its no wonder people are surprised that they get terrible match ups and complain in forum. Its not their fault that they got those matches because that's how the system was working. Not everyone took advantage of the matchmaking process, so it would be nice if people stopped looking down on everyone who posts about unfair matches. Comments like "You have no business playing in this tier" or "You did not deserve those rewards" just make you seem arrogant.

    Yes, some people got screwed over when matchmaking was by prestige, some people got screwed over when it became by War rating, ultimately it's Kabam who has changed the algorithm. So, I it would be good to see this kept civil from both sides because if Kabam could decide to change it again post season or mid season.

    Guess you’re a bit blind cause for the past 3 seasons there were several high prestige players in high prestige alliances talking about low prestige alliances above them in ranking that they never faced and that it wasn’t fair
  • PulyamanPulyaman Member Posts: 2,365 ★★★★★
    Das_gi said:

    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.So, its no wonder people are surprised that they get terrible match ups and complain in forum. Its not their fault that they got those matches because that's how the system was working. Not everyone took advantage of the matchmaking process, so it would be nice if people stopped looking down on everyone who posts about unfair matches. Comments like "You have no business playing in this tier" or "You did not deserve those rewards" just make you seem arrogant.

    Yes, some people got screwed over when matchmaking was by prestige, some people got screwed over when it became by War rating, ultimately it's Kabam who has changed the algorithm. So, I it would be good to see this kept civil from both sides because if Kabam could decide to change it again post season or mid season.

    Guess you’re a bit blind cause for the past 3 seasons there were several high prestige players in high prestige alliances talking about low prestige alliances above them in ranking that they never faced and that it wasn’t fair
    Sorry, But if you could direct me to some of the forum posts, it would be helpful for me and for all the players who got stung by this change. Thank you
  • AddyosAddyos Member Posts: 1,090 ★★★★
    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.

    You haven’t been paying much attention then. This post was active from February until April 21st, which was 2 days before this thread opened. Opened by Quikpik, who has made lengthy posts on this thread referring to this past post. Have a read.

    https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/179826/flawed-match-making/p1
  • PulyamanPulyaman Member Posts: 2,365 ★★★★★
    Addyos said:

    Pulyaman said:

    I don't care either way how the matchmaking is done, if we get a tough war, we will tough it out. But the attitude of some of the players really disappoints me. I have been browsing the forums for the last 2 years and I have never seen a post about changing alliance war matchmaking to base on war rating.

    You haven’t been paying much attention then. This post was active from February until April 21st, which was 2 days before this thread opened. Opened by Quikpik, who has made lengthy posts on this thread referring to this past post. Have a read.

    https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/179826/flawed-match-making/p1
    Thanks for the info, will read it. As i said, most people don't really go into the game and analyse very deeply. I was on of those guys, My alliance does not moan if we get a tough match or take it easy on a easy one, just play to our best and leave the rest to the overlords and let the chips fall wherever.
  • Gregdagr8Gregdagr8 Member Posts: 384 ★★★
    Matching by war rating and war rating alone is the only fair way to do matchmaking. Any other way is biased, not fair, and criminal.
  • xNigxNig Member Posts: 7,330 ★★★★★
    Yup. And let the alliances gradually fall in place to the tiers (and multipliers) they deserve.
  • GreywardenGreywarden Member Posts: 843 ★★★★
    I've mentioned it before but if the algorithm can't get it right I feel like a strength of match or bonus points should be added on depending on the matchup.
    No matter what anybody says the p2/3 alliances with a high rating only facing p4 and gold alliances shouldn't be worth the same points just because the tier is the same.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 36,566 ★★★★★

    If anything. Kabam should make divisions.... Elite 9000+, Veteran 6000-8999, Experienced 3000-5999, Beginner below 3000. Each can have its own brackets with appropriate rewards. This Prestige-based free for all will just mean AW will slowly die, as higher alliance will stop buying boost and pots for mediocre rewards.

    This sounds like the best of both worlds tbh.
    It means there’s no massive mismatches, everyone fights equal opponents for rewards that their opponents are also fightng for.
    Separating Rewards based on Prestige was a thought that occured to me. You could actually go so far as to have a separate Rewards Tier for each Prestige Bracket. Different Top Prizes. A bit more complex, but a possibility. Although I still maintain that Rewards should be dependent on performance. Just because stronger Champs are being used to fight stronger Champs doesn't mean the War perfomance is necessarily better.
  • lowlevelplayerlowlevelplayer Member Posts: 4,292 ★★★★★
    qartweli said:

    it works as itended in my opinion

    so I guess you've never done an AW
  • ThecurlerThecurler Member Posts: 878 ★★★★
    Prestige matched again. Anyone else?
  • hungryhungrybbqhungryhungrybbq Member Posts: 2,219 ★★★★★
    Thecurler said:

    Prestige matched again. Anyone else?

    Yes
  • Gregdagr8Gregdagr8 Member Posts: 384 ★★★
    Another prestige war for us! Opponent is 244 spots away from us and matched because of prestige. Garbage, get rid of these prestige wars.
  • hungryhungrybbqhungryhungrybbq Member Posts: 2,219 ★★★★★
    edited April 2020
    Again, this could be coincidence, but obviously the more times in a row it occurs the less likely that it is. I'll reserve judgement for now, but if prestige matching is back I'm pretty sure that will be what finally kills the enjoyment of aw for me.
  • BurroBurro Member Posts: 82
    Kabam thank you for whatever changes you recently made to alliance war match making. My alliance was formerly in plat 2/3 and tier 2-4 until we decided to take a few season off which dropped us to tier 5-6. Under the only match making system we haven’t been able to climb back to where we once were due to getting matches like Asgard, plat 1 shell alliances, and other alliances like us that had no business in tier 6. We could run 100% diversity and have zero KO and the best we could hope for is a tie. It made it impossible to get back to competitive AW. I get that some alliances are now facing a lot tougher matches and that seems unfair. But you’re starting to face the types of alliances you should have always had to face to be in tier 1-2 /master-plat. It’s going to be rough for a bit but should return to normal soon. I personally know of 3 alliances my friends are in that were intentionally taking advantage of the war matchmaking system by manipulating/keeping low their alliance rating and prestige. In the beginning they had an war rating that was within a few points of my alliance, however, they would get matchups where the other team would die 100+ times and not clear the map whereas we would place harder defense and be lucky to get 10 KO. I’m sorry but there was nothing fair about that.

    TLDR: Kabam keep whatever changes you made despite the backlash. There are plenty of other alliances that were being punished under the old system for just trying to play legit and not take advantage of loopholes. The new system fixes that.
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  • QuikPikQuikPik Member Posts: 814 ★★★★
    Yup prestige war again.
  • xNigxNig Member Posts: 7,330 ★★★★★
    Yup total BS.
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  • -sixate--sixate- Member Posts: 1,532 ★★★★★
    Why even have a war rating if it's going to be prestige wars? Then make the multiplier dependent on an alliances prestige just like AQ.
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