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Seasoned Rookie

6 months ago

TW matchmaking

So i've been hesitating if i wanna make a post about this or not but after the recent matchmaking my guild is facing that kinda sealed it for me. I know everyone talks about GAC matchmaking and yes i...

New Scout

6 months ago

TW really need to move from the on-the-fly matchmaking and have something by ranking based, similar to grand arena. Groups of 4 guilds vying for places at the end of the week with something like the skill rating in GAC.

It won’t totally eliminate horrible matches (see e.g. some guilds that only try if it’s an easy matchup where they get to steamroller some poor guild 100M below them) but it will vastly reduce it and make more competitive matches. Week-to-week ranking wouldn’t be affected by sign up numbers so the incentive to sit out is removed so no sandbagging (sorry I meant ‘TW optional’ the politically correct word for it.

Add in a reward structure that incentives higher rankings and we should have a fair, competitive game mode

harvestmouse1

Seasoned Ace

6 months ago

zi2gx2uwva24 wrote:
TW really need to move from the on-the-fly matchmaking and have something by ranking based, similar to grand arena. Groups of 4 guilds vying for places at the end of the week with something like the skill rating in GAC.

While I do agree (massive fan of ladder systems) there would be issues. During the summer of last year the biggest guilds in the game started to drop TW from their activities.

This was partly a protest in there was so much to do and that they really didn't need the rewards.

If guilds are still/start to/feel inclined to do this, it'll ruin the ladder. Rewards would probably need to be improved and in some way lessen the stress of 'guild life'. E.g. make TB and Raid battles instantly uploadable.