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[Kaspirikay]

can someone give me a summary of what ELO is and what it does?

[Gallowglas]

I'm waiting for hyperbole and anecdotes to save the game because it's totally dead. I mean, just the other night I faced the same person in two different matches. And I won't even get into all the matches where I can't even get a kill when wearing my oven mitts. My team got mad at me because I kept doing was typing "slsayitt7ygsvsdhds7w9rft7tw2gfweuogfcbwe" in chat. They really shouldn't discriminate against me just because I like taking hallucinogens before playing. At this point PGI is literally slapping us all in the face.

If that doesn't scream "the sky is falling" to you cats, I don't know what does.

And screw ELO. Jeff Lynne is a man of many talents, but blasting Hold on Tight to Your Dreams ain't gonna stop a coordinated 20-man drop running nothing but splatcats from killing you so hard you die in RL.

Edited by Gallowglas, 13 February 2013 - 10:27 PM.

[Gallowglas]

Kaspirikay, on 13 February 2013 - 09:34 PM, said:

can someone give me a summary of what ELO is and what it does?

http://en.wikipedia....o_rating_system

[HurlockHolmes]

Cferre, on 13 February 2013 - 12:59 PM, said:

I'm also waiting for the 4man tears bitching about elo.

Prepare thine cup... For on the 19th, WE DRINK THY SALTY TEARS!

Actually I am not going to get my hopes up in the slightest, I have been grinding ever since they started to data mine ELO scores just so that when they implement it, I will be where I should be(or close enough).

But I really, REALLY doubt this will be a miracle cure, and I hope more people understand this. Because people like to think "blankety will fix blank!", and then complain when things get worse or change to much...

[Markus Aurelius]

Mackman, on 13 February 2013 - 06:52 PM, said:

It's going to be just like on the League of Legends forums! Although if PGI does a good job of implementing it, most of the complainers won't have a leg to stand on (also like on the LoL forums).

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I hope to god your not serious. League of Legends matchmaking is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. It always has been terrible... it ALWAYS will be terrible. There is a reason for the 2-3 years of the game... LoL forums were filled non-stop complaining about the matchmaking. It is a joke... and it still is a joke. The ONLY reason people don't still complain is because anyone with a clue stopped playing a long long long long time ago.

Elo is NOT going to work in MWO (unless it is done for 8v8 premade vs premade games ONLY). Elo is made for 1v1 matchmaking.... NOT where you can different randoms on your team every game.

I haven't followed MWO's matchmaking in a long time (took a long break because this game is still 2-3 years away from becoming a GOOD game)... but the only way it will get better is if it forces teams of equal sizes..... ie if you are in a group of 4... you will face another group of 4. If you are in a group of 2... you will go up against a group of 2. If you are in a group of 4 and have another group of 3 on your team..... the matchmaking will pit you up against another group of 4 and another group of 3 (plus 1 random each of course)... and so on. A full PUG team (all solo) will ONLY go against another full PUG team.

Edit: I'd like to add a Trial mech (solo) only queue would also go a long way to new people not getting crushed and leaving right away.

Elo alone is not going to work.

Edited by Markus Aurelius, 13 February 2013 - 11:05 PM.