483 replies to this topic

[Sprouticus]

In regards to 8 mans, remember that people could not drop in 8 mans before today against pugs/on 8 mans.

If they dropped mainly solo, their ELO is going to be artificially low due to playing in a group.

If they dropped 8 mans, their ELO is going to be artificially low due to real competition.

If they dropped mainly as 4 mans but are going to 8 mans it will be higher that it probably should be when compared to 8 man drops.


All of this will flush itself out over the next couple of days.

On a side note, PGI REALLY needs to put the MM algorithm out there for us to understand and dissect.

(how do groups mod the group ELO, how do chassis mod the ELO, or do they? ETC)

[Listless Nomad]

My experience so far:

Patch successfully - load in 1st match fairly quickly. (win but barely)

5 failed to find matches in a row - load into match on 6th try (rofl stomped by other team 0-8)

6 failed to find matches - load into match on 7th try (good win)

Currently on my 8th failed to find match and am done for now. Hope this gets fixed soon.

[Aleric]

Same here, solo trying to get in and I have had two matches and over 10 time outs.

Edited by Aleric, 19 February 2013 - 02:22 PM.

[Sardugh]

Great, it´s balanced now. That helps me exactly ... what?
2 games since Servers are back up. Sorry, but thats really [insert any fitting word here].

[BulzEye]

Well, 30 minutes and no matches... Finally got ONE and it was so one sided - disappointing. My team was dead in about 3 minutes as oposed to the other team losing 1 of 2... I tried to get a screen print but it failed....

Edited by BulzEye, 19 February 2013 - 02:30 PM.

[RightHook]

I don't normally rant, I love this game and have always enjoyed it.
But the new Match Making is FUBAR!
I normally take 15 - 20 minute breaks from work and play 3 or 4 games. Now I can't even get a match started for at least 10 minutes.
3 minutes to fail and 5 or 6 fails in a row. Never had this problem before.
Prior to this patch match making took about 10 to 15 seconds and I would not find a match once every few days. But would find one on the next launch.
Now I even if it does find me a match it takes several minutes. I have to lauch and then go back to work and wait to see if the match starts.

Doesn't help that my Mech comes back from the last match quickly if I can't get a new match for another 10 minutes.

What ever was added to this patch's Match Making really has broken the system.

[Karl Split]

8mans dropping against pugs, no weight balancing and very difficult to run RHOD matches.

Well done PGI, well done #GOLF CLAP#


One very unhappy womble

[Thaeros the Eternal Guardian]

ELO is totally broken. 13 matchs as a four man, got completely stomped except 1 match. then tried soloes, 9 and counting FAILS to find a match. the frustration factor is nuclear right now.

[Redoxin]

Huh I think its really strange that literally everybody in this thread except me is reporting that he constantly fails to find matches. While all the people that I play with and that I asked dont have any problems.

[Torquemada]

I suspect that the new matchmaker is a bit too picky and will need to either be disabled or have ELO completely removed for now.

[Kaeseblock]

Just stomped a full-medium (!) Team of:

5 Trebuchet
2 Hunchback
1 Centurion

with, oh wait...

1 Spider
1 Hunchback
1 Trebuchet
1 Catapult
4 Atlai (!)

wtf?
I hope a pairing like this will remain an exception...

EDIT: btw, is there a possibility to see your own Elo-rating?

Edited by Kaeseblock, 19 February 2013 - 02:33 PM.

[GateKeeper York]

I have been finding:

As a light it is near impossible to get a match.
As a medium it is easy to get a match.
As a heavy take 3 times to get a match.
As an assualt near impossible again.

Is there a way to tell what elo you have?

[Sprouticus]

Kaeseblock, on 19 February 2013 - 02:31 PM, said:

Just stomped a full-medium (!) Team of:

5 Trebuchet
2 Hunchback
1 Centurion

with, oh wait...

1 Spider
1 Hunchback
1 Trebuchet
1 Catapult
4 Atlai (!)

wtf?
I hope a pairing like this will remain an exception...

EDIT: btw, is there a possibility to see your own Elo-rating?

That kind of disparity screams CAP!!! to me.

[BulzEye]

I'm going to stop playing for now. 2 matches in an hour and now I am spinning my little search wheel trying to find a match with no luck (typing here!!!). Instead of it being fun it is frustrating and ******* me off. Hopefully they remove this ASAP so we can play while they fix it.

[Coro Ner]

I'll give it try....but actually it hurts my *** (because i sit there staring at my screen to find a match). 4 matches played, 15 failures in 60 mins. Hope this "system" learns fast...my *** hurts :-)

[Karl Split]

our 4 man gets a game each time, our solo guy has struggled to get a game tbh

[Torquemada]

I await a hotfix to revert the matchmaking system to pre-patch while the current implementation is redesigned to make it work.

[Thaeros the Eternal Guardian]

JuiceCaboose, on 19 February 2013 - 02:10 PM, said:

http://mwomercs.com/...79-matchmaking/ - read latest post.

yeah... how about no. im done til next patch.

[Aggressor666]

Redoxin, on 19 February 2013 - 02:28 PM, said:

Huh I think its really strange that literally everybody in this thread except me is reporting that he constantly fails to find matches. While all the people that I play with and that I asked dont have any problems.

solo or group drops?

[Redoxin]

Aggressor666, on 19 February 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

solo or group drops?

Both. Like 5 solo, 8 group now.