I have a Masters in IT – Security. One of the first things we learn when programming is to FULLY DOCUMENT and COMMENT OUT EVERYTHING. But ppl are lazy and have a tendency to cut corners and not place comments or write sloppy code. So it’s no wonder there are so many bugs. I won’t even go in to the whole concept of PM (Project Management) and the testing phase before bringing a system live. This is something that ANet is lacking on. Granted they may have a beta testing phase but without a PTS or a proper protocol for addressing all of the bugs and other problems, they might as well be dead in the water and who suffers? We do…
A classroom doesn’t teach you how to tackle the massive scale of MMORPG development. Further, if you have any historical perspective on MMO launches, I’m sure you would find that GW2 has been excellent in this respect thus far.
The best thing we can do to support development of this great title is to encourage the kind of open communication that Jon has put on display. We do this by giving them valuable feedback – not by temperamentally reacting.
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Facing the same opponents means that you are the most closely matched servers. The goal of Glicko is to have as evenly matched games as possible. It’s trying to pair you with servers that you can compete with.
The Glicko rating system works by predicting match outcomes. When those expectations are not met or exceeded, you lose rating. This is why you can go up in rating even if you lose a match and vice versa. It’s all relative to how well the system predicted you would do versus how well you actually did.
If you want to face new opponents you need to do better or worse than your previous results by a large enough margin that you get bumped into another tier. You can also see a tier change if other servers are volatile enough – meaning they gain or lose enough rating to swap positions with you.
