Introducing : The Best Matchmaking! ❤

[No Angel]

Hola Devs & Nexon
I'd like to show the proof of how your matchmaking works and that why Surrender button should be created


So, I was gonna test to do small wars, where only gunpowder-medieval age players would take part, and here is the result of the matchmaking.

 

[No Angel]

Here is ours
https://flic.kr/p/2brTi7F
https://flic.kr/p/2brTi7v

Theirs
https://flic.kr/p/2amfpXQ
https://flic.kr/p/2amfpXj

Congratulations to the other team!

 

[Bedlam]

That's depressing

 

[Bedlam]

You should buy some troop cards

 

[Cannibals]

Age isn’t the best determiner for match strength. Your pics leave open the possibility that their lower ranks are rushed while yours are buff and that was the reason for the matchup?

 

[Imaera]

Oh yeah, a maxed out gunpowder can easily beat a rushed atomic, right? Come on...
If he buys elephant archers and elephant stable he might get a star.

 

[Ask97]

But I agree with the thought behind the OP that there should be a mechanism to end a mismatched war mutually and quickly. Going through the 2 days where both teams have absolutely no interest only kills the interest in the game.

 

[No Angel]

Our top 3 are somewhat level 90, 70, and 60 with minimum to normal defense (as in medieval bases). Define that buff Cannibals ?!
Their #1 is Atomic level 190.
Ha. Ha. Ha.

 

[No Angel]

Geez I wish I didn't hit that Begin New War button!
And what's funny is, if we win we will only get something like 60 trophies, and if we lose we will rank down 600 trophies?!

 

[No Angel]

While EA in discount?
Now it makes sense, the conspiracy to give us nonsense war

 

[pckrn]

a gunpowder&medieval only war..

even if we had fair matchmaking i dont think you’d be able to find a match

 

[No Angel]

Our first wars were against alliances with similar composition. So chances to get equal matchmaking is actually there/possible. As if they improve the matchmaking, I'm pretty sure every alliance will get equal matches.
So far I don't see any efforts to improve it.

 

[tollboothwillie]

The problem with a surrender button would be most alliances would use it until they find a match they are sure to win.

 

[Imaera]

Not really. Not everybody is looking for an easy/boring war. I would risk losing a war if the opponent is worth fighting. We start wars cause we are adrenaline junkies!
For example in our last war we were outmatched, but we won with 75-65, thanks to their sandbags. They didn't have enough attacks to take us all down. Oh well, we would have get them on time anyways.
Us vs THEM
1. CWA 237 vs CWA 278 (2 defensive coalitions)
2. AA 217 vs CWA 255 (bazooka sentry)
3. AA 218 vs CWA 238
4. CWA 224 vs CWA 244
5. AA 214 vs CWA 232
bottom
11. GA 140 vs GP 67
12. GA 141 vs medieval 48
13. GA 139 vs classical 32
14. IA 102 vs classical 25
15 IA 101 vs iron 12
Sometimes sandbagging is a two faced biatch.

 

[Rogue Squirrel]

Nice work No Angel - this just confirms what I said in my last post, i.e. that matches are made with whoever happens to be searching for a war at the same time as you, with the same number of players, and that relative strengths have very little to do with it.

The Devs seem to think that quick matches are better than fair ones. I disagree. Bad matchmaking discourages new teams (with lower ranked players) from going into war because they know they will be thrashed by much stronger alliances. Fewer teams in war means worse matchmaking. It's a vicious circle.

The question is; would people in the dominations community be prepared to wait for a few hours (or even a few days) for better matches in war? I know I would

I don't think a surrender button would work because everyone would be surrendering all the time and very few wars would actually take place!

 

[No Angel]

We were not looking for easy wars. Those will only give us a few trophies, and even worse, make alliance members bored and lazy. We were and will always be looking forward to get some nice equal wars.
Yes I'm second to Rogue Squirrel . I would wait, even for 12 hours, or 1 day! Only to get perfect competitive matches.

Surrender button will still help. However, there should be certain limit/condition to use it. So we can use it wisely.
​​​​​​​Honestly I have no hopes that matchmaking will be fixed anytime soon.

 

[Xabar]

its a good idea. but must to be limited, the Surrender button can not be used more than 1 time consecutively.

 

[Cannibals]

Oh yeah, a maxed out gunpowder can easily beat a rushed atomic, right? Come on...
If he buys elephant archers and elephant stable he might get a star.

My point is that without details, the OP is open to Nexon’s our-matchmaking-logic-is-smarter-than-you retort.

And I’m a level 192 rushed atomic that gets easily beat by gunpowders while I’m watching my war weight. Rushed is the new sandbag.

 

[No Angel]

TinSoldier
I don't think this should be addressed to CS, but this is a total mismatch from whichever part you're looking at, and I am complaining! We need to forfeit
Can you fix matchmaking and while doing that planting that small Surrender button for us?

 

[S_How]

And when they do find that match, the other team will surrender lol