11 replies to this topic

[EnyaMouth]

matchmaking as it stands is a joke. if you are pugging 8 out of 10 times you are playing a 8 an premade and getting steam rolled. why dont 8 man premades drop against other 8 man premades or even 2 4 man premads? from what it seems here on the forums it is a big issue. why not answer the players calls for a better system? i think it would improve your bottom dollar i the over all scheme of things. i just find myself not wanting to play as much and its sad b/c i do like this game. it could go far under the right conditions, but i am afraid it will fail b/c of this unbalance in matchmaking. i dont mind fighting ecm lag shielded ravens, but i dont like fighting a 8 man premade full of them.. thank you for your time. HAPPY HUNTING fellow Mech warriors

[Cerebelli]

Have you not even looked into this? They know the matchmaking is terrible. ELO matchmaking is coming.

Do your research.

[R0adK1ll]

It would be nice to have the option to pay mixed in with the pre-mades or opt out into PUG only but I don't think PGI is listening. Too bad, I like the gameplay even with the hiccups but when you get steamrolled by four guys at the same time it takes the fun out of the game.

[Tankski]

uh, 8-man premades only drop against other 9-man premades. If you are pugging and getting rolled, it may be because you dropped against a 4-man team, or even 2 different 4-man teams, or it could be because your team had a random collection of sucky pilots that didn't coordinate through in game text chat... matchmaker is getting an overhaul soon. In the meantime, improve your skills and/or try to coordinate your team with the tools available. Just saying...

[Pihb]

Cerebelli, on 19 January 2013 - 03:36 PM, said:

Have you not even looked into this? They know the matchmaking is terrible. ELO matchmaking is coming.

Do your research.

werd

[Lorcan Lladd]

Yes it is, and we've all been saying this for months, now - PGI's response was to begin the implementation of a new matchmaking system in three phases.
ETA for the third and final phase is mid or late January.

It will establish rankings to support more evenly matched teams.

Note that this doesn't mean pubs will no longer drop against premades; it simply means that they'll have a better chance of winning under such circumstances, at least in theory.

[Loc Nar]

You're not fighting 8man premades, but rather 4mans premades that may be syncdropping together or naturally being paired with another 4manravenpremades. Then they Voltron assemble into E. Honda.

[Team Leader]

The only "matchmaking" they have is 8 people matched by weight class and 8people matched by being 8 people. Of course it's bad.

[Ilwrath]

EnyaMouth, on 19 January 2013 - 03:33 PM, said:

matchmaking as it stands is a joke.

http://arstechnica.c...nforum-decides/

Check out the comments. The horrid matchmaker is probably keeping people away from the game.
They better roll out Phase 3 soon and it better work to fix the matching.

[Vernius Ix]

EnyaMouth, on 19 January 2013 - 03:33 PM, said:

matchmaking as it stands is a joke. if you are pugging 8 out of 10 times you are playing a 8 an premade and getting steam rolled. why dont 8 man premades drop against other 8 man premades or even 2 4 man premads? from what it seems here on the forums it is a big issue. why not answer the players calls for a better system? i think it would improve your bottom dollar i the over all scheme of things. i just find myself not wanting to play as much and its sad b/c i do like this game. it could go far under the right conditions, but i am afraid it will fail b/c of this unbalance in matchmaking. i dont mind fighting ecm lag shielded ravens, but i dont like fighting a 8 man premade full of them.. thank you for your time. HAPPY HUNTING fellow Mech warriors

I doubt you have faced one 8 man sync drop. Ever. You just get rolled by better teams. Chin up!

[RFMarine]

I just played a game on Alpine map. on our side we had catapults, jagermechs, cataphracts and a hunchback. The other side had 2 lights, a stalker and heavies. doesnt seem fair for such a big map

[Sir Burpalot21]

NECRO BANZAI!!!

Please search for more recent topics on balancing after ELO implementation and weight balance issues.
Also please refrain from necro-ing multiple threads....

Edited by Sir Burpalot21, 24 March 2013 - 04:28 AM.