My suggestion is to strictly check all players for required rank ships before launching PvE. I constantly see people with Rank8-9 ships squadded with a person with R11-R14. Obviously the lower ranks can’t even launch, meaning we have one player down from the beginning.
My suggestion is to strictly check all players for required rank ships before launching PvE. I constantly see people with Rank8-9 ships squadded with a person with R11-R14. Obviously the lower ranks can’t even launch, meaning we have one player down from the beginning.
I have been telling them this over 1 year ago, but nobody cares.
Or I have been getting in to matches where I will be with another all-R9 ships and there will be an all-R4 ship player.
This is really silly.
This once happened with me, the other guys got toxic towards me cuz I am the only one alive but didn’t do my work fast because I was trying to use my brain instead of rushing but I lost. Anyways I’ll make a good funny video from that mission, because I recorded it and still have it. It’s hilarious.
My suggestion is to strictly check all players for required rank ships before launching PvE. I constantly see people with Rank8-9 ships squadded with a person with R11-R14. Obviously the lower ranks can’t even launch, meaning we have one player down from the beginning.
The problem is not that different people in the same squad use different ranks of ships. The problem is that the game refuses to let the lower rank people join the actual battle, for nobody knows what arbitrary reasons.
The game does it in many places. It tries to force people into a very specific way of playing that has no justification whatsoever. It’s an allout “because I say so”, and nothing more. Seriously, what’s the reason to forbid my maxed-out rank 9 ship to participate in the mission that was initiated by a synergy 1 rank 10 ship?
I could continue with other places where the game does that, and why this is one of the main reasons for the very limited success on the game market, but that’s another topic.
The problem is not that different people in the same squad use different ranks of ships. The problem is that the game refuses to let the lower rank people join the actual battle, for nobody knows what arbitrary reasons.
The game does it in many places. It tries to force people into a very specific way of playing that has no justification whatsoever. It’s an allout “because I say so”, and nothing more. Seriously, what’s the reason to forbid my maxed-out rank 9 ship to participate in the mission that was initiated by a synergy 1 rank 10 ship?
I could continue with other places where the game does that, and why this is one of the main reasons for the very limited success on the game market, but that’s another topic.
Dont go that far. For now simple solution like this would do.
I think you misunderstand how simple it is to NOT grey out the ships, once the matchmaking picked a scenario. As a software developer I can assure you that this is very simple to change. Depending on the architecture, it’s even more simple than what you suggest, which would be a change in the matchmaking.
The responsibility of the matchmaking is to build squads and pick a scenario. And allowing rank 9 and rank 10 to play together is very much a good thing. There is absolutely NO reason to deny my rank 9 friend his participation if I opened a rank 10 scenario. That’s why the matchmaking rightfully allows rank 9 and rank 10 to play together. The only thing they need to do is removing a small part in the module that handles the match. Instead of doing a weird tier check, it should just use whatever team composition it receives from the MM. Because team composition is not the responsibility of the match, it’s the responsibility of the matchmaker. In terms of coding it means removal of a filter. Very easy to do, just delete the lines that apply the arbitrary filter. It’s a matter of minutes. While your proposal is only a matter of minutes, too, it would mean adding an additional filter.
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What would be the result of my proposal?
Everyone could join your match, and by that I mean actually play it, as long as matchmaking says it’s ok (currently it enforces a maximum of 3 ranks difference).
What would be the result of your proposal?
More limits. Even if I’m within the 3 rank difference (MM rule), for some arbitrary reason I’m not allowed to start a match in my rank 9 ship with my rank 10 ship friend. This sucks. the game already has way too many arbitrary limits.
Choosing the one that punches people in the face is insane, especially if it cripples the architecture by mixing responsibilities of different modules. It’s like saying “you run weird” and suggesting to shoot you in the leg so you stop running weirdly. How about removing the stone in your shoes so you can run properly?