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Addressing the Tournament "SP Dropping" Crisis for New Players

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Dec 25, 2025, 19:325 days
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Addressing the Tournament "SP Dropping" Crisis for New Players

As a beginner, it is extremely discouraging to enter Tournaments only to be systematically eliminated by high-level players who manipulate the matchmaking system. These "SP Droppers" artificially lower their total Squad Power by equipping weak filler Mechs, allowing them to enter lower-tier brackets with a single maxed-out "God Mech." This creates an impossible environment for true beginners who lack the weapons to fight back, turning what should be a fair competition for A-Coins into a one-sided slaughter. Plarium needs to implement a matchmaking system based on a player's highest-owned gear rank rather than current active Squad Power to protect the new player experience and keep the competitive scene healthy.

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Dec 26, 2025, 03:545 days
Dec 26, 2025, 03:55(edited)
04/24/22
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Said this before and I'll say it again. Matchmaking could do with some guard rails that plarium won't implement for one reason or another. 

And we could do with longer matchmaking timers for control points and 5v5. That plarium supposedly can't implement for reasons I don't understand.

Dec 27, 2025, 19:233 days
04/15/23
71

Since this problem has been going on for years without resolution and Plarium has made it clear that SP dropping is not cheating and they have no plan to prevent it from happening, I think everyone should start doing it. Let's all run 1500 squads. Can't beat 'em, join 'em. 

Dec 28, 2025, 07:132 days
12/10/24
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You do know why people sp drop dont you? It's because if anyone has over a 12k hanger, we get put against 25k hangers and 90k sp, so we have no chance of winning anything, the only way we get to win is if we sp drop,

Now for me I don't so drop this bad, my main hanger is 17k, but when I play that hanger I'm always put again 20 to 30k hangers, so I play the same hanger but take all mods and pilots off, so all my mech and weapons are still maxed purple stars but it drops me to 9k hanger power, it's not easy matches cos I have no mods or pilots so I can die easy but it's alot easier than playing my maxed everything hanger at 17k, i tried so dropping to under 2k but it's just stupid to be honest because once your one good mech dies then the match is over, trust me you'll sp drop once u max out a good hanger