DaJizzle wrote:@d1v4d
I'm wondering how they would do this? Do they balance out the teams based on the total number of favor points that a player has. Looking back at the stats they just released, a team (Team A) of 4 with each player having a total of 50k combined favor individually versus a team (Team B) of 4 with each player have 100k favor individually would be outmatched (obviously).
But what if it was (Team A) 2 with 100k and 2 with 50k versus (Team B) 2 with 100k and 2 with 50k. I would technically be a balanced match based upon such. It wouldn't go by god level but overall skill level. But it definitely needs to be explained how the match making sets up teams.
I honestly have no clue. Apparently they have their ways of knowing, but it's clearly not as fine-tuned as we'd hoped while playing the Beta.
If it is based on Favor, then that's a poor way to go about it. So many factors come into play when you rack-up Favor, skill is actually barely even in there.
As of now I think that's how it is, though.
DaJizzle wrote:
I agree. But with the stats released, they clearly stated that was the easiest way to compile that list. So, they may have been trying that out during the beta with the match making.
Yup, and they also said there will be a "skill" based leadboard during the game, or something along those lines.
I'm stumped, got no clue.
SirCrush wrote:I hate to keep going BACK to this, but SSM DID have a hand in the development of Twisted Metal...That being said:
In TM they actually had quite an ACCURATE "Skill" rating (0-100%) that accounted for many factors to determine your skill. Perhaps SSM is using a similar formula here?
A few problems with TM's skill formula:
1) It favored only DM or TDM modes (other modes would almost assuredly LOWER your skill rating based on the formula, no matter how well you did)
B) Certain "styles" of play would benefit your skill rating...for example, kill stealing was an easy way to give you a favored skill.
III) Upon having a rough start, one could back out (as long as your KDR =/> 1:1) and not have an adverse affect on skill. Obviously a 7-6 KDR with daqmage done and damage received being almost 1:1 would have an adverse affect on your skill...but backing out could prevent that "hit" to skill rating.
If skill is visible or hidden, matchmaking on random games COULD be a problem with the above circumstances but honestly, the way TM's skill was factored it seemed to not matter much since there was a "Games List" to choose from and you could avoid the cheapp players quite easily (once you learned who they were anyways).
I like skill-based matchmaking, especially in skill-based games. I think a good formula could avert many lopsided matches in this way. There will always be problems in matchmaking systems. Have you EVER played a multiplayer game where matchmaking WASN'T a problem? I hope to see some kind of TM-like matchmaking system in GoW:A.
Twisted Metal's skill system was decent, nothing amazing. Mine hovered around 96+ at all times, but I did have to work my a** off during the objective-based modes.
I hope K/D isn't anything big in Ascension, wouldn't make sense.
