Ok thx your Screech. I copy/past the Ask the Devs# 45
http://mwomercs.com/...vs-45-answered/
Along the same lines, from Pendragon: In AtD 44, Paul mentioned that the ability to launch in groups of any size could come out shortly after launch. The response suggested that the matchmaker would only have to consider tonnage limits, Elo, and “team player counts”. The last point is somewhat ambiguous. Does this mean that matchmaker would simply be trying to fill the 12 slots on each team? If so, does this mean that a full group of 12 could potentially be matched against a non-full group? In that case, do you have faith that the Elo system will prevent the lopsided matches present before Phase 2 of Matchmaking?
Answer from Paul: The 12 man queue resulted in a decrease in fail rate. I don’t have the exact numbers for you but it’s safe to say approximately 5-10%. It’s not due to some magic we’re pulling on our end, it’s just that people are more willing to try 12 vs 12 with bigger teams. This decrease should not indicate to you that we are happy where it’s at. We need to add proper limitations to 12 player launches in order to make the 12 vs. 12 queue a lot more balanced as to what teams bring to the battlefield.
As for launching in any sized teams, this requires the feature indicated in the above paragraph. Our end goal for Match Making is to introduce a tonnage limit for teams trying to drop. For example (please note these numbers are for DEMONSTRATIVE purposes only):
Group Size Minimum Tonnage Maximum Tonnage 2 40 125 3 160 180 4 210 245 5 265 305 6 315 365 7 370 425 8 420 485 9 475 545 10 525 605 11 580 665 12 630 730
While you’re group is preparing to launch, depending on the number of players, the team will have to figure out which Mechs they can bring and their total tonnage must fall between the minimum and maximum tonnage level. An example of this is if a team has 6 players and tries to launch with 6 Atlases, the group interface will not allow this because their total tonnage is 600 and the min/max allowable is 315-365. If the group however brings a Raven(35t), a Spider (30t), a Blackjack(45t), a Centurion (50t), a Jagermech (65), and an Atlas (100t), their team total tonnage would be 325 which falls in the min/max allowable. The team can now successfully launch. If a team tries to bring all lights, their tonnage would be under the minimum allowable and the team would not be able to launch. As you can see, this system requires teams to be very aware of their tonnage and make very conscious decisions as to which Mechs to bring.
Now that teams are launching within tonnage limits, the Match Maker can match players based on Elo for skill matching and just grab from the pools of teams/players that are in the Elo bracket and as long as there’s enough room in the match, the players will be added. You will notice that if all players took the maximum weight per group size.. a team of 10+2 = 730 tons. This is the same as a full 12-man.
This feature alone will greatly diversify what Mechs will be showing up on the battlefield as personal preference in the weight classes will also be part of the group building process.
That being said, this is not a simple feature to pop in. It requires backend verification that Mechs are viable and that they meet the launch requirements. It also requires UI support for building the teams and verifying the launch requirements. It also requires a revamp of the Match Maker to take into account the various sizes of teams and their weight limits. There is no timeline for this at the moment but there are engineers working through each of the requirements listed here.
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