Phase 2: December 4th - 80% (Delayed due to testing)
Pre-Made groups will be able to match against other pre-made groups.
Min/Max group size: 8 players - Updated
8 player group matchmaking will not take into consideration Light, Medium, Heavy, Assault classes.
All other forms of matchmaking will still use the current class matching rules.
2, 3, 4 player groups will be matched against other groups and solo players per Phase 1 rules.
http://mwomercs.com/...79-matchmaking/
Please PGI to stop the endless discussion (which will come) that only very few mechs will be Tier 1 in such unrestricted team ups do 2 things:
- Announce whole team max tons are 500
- Check ONLY when "Group Launch" is pressed the tons and give a message when tons > 500
This check is very very easy to implement. And nothing you couldn't do in 2 weeks (I'm developer by myself)
For sure there is still imbalance in the game (because some mechs are more effective per ton) but overall you get a far better balancing and variation.
Dec 3rd Edit: It seems PGI still think its fine to give us 8vs8 without restrictions. It seems they are fine with a bad solution instead of a better-working/easy-to-implement one until they reach the state of phase 3...
Edited by Calmon, 03 December 2012 - 07:01 AM.