Cotsy
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.02.25 05:05:00 -
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It seems everyone is missing the point. There aren't problems with gameplay that are more pressing than matchmaking, sure... There are problems with weapon balance, sure. Heck, there are even problems with the lack of CCP activity in the forum...etc... But the real problem has to do with matchmaking system. The dust community is controlled by a few elite members of elite corps who don't see the unbalanced matchmaking system as a significant problem. Frankly, the think they deserve the right to do what 'I report you' Moody video shows.
Matching players based on skill level (say SP tiers or average WP) is the only logical answer to so many questions: how do we grow the game, how do we get new players to stay, how do we create an enjoyable gameplay, how do we avoid epic Proto stomps, how do we avoid the ever growing gap between elite and middle of the road players.
But here lies the problem, the elite don't like to or want to play each other. They leave lobbies when they see the other team composition of elite squads and prefer to stomp on lower tier players instead of risking a competitive match. Until the elite members of the community stop complaining about useless aspects of the game like redline hiding when they are Proto stomping or rail gun tank shooting them from inside the redline to 1m outside the redline where they are waiting to stomp this game we all play will never grow. Players will leave, noobs won't play more than a few matches. Lower tier players will give up and eventually middle of the road guys will just walk away from the game because the gap is too wide to be competitive.
There is no problems bigger or that should be address with more pressing concerns than having a match where both parties have equal shot at winning and everyone in the match has a good chance at killing each other based on their SP and their skill level.
Do what I did, create a character (mine wasn't placed in battleground for noobs) and join a match. It's nearly impossible to compete at any level below elite vs. elite corps.
Dust 514 is two games, one played by the elite and one played by everyone else, it's just that we are in the same matches.
So complain that you want this or that, but before you even worry about what tactics or OP or what weapon is OP etc... Worry about the matchmaking system, because it's not fun to be on either end of the stomp.
- Cots |