Does anyone know how does the matchmaking system work?

[Nep]

What is it based on to match you against other players? level, hp, rarity of items?. Because I've got a mech with all legendary items and I sometimes get matched against smurfs just because they've got a bad torso and legs equipped, and it makes me wonder, should I upgrade my torso to mythical or stick to weapons first?, Will having a mythical torso, meaning more hp match me against full mythical item mechs?

[WarrMachine]

It's based on current rank and time spent in arena queue. The longer you spend in queue, the further away a potential matchup can be (by rank). This is why you'll sometimes see rank 5 players match with rank 1s, as well as other weird examples in lower ranks. 

As for the weird mechs you see in low ranks, those are smurfs. Players intentionally dropping rank to capitalize on clan win bonuses and the occasional arena win gold boost. Matchmaking has nothing to do with item rarities, but I'd suggest maxing your torso and drone first. 

[ARTY]

21 minutes ago, Nep said:

What is it based on to match you against other players? level, hp, rarity of items?. Because I've got a mech with all legendary items and I sometimes get matched against smurfs just because they've got a bad torso and legs equipped, and it makes me wonder, should I upgrade my torso to mythical or stick to weapons first?, Will having a mythical torso, meaning more hp match me against full mythical item mechs?

It's based on rank and item rarities. If you want to stop being matched against smurfs try playing at different times when a lot of them might not be online. That fixed my issue with being stuck in the lower levels. I also tried using lower level items but then I'd start losing to normal players sometimes

[OKI DOKI]

Another part that affects it is the amount of people playing. As larger the number of players, the closer rank match it will happen. If the number of players it is too low, the game will try to match you in some ways if not the loop waiting will be very long. Also, the match maker will match you up with 2 ranks up or 2 down according to your rank stars at the moment as basic think you can see when season end you might drop 2 ranks if you are less than halfway on rank stars. If you are full on stars, it might drop just 1 rank. 

Let say if you are R4 first star your matches will be in R6-R3 as basic. As more players are in your rank, the tendency will be R4 fights. If not enough can be R5 having more player's base people crossing. If you are an R4 full stars the rank to go for, it will normally switch to R4-R2. Crossing the middle of stars on rank it will shift the match. 

1 hour ago, WarrMachine said:

It's based on current rank and time spent in arena queue. The longer you spend in queue, the further away a potential matchup can be (by rank). This is why you'll sometimes see rank 5 players match with rank 1s, as well as other weird examples in lower ranks. 

As for the weird mechs you see in low ranks, those are smurfs. Players intentionally dropping rank to capitalize on clan win bonuses and the occasional arena win gold boost. Matchmaking has nothing to do with item rarities, but I'd suggest maxing your torso and drone first. 

WOW, a rarity to see a top player making comments as used to be. 

This is a today match when checking my mechs for future changes for match tendency with lower cap. Sure, my test mech will win. 

[Nep]

On 9/15/2023 at 6:37 PM, WarrMachine said:

It's based on current rank and time spent in arena queue. The longer you spend in queue, the further away a potential matchup can be (by rank). This is why you'll sometimes see rank 5 players match with rank 1s, as well as other weird examples in lower ranks. 

As for the weird mechs you see in low ranks, those are smurfs. Players intentionally dropping rank to capitalize on clan win bonuses and the occasional arena win gold boost. Matchmaking has nothing to do with item rarities, but I'd suggest maxing your torso and drone first. 

Then why is it that smurfs use lvl 1 grey legs if rarity doesn't affect matchmaking?, isn't it to get matched against lower level players? or is there another reason I don't know about

[WarrMachine]

4 minutes ago, Nep said:

Then why is it that smurfs use lvl 1 grey legs if rarity doesn't affect matchmaking?, isn't it to get matched against lower level players? or is there another reason I don't know about

They use low hp torso and legs with maxed weapons to end fights quickly against other smurfs. It's the fastest way to farm wins for the clan reward and daily bonuses as previously mentioned. 

[OKI DOKI]

32 minutes ago, Nep said:

Then why is it that smurfs use lvl 1 grey legs if rarity doesn't affect matchmaking?, isn't it to get matched against lower level players? or is there another reason I don't know about

As WarrMachine indicated, lower HP will affect match maker. Match maker it does affect overall in the mech level up. As any part in particular it has been level up, the match will enhance against to whom you will fight. This is true even with modules enhancement. I test this for almost 4 years of testing because constant issues against my own accounts and still happen. 

To be in your rank with those torsos and legs, they lose on purpose. Sure, the game will try to match you up with the more proper mech in some ways, but they force the loss. 

As they lose, the rank will be losing stars, and the match maker will change gears accordantly till they reach the rank they are looking for. 

When the stars start to go up when winning abusing one fight after another, they then lose on purpose again to lower rank or stay in that particular rank. 

Many of them to advance on wins faster, they drop below rank 15 to play 1v1 and that it will make them tons of wins. 

They do not care about ranks but wins to get tokens etc. 

Sure, it does not matter if change torso or leg or else, if you want to lose, you can lose and can be on any rank you want to let say R25 with a mech belong to R1. Of course, people will be angrier to see that and maybe in that case, the player can suffer a lock out for abuser. 

 

We have to separate testers and abusers. 

Testers behave according to real power level of respective ranks where they will fight to see possibilities and observe changes that might help the rest of the players.

Some testers, were granted conditions in some ways by the game owners for new parts release etc. 

Abuser de-rank and with power does not belong to ranks, they take wins belong to lower ranks. 

There are few testers not by the game owner grants. They test conditions and new possibilities on their ranks or lower ranks and see what happens with minors' modifications or heavier modifications. 

For example, I do test weapons outputs vs modules on respective mech selection during match maker. After enough fights and collect in a file the info, I can predict the damage and match maker itself what will do on regular selections in some ways. 

That it does apply to torsos, modules, different levels of the modules like L1 or an L25 to see the breaking point barriers and tons of others test I do or better say used to do and my kids do just few barely anything because I am retired. Sometimes I ask to stay on R5-R4 to review matches at particular hours. The diversity on R7-R6 it is big and better to test on that area because the kind of matches vs top real players vs true people belong there that are powerful enough to cross to R5 or higher on all seasons or more like 1V1 and 2V2. 

On my test, I try to reach the max rank can be obtained with the limitations created on purpose and when it is decent enough on combat or too good having lower expectations, it is modified to reflect the hard conditions to sustain the rank. 

For example, this is a mech belong to R7-R6 test. It is base to check match maker as combo with another with limitations and can sustain R7 and push to R6 and touched R5. Depending on the season let say 3V3 season, some players do not have enough power to play 3v3 and stay on purpose on R6 and it is logical to do that because without a real powerful or semi powerful 3er mech it will stay losing fight after fight. So better fight at R6 where can get a few wins fighting against a group with the same issues for a 3er mech. 

On those conditions because the power of those players on 1V1 to 2V2 are comparable to R3-R1, my mechs can't sustain rank and was pushed to R9 currently at R8. 

That create an issue to lower rankers. Having a powerful mech like this one, it will affect lowers ranks matches. Naturally the mech was pushed down but will harm because the mech will be matched to lower rankers too weak to fight the mech and that create a cascade down to the R25. 

This kind of issues will be more on 2V2 season and 3V3 season. Sure, 1v1 season will happen some but people will try to get into the higher spot on 1v1 if possible. That means, not only you have abusers in your rank, but seasons also affect them because players limitations to fight even they have good power are knock down. 

For example, because my mechs were pushed down, it matched with an R9. Sure, it is MYTH maxed out energy mech but with limited resistance losing the fight because if my mech keeps going down, it will harm even more. That happens to many other players with some deficiencies vs those that can fight 1V1 and 2V2 full power but not a 3v3 just for the say. 

[Nep]

That makes sense, so they just want to make the fights shorter to optimize the games per hour. I guess I'll upgrade the torso then, thanks for the help!

[OKI DOKI]

3 hours ago, Nep said:

That makes sense, so they just want to make the fights shorter to optimize the games per hour. I guess I'll upgrade the torso then, thanks for the help!

yes.

As WarrMachine recommend, normally the torso and drone are primary to be maxed. 

Also, when you enhance torso, the HP will be higher. That will match you up with even higher HP players but can give you some extra leverage with more energy and heat caps and will add also some resistance as go up plus will fight at higher spot and earning more gold per fight.

Take in consideration when you enhance a weapon. The majority of the weapons are dependable of energy consumption and that include heat that might overheat or will drain the energy available on your own mech using the weapon plus the opponent attack will amplify that. 

Those guys do have powerful L50 parts, but their modules are up to some point to be able to use them. 

This is just an example. Forget about the power enhanced in this case. Just check the cost to use it.  That means, it is a weapon that will overheat your mech if you are not careful. Modules are essential to sustain power. Using the drone max out, by default it will affect too according to what type of drone. Some of the eat HP to grant power but also affect other attributes. 

EPIC 

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Myth L50