New TW matchmaking
So, am I blind or there is no news about this here (for example - how it will work), but we have messege in game? I`m not complaning about communication again, but it`s kinda weird
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"Kyno;c-1704357" wrote:
But you are stating it's a fact that it always happens, and that doesnt seem to be the case.
No, the poster is stating it as a fact that it has happened to their guild, not that it happens to all guilds all the time.
It has happened to my guild at least 3 times, and at least one of those guilds did it intentionally (they have been called out in the TW matchmaking feedback thread on multiple occasions).
And no, you don't always get 45 on 45 or 48 on 48. In each case that it has happened to my guild, it is 47 or 48 (them) on 50 (us), the TW board is reduced to 24 slots per sector, and the opposing guild with 50 members had a 10-15m GP lead on us. This is completely unnecessary gamesmanship that an algorithm should easily catch, considering how many full guilds are actually close to us in GP.
Easy partial fix - if a guild doesn't go in with 50, either (a) match them with a guild with the same number of entrants and similar GP or (b) match them with a guild with HIGHER average GP - to encourage participation, and to disincentivize sandbagging.
Whatever fixes to the matchmaking system are made, if they don't address sandbagging, it is a failure.
