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CCP AquarHEAD wrote:

Kinyuhk Goluhh wrote:

CCP AquarHEAD wrote:

It will do this only if it cannot find enough players with similar skills (within certain time limit), as a last resort, also we do not determine "skill" of a player by SP.

Uhm...maybe you should because this game is based on the weapons, gear and armor you have, skill doesn't count for sh*t. If me and a vet shoot at each other who's going to win?

Me with ADV Heavy and ADV weaponry or the Vet with Proto Heavy and Proto weaponry AND gear? In case you missed it earlier, I raged at the fact that I couldn't damage a Vet in Light armor and they shredded my shield/armor with an smg.

I have an average of 20 or more kills and 10 or likely less deaths in a game with no Vets fighting people on my level. 5 kills if I'm lucky and 19 or more deaths in games with Vets. Is my "skill" lacking or is this game based on SP??

Skill seems to create confusion, it's better called "ranking"

Several facts:
1. There isn't much battles where vet and non-vet mixed together
2. If a player with low ranking from matchmaking's view is actually pretty good, he will move to high ranking pretty fast by winning, so you wouldn't face them in just a few (or maybe one) match after
3. Even in a battle like you're talking about, you still have many low ranking players in the other team for you to counter, and what I'm saying is on your side you also have vets to counter enemy vets. A battle shouldn't be decided solely by one or two vets, it's also about the whole team, so killing other players also contributes to your victory
4. When fighting against higher ranking players, if you lose, it's kind of expected, so you won't lose much ranking, but if you win, your ranking would increase by a lot, so losing a few matches because of vets isn't that much of an issue from ranking point of view.


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Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 184	Posted - 2015.04.01 19:44:00 - [1] - Quote The matches I've played so far haven't been any more balanced than before - they've been half empty and the objective has never changed hands more than once. I just came first in my team, having spent most of the match hacking crus. But I think that may be because I've been stuck in teams of blueberries rather than matchmaking. One match, we had 3 tanks in the redline and several redline snipers. I've not had any squads on my team as yet, and haven't seen any proto stomping. But I do feel like I'm queueing for factionals rather than pubs.
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 187	Posted - 2015.04.02 19:17:00 - [2] - Quote Yesterday, nobody was being added in after the match started. Today, I got added to a match with no ticks left on the mcc. As much as the 10k ISK was appreciated, I would have preferred to have gone into a new match after waiting 2 minutes! Personally, I preferred not being put into matches which had already began, even though that meant lopsided matches, because 9 times out of 10, if I'm put into a match that's already started, the spot has been vacated for a reason, and I will just leave as well!
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 190	Posted - 2015.04.08 23:19:00 - [3] - Quote I don't known if it's down to matchmaking or a lack of players, but I've been queuing 5 minutes for skirmish almost every time tonight. And then it sticks me into an almost over battle, or a battle where we are being redlined. For once, it's quicker to queue FW! I also had a 15v9 match earlier, people left mid-battle and weren't replaced.
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 191	Posted - 2015.04.09 14:04:00 - [4] - Quote CCP AquarHEAD wrote: Kinyuhk Goluhh wrote: CCP AquarHEAD wrote: It will do this only if it cannot find enough players with similar skills (within certain time limit), as a last resort, also we do not determine "skill" of a player by SP. Uhm...maybe you should because this game is based on the weapons, gear and armor you have, skill doesn't count for sh*t. If me and a vet shoot at each other who's going to win? Me with ADV Heavy and ADV weaponry or the Vet with Proto Heavy and Proto weaponry AND gear? In case you missed it earlier, I raged at the fact that I couldn't damage a Vet in Light armor and they shredded my shield/armor with an smg. I have an average of 20 or more kills and 10 or likely less deaths in a game with no Vets fighting people on my level. 5 kills if I'm lucky and 19 or more deaths in games with Vets. Is my "skill" lacking or is this game based on SP?? Skill seems to create confusion, it's better called "ranking" Several facts: 1. There isn't much battles where vet and non-vet mixed together 2. If a player with low ranking from matchmaking's view is actually pretty good, he will move to high ranking pretty fast by winning, so you wouldn't face them in just a few (or maybe one) match after 3. Even in a battle like you're talking about, you still have many low ranking players in the other team for you to counter, and what I'm saying is on your side you also have vets to counter enemy vets. A battle shouldn't be decided solely by one or two vets, it's also about the whole team, so killing other players also contributes to your victory 4. When fighting against higher ranking players, if you lose, it's kind of expected, so you won't lose much ranking, but if you win, your ranking would increase by a lot, so losing a few matches because of vets isn't that much of an issue from ranking point of view. I have an alt with less than 10 mil SP that has been put against a squad of proto players in every single battle since the update. I'm leaving the account to gather dust til things even out a bit.
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 199	Posted - 2015.04.16 23:52:00 - [5] - Quote Matches today have been really lopsided and underpopulated. 16 (multiple squads) v 6 was a personal low point of the day. It was seriously boring. And a challenge to reach 150wp.
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 201	Posted - 2015.04.17 10:04:00 - [6] - Quote Adipem Nothi wrote: Raptor Princess wrote: Matches today have been really lopsided and underpopulated. 16 (multiple squads) v 6 was a personal low point of the day. It was seriously boring. And a challenge to reach 150wp. If you're playing Dom, I'd recommend not doing so. I've had pretty good luck in Skirm today. Wait times in Ambush are a 'bit long at the moment, but the fights have been full. Im fed up of skirmish after a week of factionals :( In the end, my squad gave up on pubs and went back to fw where we knew we would get 16v16
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 217	Posted - 2015.04.23 06:09:00 - [7] - Quote I was in several matches 2 nights ago where Scotty didn't replace the mercs who left in the first 30 seconds. One match ended 12v3 if I remember correctly. I played no even matches all night because of it.
Raptor Princess ALLOTEC INC 238	Posted - 2015.05.13 01:21:00 - [8] - Quote This could be down to the server errors today, however I was just in this match: Initial spawn End of battle report My team started with twice as many mercs, and nobody was replaced after leaving.