Matchmaking

At first I was LOVING the matchmaking system. In the first day after the update I shot up from a struggling 1400 infamy to 1800... Then past two days have been nothing but losses. I'm at 1200 infamy now!
Which leads me to wonder, what exactly causes my matchups? It seems like my opponents have infinitely stronger weapons than I do.
I'm ftp rocking epics at level 10 and my opponents will have 2 or 3 tier epic weapons, legendary weapons and/or multiple rare at tier 4+.
Say my teammates and I don't work well together, that will account for some of my losses for sure. However, when I do half the damage of my opponents but hit them 4 times more than they manage to hit me... there's a problem!!! And how is it possible that I was matched up with people who don't mesh w/me for around 30 battles in a row? There's definitely more to the story...

Am I not skilled enough to have past 1200 infamy?
I've been 1600 for the past few weeks for a while, losing a little under half of my battles. Now I lose 10 out of 11. The game isn't fun anymore!

Maybe some clarity on this new matchmaking system may help. Anyone know what does it? Would be awesome to be matched with people who have similar weapon strength as me. A fair fight is all I'm asking for.

 

Thats not what is calculated while match making because there is option to buy better gear. Match making is based on infamy and now boats mk level so they say. But if you are encountering stronger weapons means you have maxed out at your infamy you need to upgrade your gear in order to progress. You will not be able to reach 2k+ with mk4 now a days.

 

Not too fond of matchmaking. I dropped from 3480 to 2700 right when update came out. I was outperforming multiple 5k+ infamy players in some battles before and now only way I can win is if I use my lower mk ship (Yes you heard right)

Not sure what the deal is but I don't really care for this game anymore. Great game but poorly developed

 

Well said, agree fully with your comment.
Played many top level games before battle bay and not seen this many updates and issues.
Even the silly ads we have to watch in game are rather disappointing.

 

I was matched with some guys a few level up against me...how can I battle with the big boy with each weapon has like 800-900 damages...damn you!

 

Tired of matches with 2 fixers on the other team while we do not have a fixer... Oh and I am matched with a bunch of noobs with low DPS weapons. #nochance #wheredidmyinfamygo

 

I have 2k infamy , i was in team with GenkiGamers, he is on 3.2k infamy ... i didnt took ss but ...lmao
updates

 

From 3.6 to 2.7k . Not intentionally.

 

I haven't noticed any changes in Ace league match making. Still fighting mk7s with my level 40 rares. At 3.6k, I thought I'd get more matches with people around 3.6- 3.8k. But no, Ace got no chill.

 

But, I have to admit that new system is doing better job at distributing equal number of Ace noobs and nightmare legends on both sides.

 

I don't mind losing a lot its a fun game to me but when I see the match up like you describe it makes me wanna just leave the match cuz my team never wins or even has a chance.

 

Yeah something definitely changed.
Went from 4k - 4.5k in quite a short time.

 

1. A fair fight with same level ships and weapons is impossible, especially if we are trying to raise our infamy level. There must be a certain level where things become more difficult. If we are to expect fair fight all the time, then a real skilled mk2 or mk3 can also reach nightmare league because their opponent will always be same ship tier and weapons.
2. I think the matchmaking is influenced a lot by ship tier after the update. This is definitely a disaster for infamy droppers. But it is only well suited for low ship tier like mine (mk1-mk4).
And then higher infamy players would complain. I think this is because the range of strength between higher infamy level players are enormous.
For example with captain level 31 you can get a mk5 but some players who play a long time and reach captain level 39 are still having a mk5. It is same mk5 but with different strength. That's why matchmaking based on infamy is better-suited for higher level players. But MM based on ship tier is better-suited for lower level players.
It is just my personal opinion.

Cheers

 

And as a mk4, I like this matchmaking system. It is more balanced for me. I once met where the unfriends has 2 fixers while we have none. But that was because those fixers are in fleet together. That is once. The other time I find the matchmaking is more balance. Almost same ship tier all the time, except when a mk5 decide to get in fleet with a mk1. Problem should be on that particular mk5.

 

That's a load of bs
Mk2 in my 2k infamy match up the other day

 

Same me and paccdaddy been loyal we been not playing much and I don't really care too. The greed's got too much


What's funny is they say the pearl gifts in Raffles are hurtinf them. I'd say the countless people who refuse to spend money that they use to Al the time on this game is why. Because of certain issues that make people not want to fund Bb

 

Went from 2400 to 1600 F that. And I got punished for it lol doing 8-10k damage each time and my team doing 1k.
Sorry only so much I can do

 

That is because they used under leveled ship check out their main ship must be a mark 5.
You cannot control anyone if they are intent on losing bad luck to have such team mates.

 

I know this but just like if you tried to Fleet with someone too high of infamy it doesn't let you. It should not let you get into a batch at a certain infamy with a certain level ship

 

People playing to work quests are using under-leveled ships and equipment, and hoping for the best, knowing that their teammates will have to carry them. I've seen it in quite a few games. Sometimes its been in my favor. The way that the quests are functioning has also encouraged some people to tank, since it makes it easier for them to work quests at lower infamy. Its been frustrating. I've been trying to gauge though, how often it works against me and for me. I do think that it equals out over time. But its infuriating to go on a decent run, only to get end up on a string battles where your teammates are using tier one common or uncommon weapons, or ships that are two or three MK levels lower than what they should be playing with. Does that guy bringing in an MK2 enforcer into a match with all MK5's really think his team is going to have a good chance to carry him to a win?