Grand Arena matchmaking.
I'll start by saying that I love Grand Arena as a feature and hope you guys keep running it on a frequent basis. Two a month would probably be ideal, but I'm sure that's going to be tough to balance a...
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"Waqui;c-1787713" wrote:"jayjonbeach;c-1787711" wrote:"Waqui;c-1787710" wrote:"jayjonbeach;c-1787705" wrote:"Waqui;c-1787663" wrote:
Your suggestions would make match-making more unfair, @jayjonbeach. The matches would be more even, yes, but less fair. Your suggestions wouldn't 'fix' the algorithm - they would break it. Even and fair are two different things.
Why not explain how you think it is going to be unfair, in even match-ups as I proposed, especially compared to the SAD state of how match-ups are determined now, with a single parameter resulting in VERY lop-sided match ups @Waqui
Even match-ups will give players, who developed a weaker roster, an easier path to winning high rank rewards in GA and give players, who developed a strong roster (same GP as the weaker ones), a harder path to winning the same high rank rewards. I don't see this as fair. A believe, that mixing stronger and weaker rosters (even GP) in the groups of 8 is far more fair.
Furthermore, I don't believe, the match-making algorithm only considers one parameter currently. It's just your assumption, that it does.
We agree to disagree then, the current algo is trash, I fully agree with the OP
Agreed. We disagree.
On a side note:
If weakly developed rosters can win 1st rank rewards, what would the incentive be for them to develop a stronger roster?
I really think you are confused on the issue. The OP and myself are talking about even matches, which is a point you seem to understand. Then you seem to assume that in an even match-up, someone is going to be much weaker, this is where you go off the rails.
The whole point being made here is this is what is happening now, people who built deep rosters instead of very narrow but strong ones are at a huge disadvantage in this event. If the match-ups were done either by how the OP described, or how I described, this would no longer happen. Now you would have more even teams in the grouping, as in, there ARE NO WEAK teams, see. All 8 are fairly even, and have a FAIRLY EVEN chance of winning, so will then have to work for the win.
If you still don't see this, I really can't help further.
