**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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Now that Kabam want to "fix" this mess, they penalise the alli's that did nothing wrong.
I'm going to say it quite plainly because I'm frankly disappointed with the decision. This Season, the changes in Matchmaking, and the changes in Rewards, was solely designed to make the top happy because they kicked up some dust. Which shows total disregard for anyone else affected by this. They complained that they couldn't overpower weaker Allies in the same Bracket, so now they're handed to them on a silver platter. It's blatant disregard to anything reasonable or fair. I'm not about to put Chanel on a pig.
This is certainly a way to hit those alli's for a season to "balance" out something which was caused by Kabam.
Does this look like an alliance who deserves to be in silver 1 and having 900 prestige alliances place higher than us Last 4 seasons in gold 3/ silver 1
The one thing I wasn't about to do is sit and hear people downplay it like it's some inconsequential corrective measure. There are Players on the other end of this. People whose efforts are just as valuable as anyone else's. At least they should be, but it seems the only thing they're worth is "adjustment".
This is not punishment. This is what all ratings systems are supposed to do. They are supposed to take your alliance, match it against all other alliances claiming to have the same strength (rating), and see who actually deserves that rating. Winning repeatedly is what is supposed to happen if your alliances has a lower rating than its actual strength. Losing repeatedly is what is supposed to happen if your alliance has a higher rating than its actual strength. Winning and losing about half the time is what is supposed to happen if your alliance has a rating comparable to its actual strength. This is normal, this is what's supposed to happen, and there's no alternate way to make ratings work besides actual wins and losses that doesn't involve magic or a time machine.
Alliances are not being "penalized." They are being corrected to the rating they were always supposed to have. And the ONLY way to do that is to see who they can win against and who they will lose against. There is no other way to know where you belong. Kabam cannot take that pain away, because winning and losing isn't just one way to determine rating. It IS rating.
I realize that I was the one that suggested Prestige. At the time, it was the only thing that fit in response to Tanking, and manipulating War Rating. It probably would have been best to taper off using it when Ratings were frozen. However, I think it should all be frozen. I've said that many times on here. The only way to guarantee it won't be manipulated is to separate the two. Years ago when I first suggested Seasons, that was what I had in mind. Sort of Diablo 3-style, where only progress made in the Season was judged.
I know I'm being harsh and all things considered, I'm not upset with Kabam. These decisions tend to be made in response to the current situations, and I get that they're doing their best for the best interests of the game. I'm more upset with the outcome than their decision. Switching to War Rating only isn't my objection. It's the way it's being implemented that has some pretty harsh effects on people, and that I just can't justify.
This is some garbage.
It's not about me. It's about what's right. If Alliances higher than me are Ranking lower, they're not winning their own Wars. Simple as that. Did they have the possibility of winning? Sure did. Now we have Matches that people have no possibility at all of winning.