Upcoming MM update: only your worst expectations

[Lautrec of Carim]

I guess it's better not to wait too much and be prepared for the worst outcome. Also it is fun to imagine how existing matchmaking can be made worse. For example:

list of new (worst) options for matchmaking:

• bugged checkbox "play with teams of three" that can't be disabled if once checked;
  
• MM improvement - no region selection, but you can choose daytime on map which you want to play, and there's three options: day/night/down;
  
• no player's steam name or prestige/level on kill screen, only hunter's info;
  
• new option checkbox: "play with higher skill opponents" that permanently enables and can't be disabled until you prestige

I know it's prying time for all of us, hunters, but let's have fun at least. Please, suggest only the most enraging options.

[take tome as core I feed]

引用自 James：

The game would be worthless without PvP, but I only need the potential for PvP to keep the game interesting to me.

Yeah, same. I feel like in Trios its too easy to realize, "Well, that's the entire server" after hearing some fights pop off. I like that in duos its harder to take mental inventory of all the fighting/deaths you hear; knowing there could be "at least one more team out there" makes it a lot more thrilling.

[James]

引用自 SIN7 Clayton Bigsby：

引用自 James：

I don't mind not getting into a fight. I sorta liked it back when rounds were often empty. The game would be worthless without PvP, but I only need the potential for PvP to keep the game interesting to me.

Its the same reason I also like Sea of Thieves. Sometimes you don't run into another crew in a session and sometimes you are constantly fighting.

i can get behind that. It is honestly nice sometimes when you do get randomly thrown into empty servers and can xp farm lol

its also fun when you get too comfortable assuming the match is empty and you are ultra relaxed talking with your teammates and farming loudly and a sneaky boi suddenly drops one of your friends.

[James]

引用自 Kevin Sorbo as Hercules：

引用自 James：

The game would be worthless without PvP, but I only need the potential for PvP to keep the game interesting to me.

Yeah, same. I feel like in Trios its too easy to realize, "Well, that's the entire server" after hearing some fights pop off. I like that in duos its harder to take mental inventory of all the fighting/deaths you hear; knowing there could be "at least one more team out there" makes it a lot more thrilling.

the math can be slightly more complex if you aren't in a trio when you play trios though. Two bounties leaving is either 2 or 3 players and there is a higher potential for solos and duos to be in when you make the math weird by being a solo or duo in trios

[Lautrec of Carim]

A new more terrifying "improvements" for matchmaking:
New ELO bracket system will match players not by KDA, or win/loss, but how many bounties have you collected. And every time you collect bounty and think to escape you will now think - do you really that need to be in a match with high skilled players? :)

And one more "improvement": before the match start, you can place a bet on yourself, the more money you put - the more skilled opponents will appear in match. What can be better than x10 money loss.

[BLACKcOPstRIPPa]

引用自 SIN7 PussNuggets：

I played trios last night with some friends for the first time in almost 400 hours lol. Felt a bit boring to me compared to duos or going in solo. Felt like there were hardly any fights, you'd be lucky to get more than your team and one other team and the fights that did happen were over fairly fast.

To each their own though. Wasn't my coup of tea.

Most the time yes, but I have had some good time insane fights, once right outside fort carimack on the land side where the two entrance are and there is always horses there, all 4 teams had a huge fight, and there was no boss there lol. It just happened to play out like that, my team lost but me and one ally survived and the other team left and went to bosses and got bounties, we ended up leaving because we had like no health bars left and didn't want to lose a already hi leveled character.
But the fight was amazing.

Another fight, at prison over looking wheat fields, had a fight us in n prison towers, a team hiding around hay baked and another in the woods behind them, amazing fight for us and woods team, the team in field, well... They died kinda fast lol

Another fight, don't know name, but it was woods, where me and ally were. Than a road and a fence and two barns in locations where 3 team was.
Middle of gun fight shooting back and forth right, team #2 walks right up road between us and team #3 just strolls right up side of fence rofl.
I killed two and the third got me, but I lol'd so hard, they were clueless and we were shooting guns back and forth at other team lol

[Lautrec of Carim]

Nobody here discussing the topic, but trolls trying to derail this thread, though, nobody participate in discussion, anyways, I will write down my thoughts avout upcoming update, maybe later people will find that funny.
My latest thoughts about matchmaking update is that there will be no update at all. I mean, yeah, your steam client will download an update, but overall it would have no effect at all, and we will have an opportunity to watch a placebo effect. It is scientifically approved that some people will feel improvement, will notice how the game became run smooth and matchmaking became so perfect.

[James]

引用自 Lautrec of Carim：

It is scientifically approved that some people will feel improvement, will notice how the game became run smooth and matchmaking became so perfect.

and don't forget, some will also complain about how bad the "new" matchmaking is (even if they literally change nothing).

[KC_MrGreen]

No one can imagine the strange confuseing ways the devs think and the weird ways they make their priorities for their game.

Dont even try.

Just expect to get a "wow..." moment

[BLACKcOPstRIPPa]

引用自 Lautrec of Carim：

Nobody here discussing the topic, but trolls trying to derail this thread, though, nobody participate in discussion, anyways, I will write down my thoughts avout upcoming update, maybe later people will find that funny.
My latest thoughts about matchmaking update is that there will be no update at all. I mean, yeah, your steam client will download an update, but overall it would have no effect at all, and we will have an opportunity to watch a placebo effect. It is scientifically approved that some people will feel improvement, will notice how the game became run smooth and matchmaking became so perfect.

That would be funny if they just did optimization which made game run alittle smoother server end, and people thought oh ya matchmaking is way better now😀

I half agree with your comment.
There are people on here not being constructive, but some of us care about others thoughts and want to have a part in hopefully making it better for everyone to play.

So do you have any thoughts on how this would be done? Or what may help get matchmaking to a slightly better spot?

I have already posted my thoughts on it above, but quick reiteration.
I think current system wasn't a bad idea on paper but was in practice, K/D and some sort of stat tracking behind scenes we don't know 100% what those are.

Verse most people saying we need it to be K/D which I have said I believe isn't the answer, why would be. Because everyone's K/D right now is high or low etc, but if K/D determines your lobby too players will plummet and bottom players who are decent will rise, but eventually we will end up in a weird spot were matchmaking won't be accurate.
Simply because a 12.0 player right now to maintain, would need to kill entire lobby and win every game, if he is facing other 12.0 players than someone is going to plummet in K/D, but than they are facing worse people and that's back to we're we are today.

I think Crytek original thoughts, K/D with stats in backend is best idea, just wrong execution. Maybe there are better stats to track? K/D along with average XP or something? I don't know I'm not a dev. I just feel the current system is close to what we need if they tweak and adjust how it works.

That's my opinion, everyone has one lol

So you can either participate and be helpful, or be one of those people you mentioned in your post and not help discuss and shape conversation in a constructive way.

[Lautrec of Carim]

For those here, who think "constructive way" to discuss is to ignore the topic, I will remind it:
this thread I devoted to discuss the worst imaginable outcome of MM update, for fun. It's not the place where you discuss other topics - anything beyond the topic is derailing, and I will just ignore such comments. I appreciate every comment in this thread if it contains any addressing to the topic. Thanks guys 😌

[Al3x!el]

All low tier weapons can trigger a malfunction wich forces you to stand still and hold a key to solf the problem for 10 secounds (also makes a lot of noise)

Implement new armor type west that can be achieved by massive grind and can be collected once the wearing person gets killed. Wearing it reduces the dmg taken by low tier weapons by 80%.

Rename game to : Escape from Tarkov

GG

[Lautrec of Carim]

I think I need to explain maybe? I not willing to discuss the better way of improving matchmaking :), it's not interesting at all. Everybody who has at least 10 hours in Hunt: Showdown knows how bad mm is. And I don't care! :) I want something positive and funny :)

[Lautrec of Carim]

引用自 Alexiel：

All low tier weapons can trigger a malfunction wich forces you to stand still and hold a key to solf the problem for 10 secounds (also makes a lot of noise)

Implement new armor type west that can be achieved by massive grind and can be collected once the wearing person gets killed. Wearing it reduces the dmg taken by low tier weapons by 80%.

Rename game to : Escape from Tarkov

GG

That one is awesome. Not MM exactly, but nice example of silly mechanics :) thank you

[Lautrec of Carim]

How about matchmaking "improvements":
If you load on empty or not full map, or your team is the last survival on map (and there's still 30 minutes left), new players will load during the match several times. xD
My god I love that stupid improvement, it would definitely enrage all players.

[James]

引用自 Lautrec of Carim：

How about matchmaking "improvements":
If you load on empty or not full map, or your team is the last survival on map (and there's still 30 minutes left), new players will load during the match several times. xD
My god I love that stupid improvement, it would definitely enrage all players.

isn't that sort of how tarkov works?