Upgraded and mk7 and waiting for the punishment to end....

I upgraded to shooter mk7. My infamy was at about 2,000 and I knew I was going to get placed into higher infamy battles but when will this get back to normal. I'm playing against players with an infamy of about 2500+ and the teams I end up on are terrible (e.g. I'm the highest scorer and I'm now down to 1600 infamy!). When will the punishment for upgrading end?

When I previously upgraded to mk6 I went through the same thing (playing against higher infamy), but it only lasted about 1 week. It's been 2.5 weeks and the punishment is still coming.

 

I assumed somebody from Battle Bay would answer me..... Nobody out there????

 

I would help, but I really don't understand your issue.
Upgrading your ship doesn't punish you. But if you drop more than +/- 800 infamy, game triggers its anti-tanking system, to prevent poor Mk4s from being raped by Mk7s at the same infamy.
You said you dropped more than 800 infamy, so that is most likely the case (reduced rewards are a good indicator also).

 

My issue is that I got thrown into higher infamy games (me at about 2000, play against infamies of at least 2500). As I said, this same sort of scenario happened when I upgraded to MK6 so I expected it, for a while. My question is when will my infamy normalize so I'm playing at the same infamy range as my high score (approx. 2200)?

The fact that my infamy has lowered is just a case of getting stuck on teams that don't play well, especially for teams with an average infamy of 2500. It's just odd that I'm usually the top scorer when my infamy never exceeded 2200.

 

No responses? Still playing on teams that maybe win 1 out of 5 games and my infamy is now in the 1500's. Still playing battles with those between 2300 and 2500.

Do I just need to quit the game? I guess battle bay has got my money so why do they care.

When will it end.

 

Punishment? Give me a reaplay of your "punishment"

 

Not sure how to post a video from a game, but the attached screen saves show my team line up (I'm the one with the real low infamy) and the post game scores. This one one of the few games my team wins, but it shows my scoring compared to others with really high infamy compared to me. I'm being set up so I can't get ahead.

 

Sadly this will go on forever and you'll eventually fall under 1k infamy and lose all your rewards. Matchmaking is based in ship mk levels so using a higher ship puts you in matches where you are expected to do all the work (kill 3-5 enemies a match or lose). I suggest you use a mk5 ship if you have one until you reach 3k infamy, then start using your mk7 again. That's your only chance.

 

Well that sucks... I knew I'd drop infamy for a while since it happened to me when I upgraded to mk6. But that eventually ended after my infamy dropped far enough and my matches became more equal.

 

Hold your finger on the yellow link up in the corner

 

Glad to know that it got better for you

 

That's unfortunate to hear you're struggling like this... MK levels have a big impact in matchmaking. My next level makes me eligible for MK7 upgrade, but I'm going to hold off a while since I don't have a single T5 Epic weapon to compete in the upgraded matches.

 

Looks as though you selectively chose screenshots to post where you are on top. All 3 of them have your team in victory...Nevermind, just realized all 3 are the same game.

Like @YerJokinArnYer said, mortars aren't really your friend, choose some more direct damage weapons if you have them available. Don't be the guy hunkered down in the back lobbing mortars.

Play games patiently and you will surely climb.

 

1. change your setup-two mortars and two railguns, that can't end well for you, once enemy gets close to you, replace at least one railgun and one mortar with grenade/blast/ex cannon/sniper/flare/carronade (not that good)
2. stick with only few (or only one if possible) setups-practice makes perfect, so playing one setup most of the time should help you in gaining infamy

please post replay of few battles, it's hard to help when you don't see playstyle etc.

 

There was an update to make matches equal in mk level ships a long time ago

 

really? that's why mk4 ships have to face mk6 ships in normal mode? and mk4 vs mk5 in events?

 

MK level is part of an overall rating used in matchmaking... so the upgrade will increase your rating, and thus your match difficulty. MK6's are all over the map, from <100 to >4000 Infamy, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

I'd change berta to firebomb/napalm, easier to land, buff my team canon dmg and push enemies out to fire those railguns. Since u mk7, u may last longer then ur team, u should try bandage for small shield. I did reach over 3k infamy using mk5 shooter n my setup pretty similar to yours.