Guild Wars 2

I noticed this pattern in basically every game

1) pro player duo queue. Ok they’re really good, they deserve to be there, system let them to go in duo, so it’s ok but you can easily predict who will win just reading the players name involved because many times there is no the right balance on both of sides about skill. So talking about matchmaking there is more than issue here.

2) Other good players probably mmr like 1900 or 1850 more or less, you can notice they’re good and try their best. Ofc the level is not the same like the top 20 boys.

3) I want to talk about the 3th category. This is people who doesn’t know the game. I mean, not talking about mechanically skill but a lot of other stuff like rotation, cleave etc., really bad bad mistakes, for sure it’s not what you aspect to see in legendary.

So this is the placement result and the formula used, these guys have probably farmed their old mmr in team or stronghold and now they have a good spot. Main issue is I don’t think these guys will go down a lot because they will have always the chance to be carried from pro players so basically i think they will survive with a 50/50 and if they don’t play a lot of games daily, they’ll survive in this area for a long time.

I think this is completely wrong from a competitive prospetctive, first of all because the effort to climb in solo is really huge from platinum tier1 to legendary, second I think this status is a too much good for 10 placements games + old mmr.

So I think Anet should modify some stuff in the decay area, in the points gain/lost and in the formula + initial placement.

Thoughts?

in Uncharted 4 Ranked PvP, Once you hit “legendary” you’re ranked purely on skill/performance, and not on winning. Therefor to climb to the top, you have to have the best offensive/support/ k/d scores etc. If you perform poorly, you lose score dramatically.

Ross Biddle.2367:

in Uncharted 4 Ranked PvP, Once you hit “legendary” you’re ranked purely on skill/performance, and not on winning. Therefor to climb to the top, you have to have the best offensive/support/ k/d scores etc. If you perform poorly, you lose score dramatically.

Well I dunno Uncharted 4 but for sure I agree your performance should have a weight on final score.

How are they going to handle people placing later in the season. Win 10 games and get a top slot automatically. Anyone coming in later than halfway through the season should be hard placed at 1200 starting or at least outside of platinum rank.

Gwaihir.1745:

How are they going to handle people placing later in the season. Win 10 games and get a top slot automatically. Anyone coming in later than halfway through the season should be hard placed at 1200 starting or at least outside of platinum rank.

No need.

By putting a player into any 10 random games you can draw the data necessary to place a player. Placement isnt based purely on win/loss either, as far as I can tell, which is smart. Performance (scoring) is a key factor. This is good because the system can tell you have skill in the game independent of your teammates, and in fact compared to them.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Gwaihir.1745:

How are they going to handle people placing later in the season. Win 10 games and get a top slot automatically. Anyone coming in later than halfway through the season should be hard placed at 1200 starting or at least outside of platinum rank.

No need.

By putting a player into any 10 random games you can draw the data necessary to place a player. Placement isnt based purely on win/loss either, as far as I can tell, which is smart. Performance (scoring) is a key factor. This is good because the system can tell you have skill in the game independent of your teammates, and in fact compared to them.

Well that’s complete crap. You can be the best contributor on your team and still have the lowest score.

They aren’t incorporating any personal performance metrics. It’s all your rating vs your opposing teams rating that determines it. Don’t spread misinformation.

Gwaihir.1745:

They aren’t incorporating any personal performance metrics. It’s all your rating vs your opposing teams rating that determines it. Don’t spread misinformation.

Nothing I said is even remotely related to that.

Crowley.8761:

Gwaihir.1745:

They aren’t incorporating any personal performance metrics. It’s all your rating vs your opposing teams rating that determines it. Don’t spread misinformation.

Nothing I said is even remotely related to that.

I think Gwaihir is referring to what Ross said.