Thank you ANET
wow. an actual post about actual thanks for actual matchmaking.
color me baffled, amazed, impressed, bit queasy, and proud.
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I agree. I really enjoyed this seasons changes (2 player max, reward separation). I was and am in the same boat (low gold, but haven’t really put the time in to improve much). This is the first season where I feel like there’s at least some incentive to keep climbing, i.e. at least I get something for the time I put in. Also the first time where I realized just how bad I am, looking at matches in terms of what I did wrong and not what the team did wrong.
Hit me up in game if you need to need a punching bag and want to do some 1v1
Ill def add you in game sir, the 2 players max idea was a god send, and yeah I feel like all I’ve seen is negativity on the board so I thought I’d post about my positive experience, since this has been the best season by far. Just gotta put the time in and look at what you could have done better in each game, since you and your teammates are always gonna make mistakes. Also trying to force a 1v2 where they dont kill you got me out of lower gold at least.
I have enjoyed this season for the most part as well. I started in silver and finish in platin. The environment is as toxic as it was for all seasons. Rewards got much better if you also do PVE. Class balancing has been improved. Solo/duo queue is also an improvement. Though placement matches should be solo only. I would like to see something that prevents class stacking. And there should be some incentive to keep playing instead of preserving your rank with a minimum of matches played.
Matchmaking has been an improvement; I personally prefer duo-Q over the full on premade curb stomping blowout matches that happened prior.
All solo-Q except for 1-2 games. Highest I got to was low platinum (which is surprising since 300+ aussie ping is awful in pvp/wvw) … now I’m forever stuck in T3 gold. I’ll get 3-4 wins away from platinum again but RNGesus will ALWAYS pit me up against impossible odds and it’s hard to control what/where your team mates go. Lose streak happens, rinse, repeat haha.
Matchmaking has been an improvement; I personally prefer duo-Q over the full on premade curb stomping blowout matches that happened prior.
All solo-Q except for 1-2 games. Highest I got to was low platinum (which is surprising since 300+ aussie ping is awful in pvp/wvw) … now I’m forever stuck in T3 gold. I’ll get 3-4 wins away from platinum again but RNGesus will ALWAYS pit me up against impossible odds and it’s hard to control what/where your team mates go. Lose streak happens, rinse, repeat haha.
same here minus the reaching platinum part. I’m always stuck around 2-3 games away from platinum, or down to 1560 tanking a lose streak. it doesn’t seem to matter how you perform, how many people you can fight in 1vx, how much ‘top stats’ you earn, etc.
how can they honestly call it ‘skill rating’ if the rating goes down from losses? if other players, aka your team mates, can impact your score through loss, it is not a true ‘skill’ rating. personal skill simply cannot by measured by the actions of your team mates…
Matchmaking has been an improvement; I personally prefer duo-Q over the full on premade curb stomping blowout matches that happened prior.
All solo-Q except for 1-2 games. Highest I got to was low platinum (which is surprising since 300+ aussie ping is awful in pvp/wvw) … now I’m forever stuck in T3 gold. I’ll get 3-4 wins away from platinum again but RNGesus will ALWAYS pit me up against impossible odds and it’s hard to control what/where your team mates go. Lose streak happens, rinse, repeat haha.
same here minus the reaching platinum part. I’m always stuck around 2-3 games away from platinum, or down to 1560 tanking a lose streak. it doesn’t seem to matter how you perform, how many people you can fight in 1vx, how much ‘top stats’ you earn, etc.
how can they honestly call it ‘skill rating’ if the rating goes down from losses? if other players, aka your team mates, can impact your score through loss, it is not a true ‘skill’ rating. personal skill simply cannot by measured by the actions of your team mates…
conversely, how can it be a ‘skill rating’ if your rating goes up from wins? if other players, aka your team mates, can impact your score through wins, it is not a true ‘skill’ rating. personal skill simply cannot by measured by the actions of your team mates.
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i can’t fathom how people can blame all their losses on teamates, yet take credit for all the wins. as if matchmaking is only bad when you lose. honestly, it just speaks of a monstrous ego.
like, seriously. how can you say that it’s unfair your rating suffers when you lose because it’s a team game. yet, not realise the same argument applies to your wins also.
people expecting MMR for a 5v5 game to function like MMR for a 1v1 game need to sit down & have a good think, because it’s just foolish to expect this.
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You can say that about any team game based on mmr. All you have to do is win all the favored games they give you to win, and then win 1 unfavored game and you will rise. 6/10 games is a 60 percent win rate you can get up to plat easy with that. You just have to be consistently good which was my problem, and still is sometimes, otherwise you may be throwing games you were favored to win. I disagree with you in that If you are constantly getting +1 and not dying your team wont throw the match if they are 4v3 most of the time..