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This is merely a small sampling of my evening.
I repeatedly commented on the fact that I was upset having to compete with a non-meta, non-masterered, lore-based, passionate and/or for fun mech (as is the mech I normally play) and am being placed against competitive-based teams running [mastered] competive mechs. I was told more than once, that my new Elo/PSR was based on my "potential".
I don't care that my finest mechs may be able to compete with the top teir teams; my finest mechs are not meta (despite some people telling me that the Jester is meta, which I think is *explicit*).
Put simply, I do not want to play competively. I have always, and continue to do so, play mechs that I feel are fun, worth leveling, lore based, and/or passionate about (i.e. Catapult, Stalker). I am trying to level Awesomes right now, but it is being placed in an Elo/PSR grouping that was likely based upon my Stalker Elo (a mech which I am passionate about, and have 2,000+ matches played on) yet I am being placed in matches where my non-mastered Awesome has no/little chance at all, and I am a serious detriment to my team no matter how hard I try.
In a properly balanced game, an Awesome should not be at a disadvantage to a Dire Wolf if both players are of equal skill in their respective mechs; just because one can afford a heavier mech, should not make said player better than a fellow player of equal skill level. If I am actually among players of my skill level, according to Elo/PSR, then my Awesome should be at least reasonably competitive against a Dire Wolf.
But it is not. This new system has decided to repeatedly place my un-mastered Awesome against the finest comp teams that MWO has to offer. Under the confines of the old system, I could easily wave off a nasty loss as a one-off [two/three-off], then make it up with a win [or more] in the next match(es). With the old system, I could reasonably expect to encounter players against whom my [un-mastered] Awesome would be of reasonable capability. Now, every match includes a competitive team on the opposing side. Occasionally, there is a competitive team on my side, counter-balanced by a similarly strong team on the opposing side, negating any opportunity I may have had for a good match.
This is not fair.
I am not the only player encountering this problem.
I hope PGI appreciates who they are affecting. I own a Gold mech, non-stop premium time for well over a year, several mech packs, and the desire to buy more mech packs in the future. Yet, I, among several others in my spending/playing habits, are suffering, severely, from the new Elo/PSR change. I hope others continue to speak up as well.
