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7 years ago
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lvl 5 getting matched with lvl 6+

Its complete BS.  Without the enemy making a serious mistake there is no hope to beat someone who gets 2 harvesters when someone only has one.

FIX IT

  • Hi @aimanzabara,

    The second harvester unlocks at Player Level 6. Once you've reached that level, you should be able to build two harvesters in a match.

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  • This just isn't true. As someone who is level 12 and has occasionally been in the top 100 in all three categories, I probably only get double harvesters in about 25% or less of my games. You do need to be aggressive though. There are lots of good builds for early aggression but I would suggest barracks -> rockets/lasers -> first harvester. Or perhaps war factory -> pitbull/bike -> harvester. 

    Anyone who goes double harvester immediately should lose a harvester to you which gives you more than enough money to keep up. Plus, having one less harvester means one less unit, which means you can produce faster. 

    (Also EA, this is an example of what I mean when I say that the inherent 'unfairness' of the game obscures whether loses are from player choices or level/unit imbalance which leads to frustration and anger. Players should be compensated when given unfair match ups and probably all losses in general.) 

  • JadeXyan's avatar
    JadeXyan
    7 years ago
    speaking to cotton, yeah the player population is small and particularly very few new players get in each week so matchmaking definitely is a bit wonky in places including the starting bit.

    To address some of the things Abishai brings up, aside from how to get around this (because yeah, most of us don't build two harvesters), plans to compensate players in unfair matchups are in the works, they've talked about essentially making such matches challenge matches where if you win you'll get more of a reward and if you lose you'll lose nothing.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    I dont have a second harvester option ?!
    I thought that the 2 harvesters option comes with high level base or captain ..
  • EA_dance210's avatar
    EA_dance210
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    7 years ago

    Hi @aimanzabara,

    The second harvester unlocks at Player Level 6. Once you've reached that level, you should be able to build two harvesters in a match.

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