How to make combat power better

[Ravendark]

Right now matchmaking is based on MMR not combat power, combat power does not represent the skill of the player really, even if so it is less accurate at doing so.
But in any case is basically does the same thing as MMR, so why do we need it then?

I can go from 800 MMR to 1200 MMR and not gain any combat power in the process (stuck on 30k btw), because i will rise in MMR with a 55-60% winrate but my combat power will stay exactly the same! (and it has)

You lose more combat power than you gain, 800+ for a win, 1200- for a loss right now.

What exactly does this system accomplish other than to annoy the player and deliver FOMO? (fear of missing out)

It literally keeps me from playing the game because im afraid to lose more combat power,
why did we need this toxic addition to the game?

It was way more fun to just play without that in alpha (i know CP was there but it didnt have a purpose really).

So how to fix that? Simple.

Make it so you can no longer lose combat power, period.

Combat power gain however is based on
1. how much combat power your opponent has
2. how much combat power you already have.

Simple example.

You have 10.000 CP, you gain 1.000 per win.
You have 50.000 CP, you gain 500 per win.
You have 100.000 CP you gain 100 per win.

It also takes into account how much CP your opponent has (higher CP than you = more gain).

This way to unlock the very endgame rewards in the season pass you have to PLAY ALOT and have a healthy winrate.
But anyone can technically get to all the rewards by just playing.
Just playing the game casually will always progress you in the season, while playing the game alot will definitely do so.

For example to get from 100.000 CP to 120.000 (next reward) you would have to win 200 matches! thats at least 300+ games, if anyone is playing that much they should be rewarded, no matter what MMR they are and how many winstreaks they had.

So eventually there will be a cap, it could also be made so that combat power is hardcapped at a certain level and whoever reaches that first gets a reward.

Also keep in mind that all combat power resets at the start of the next season,
so maximum combat power is also just limited by time.

In any case with this system you always progress, you never lose, and if you really want all rewards you have to play a lot (this also encourages players to play more which helps with queue times).

But losing a few games will not make a big difference because it is a long grind anyway.
So there will be less toxicity about a loss because you need a lot of wins anyway and dont lose anything by losing (except for MMR of course).

You could finally play for fun again and get rid of that combat power loss pressure...

!!! If you play a lot and are dedicated to the game then your combat power will represent that, while your MMR will still represent your skill level. !!!

!!! This is literally the best of two worlds and I dont understand why it is not implemented like that... !!!

I would really like to see it implemented like that, hope this gets done

[GotMilk]

+1 cause I agree with most of the things written above.
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- The only thing that you are "misinterpreting" a bit is the following statement:
"why did we need this toxic addition to the game?"
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- Cause the order they were implemented was the other way around. We already had the CP-rating system (and also the MMR-system) during early access. The Battlepass only came later after the launch.
- So it's not that they added the CP-system with the BP, or right before the BP. :)
- The CP system was flawed and pointless (since we already had MMR) during Early Access as well. The mistake was attaching the BP-rewarding mechanism to this very flawed and actually pointless extra system (CP-system).
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- The other thing I don't fully agree is that you say that after 100 000 CP one win should be worth 100 points, a defeat 0, and even you acknowledge that for 20 000 points you would need like 300 matches.
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- Now that you can have up to 180 000 points to unlock the very last season reward as well, that means that only for these last 80 000 points one would need roughly 1200 games (not considering all the games till the first 100 000 points).
- If you count it for the remaining 73 days, that is 17 games EVERY SINGLE DAY from today till the end of the season (if we suppose that you are already exactly at 100 000 CP today) ....
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- No days off, no matter if you have to stay at work some days longer, if you have family events, if you or your child is ill and have to go to the doctor - no.... EVERY SINGLE DAY 17 games!
- And let's not forget, that right now nobody is at 100 000 points yet.... The top of the top are around 70- 80k points.....
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- So with those numbers, if you make the progress after 100 000 points into "baby-steps" people would absolutely HATE THE GRIND!
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- Cause if you HAVE TO PLAY on the average 17 games a day EVERY SINGLE DAY, considering the game-time, and the waiting time in the queue and that you sometimes have to go to the toilet, that's at least like 170-240 minutes of Mechabellum every single day - depending on how long you are in the queue and how long you stretch your legs between the games..... So every single day on the average 3-4 hours, where your job doesn't matter, your family doesn't matter, your test next day at the university doesn't matter, where that you have an extreme high fever and you are coughing blood doesn't matter - all that matters is that you make your daily 3-4 hours of "compulsory-Mechabellum-grind", or the next day you would have to do 6-8 hours or 2 days later 9-12 hours JUST TO WORK for the 1 or 2 days where you could not play...
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- That would be abysmal. I would certainly instantly uninstall this game... (And I am 10000% sure that that would cause many other players to do the same.)
- Sorry, but no game will "force" me to sit there every day for hours, where I have to ignore my other tasks, my health issues or if some days I just don't feel like it at all, or after losing my first 3 games of the day in a row....
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- So your basic idea is undoubtedly good, but I do honestly believe that with 100 points per victory after 100K points till 180K points (till the last season bracket) with on the average 1200 more games to play it would be insanely too much to ask for a Battlepass in a game (even if you are at 100 000 CP already - nobody is tho - otherwise a lot more games actually depending on how far you currently are from 100K points) ... :o
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- I am certainly NOT looking for a SECOND JOB in my freetime when I am supposed to enjoy myself, not force myself, JUST BECAUSE I MUST, or else the next day I will have to do twice as much and so on..... :D

[GotMilk]

But still, your basic idea is great, just the numbers have to be "refined" a bit further to be actually a user-friendly gaming experience, not a nerve-wrecking sweaty grind. :D