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[R3pl1c4nt]

Hi everyone, I need to vent my anger today because what's been going on since the 8vs8 is really not good anymore. If PGI is going to open up matchmaking so that tier 1-3 players have to fight against tier 4-5 pilots, then please close the damage cap that low tier pilots have. I fought my way up to tier 3 by the 8vs8... but since the 8vs8 I've been losing nothing but because I have to fight against tier 1-3 pilots and my mech builds do little to no damage to them... They, in turn, do so much damage to my mechs that I'm usually on a crit torso after one hit and am therefore of little to no help to my team. But that's not even the worst part...it seems like the new mechs and loot bag event have lied to a lot of old and new players...I mean, OK, it livens up the game, but the matchmaking itself is more broken than ever...either you get top players on your team and then chase after damage, or you're unlucky and get a bad team and don't do any damage because after 3 minutes you're alone surrounded by 5 enemy mechs...so my request to PGI is to fix the matchmaking system and this damage cap between the tiers...that's it for me for now...I just deleted MWO from my hard drive...with that in mind, have a great rest of the week everyone!

[epikt]

There would be thing to say about how weird tier 3 can be to some players doing ok in low tier lobbies do learning the hard truth when they finally meet good enough opponents. Or about the experiments and monitoring with the matchmaking that are currently underway.

But those points would be moot until we explain something apparently confusing you: What exactly do you mean by "the damage cap that low tier pilots have" ?

The only reason better players are dealing higher damage than you is because they are better: better positioning, better aim, better builds, etc.
New players and those unable to perform well are kinda protected from them thanks to the tier system, but if you go up in tiers you'll eventually face them.

[martian]

R3pl1c4nt, on 20 August 2025 - 01:36 PM, said:

please close the damage cap that low tier pilots have. I fought my way up to tier 3 by the 8vs8... but since the 8vs8 I've been losing nothing but because I have to fight against tier 1-3 pilots and my mech builds do little to no damage to them... They, in turn, do so much damage to my mechs that I'm usually on a crit torso after one hit and am therefore of little to no help to my team. But that's not even the worst part... this damage cap between the tiers...

There is literally no damage cap between the Tiers.

All weapons do exactly the same amount of damage per shot, no matter if used by a Tier 1 player or a Tier 5 player. If I fire Gauss rifle, it does 15 points of damage, just as if a freshly registered Tier 5 player would fired it.