10 replies to this topic

[Comassion]

I'd like to see the game go back to 'play with as many as you want', letting people form groups of 5-7 again. Since the 8-mans are now in the same queue with everyone else, there's no reason not to bring this back.

[Noth]

Where are you getting that 8 man are now dropping against pugs? No where was that mentioned that I can find.

[BellatorMonk]

Seconded.

[Eshek]

It's a bug with the new matchmaking. It's not intentional, and the devs have stated that they're tracking it down so they can fix it.

[Aethon]

Noth, on 19 February 2013 - 03:11 PM, said:

Where are you getting that 8 man are now dropping against pugs? No where was that mentioned that I can find.

It is happening; a few of the units on the NGNG teamspeak server have confirmed that, while dropping in the 8-man queue, they are being matched against pugs.

[Noth]

Aethon, on 19 February 2013 - 03:12 PM, said:

It is happening; a few of the units on the NGNG teamspeak server have confirmed that, while dropping in the 8-man queue, they are being matched against pugs.

Then that is a bug, and not meant to happen.

[Aethon]

Noth, on 19 February 2013 - 03:13 PM, said:

Then that is a bug, and not meant to happen.

I just figured that out by reading the post that ninja'd me, thanks.

[Comassion]

Ah, I thought it was intentional, we were dropping in a 4-man and ran into an 8-man (and beat them, go ELO!).

Also, as I recall, dropping the 4 / 8 man split was intended to be part of ELO phase 3 in any case (the idea being that ELO would then generally place 8-mans against each other because they've have a higher ELO).

Edited by Comassion, 19 February 2013 - 03:32 PM.

[Darwins Dog]

Comassion, on 19 February 2013 - 03:16 PM, said:

Ah, I thought it was intentional, we were dropping in a 4-man and ran into an 8-man (and beat them, go ELO!).

Also, as I recall, dropping the 4 / 8 man split was intended to be part of ELO phase 3 in any case (the idea being that ELO would then generally place 8-mans against each other because they've have a higher ELO).

That was my understanding as well. If the system is working then the people playing 8 person groups only for pugstomping should be facing really good pug players.

[Lukoi Banacek]

They said it last night....unintended and removed.

[Comassion]

Darwins Dog, on 21 February 2013 - 07:19 AM, said:

That was my understanding as well. If the system is working then the people playing 8 person groups only for pugstomping should be facing really good pug players.

Or other 8-mans - you wouldn't be able to specify that you're up against a pug team, so if your ELO is great from stomping pugs, you'll end up against non-pugs (or fantastic pugs).