Team balance? Yeah never heard of it

[Kon]

Team balance is s*it let's be honest. Lately I have been having a lot of rounds with one team having 6 people level 800+, while the whole other team is lvl 100-. Like wtf is going on??
I would like to point this out to devs so Im creating this discussion, but I doubt that they don't know about this problem already...

[Shock and Awe]

This has been going on since the release. Zero attention given to this. Game actually binds high ranks together majority of time. Circle jerk for no lifers with 1000+ hours.

[esteban9971]

If you ask me I really don't see the problem. I have +1000 hours in the game and I am level 960 or close. I play since beta, and despite all this time of playing (about 3 years), I am still just as bad a player. I've also lost a lot of games against low-level players or those who are just starting out. So level matching doesn't make a lot of sense as it doesn't reflect the ability or dexterity you are playing with in the game. Just try to enjoy the game and its mechanics

[hobbicon]

Originally posted by Shock and Awe:

Game actually binds high ranks together majority of time. Circle jerk for no lifers with 1000+ hours.

The players play as a group, it's not a game mechanic.

[Adam]

Originally posted by FullmetalAnubis:

Team balance is s*it let's be honest. Lately I have been having a lot of rounds with one team having 6 people level 800+, while the whole other team is lvl 100-. Like wtf is going on??
I would like to point this out to devs so Im creating this discussion, but I doubt that they don't know about this problem already...

If they're in a friend's group and have joined the game together, they won't get put on separate teams.

[Shane]

You are most likely playing against a stack of friends who play together, which is fine. A lot of people would quit the game if they could only play solo.

But the problem is that when building teams, the front-end balancing ignores level completely. It out to take other higher level player who are not in the stack and put them on the other team. Because, contrary to what Estaban said, rank does matter. It's not an end all be all, but, generally speaking, a level 300 player is better than 50. Not every time, by any means, but it would be a very simple, easy guide to build better balance into games at map start.

[Infidel]

Originally posted by esteban9971:

If you ask me I really don't see the problem. I have +1000 hours in the game and I am level 960 or close. I play since beta, and despite all this time of playing (about 3 years), I am still just as bad a player. I've also lost a lot of games against low-level players or those who are just starting out. So level matching doesn't make a lot of sense as it doesn't reflect the ability or dexterity you are playing with in the game. Just try to enjoy the game and its mechanics

As a player who has +500 hours in the game i agree with this, Levels just a status about how long you've been playing this game, but i cannot neglect about how one squad wiped out inexperienced or newcomers in a single match, i've been playing frontline and push mode A LOT, everytime i saw opposite team has a +500 level in a squad i know how its gonna ended, and for me it is Unbalanced.

[hobbicon]

8 player parties is just far too much for 12/14 player modes. 2-3 per group would be OK, but these large groups are game breaking.

[MarLo]

It is not always a game party. I saw the same people next round in different teams. It is the game most of the times.

[Sgt. Pinback]

They should just give us the option to switch teams mid-game.
Then we could balance ourselves.

[DILLxDOE]

playtime resp. level is actually pretty important factor.

you might not be that good, or at least you say that. maybe you just want to have fun with strange builds etc.., what do i know.

but the one thing you got, when you played for such a long time is map knowledge.
that is huge...

[Shock and Awe]

Originally posted by Hubii:

playtime resp. level is actually pretty important factor.

you might not be that good, or at least you say that. maybe you just want to have fun with strange builds etc.., what do i know.

but the one thing you got, when you played for such a long time is map knowledge.
that is huge...

Not just map knowledge, more like intimately knowing every pixel.