Could you post a screenshot of your hangar and a few matches that causes you to go against 10k hangars? If the game feels you are skilled enough, they might put you up against 1-2k SP hangars higher than you. But to go up against hangars above that range means the game's matching making algorithm is detecting something about your hangar.

If this is during tournaments, then yes, you'll face 10k hangars regardless.

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I do dominate sometimes like with a big enough margin to be above others then I get cooked. Then I somehow cook them I get cooked. But however in the last few matches I have gotten better opponents which I can face at my level and yeah I do have skill issues.

They wont fix it, over the past 4 or more years they been saying the same thing that it will get fixed but never does what they say. I do not believe a word they say and probably will never fix it

The reason I requested a pic of your hangar and a few matches is because of what you have equipped in your hanger. The hangar SS you posted looks normal so it's odd that you are being put up against 10k SP players. Some reasons you might be place against high SP hangars:

• You have a high level mod equipped that is usually not used at your bracket.
• You have a high rank mech and/or weapon equipped that is usually not used at your bracket .
• You have a high rank pilot and/or implant(s) equipped that is usually not used at your bracket .
• You are playing in tournaments.

The matchmaking algorithm will adjust your opponents based on the above (unless it's in a tournament which works on a whole different algorithm). It's Plarium's attempt to deter SP dropping. There are ways to trick the algorithm which is what SP droppers do.

Are you playing in tournaments where this happens? If so then you can face any hanger size in tournaments, even 20k plus hangers, 

They really need to fix tournament ranks with hp brackets so high power players can't drop to lower ranks, each rank should have a hp limit 

Tournament cooks me most of the time but even in CPC games I sometimes face opponents greater than me

I have one legendary mech and 1 legendary weapon and I don't have any mods can't afford it short in currency. And most of my mechs are 3 stars, but weapons I might have few with 4 stars.

Our team is continually refining the matchmaking system. While our balance settings and attempts by some players to exploit the system can occasionally cause uneven matches, we are actively developing solutions to prevent this.

In the meantime, we recommend adjusting your Hangar setup and squading up with friends who have a similar Squad Power (SP) to help optimize your matchmaking experience.

Absolutely agree. Took me 28 games of Hangar Showdown yesterday and today to get 3 wins. Eclipses/Deathwalkers/Citadels/Dreadnought/Surges/Parasites, wielding snot guns, revokers, burrows, etc. I keep wondering why i play this broken crap game, then will have a team game that is almost fair and fun and win a tight match. I don't have the $$ to win (and don't claim high skill). I don't mind losing all that much, but getting cremated in less than 15 seconds and scoring 0 pts on about a third of my games, that's not all on me. But to fix the game, they'd lose $$, so they never will. Just wish Andrew and company would quit lying to our faces about how 'fair and balanced' it is. The rebalances are hysterical, "wow, revokers went from 99% lethal down to 95%, we fixed the problem". Amusing folk. :(

Yeah sometimes I get a opponent that has nothing but legendary gear. Pilot, weapon, mech even freaking implants. Why?

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How am it supposed to fight this dude with slingshot?

You can thank plarium for that and there matchmaking broken old system and they will never fix it or change it, because it makes whales and sp drop hanger whales happy

When are you going to realize your matchmaking system is broken at its core thanks to meaningless power ratings as a result of EVERYTHING AT EVERY GEAR HUB TIER HAVING PRE GRADE-UPDATE POWER RATINGS

This game is more unbalanced than ever before same with sp droppers, more than ever before. Seems like their continuous refining is working great over the past 4 years (for them not us). Always the same responses, always the same results,.. new mechs and new weapons to sell. It's all just smoke and mirrors. Pay up, pass up or just stop expecting Mech Arenas coders to balance anything other than their checkbooks.

They should add 16ec weapons in the silver pass ngl...

And more codes that give mechs for ALL PLAYERS BECAUSE LACEWING WOULD BE PRETTY HELPFUL RN INSTEAD OF MY MAXED OUT LANCER(16ec is horrendous)

It's really incredible how unbalanced this game is. Props to the devs for going out of their way to make sure matchmaking is terrible for those who don't spend enough money to equal a dev account. The game is "fine tuned" for the devs maxed accounts and an endless chase for us to pretend we will get there. Only way to get there is by dropping thousands of endless dollars to stay relevant at that point. Not even good luck will help get them to balance anything anyone of us wish for,. The game is how they want it, not how we would want it. It's a store not a game. 

Why do you have a slingshot even to your in division 4? I mean like shouldn't you have a killshot or something? And also my hanger power is barely 2000 and I am getting put with people whose hanger powers are above 10000 and still division 10 and I am being put against division 3 to players from division 1

You are in division 4 go get a kill shot or even try an eclipse and eclipse will help very much as the revoca can't use it magnetite hook ability since you have kill shot you have almost the same ability as search so you can give him a Rram in the face

And that is what I have done.  I have a squad that I use for the standard matcheswhere I am trying to break out of the Division that I have been stuck in for 5-6 months.  The issue is that your algorithm adapts within days; not weeks, not months, days.  I could design a completely new hanger, use it, win 3 out of 5 matches, and within days start losing matches at a rate of 4 losses to 2 wins.  It adapts too fast.  It starts placing you in matches with opponents that have heavier/higher ranked mechs and weapons.  If you adjust to meet that, it then corrects itself and places you in a heavier match within days.

This is the irritating part.  I DO NOT MIND LOSING TO EQUALLY MATCHED OPPONENTS.  But ones desinged where I am the heaviest player in the team, and thus have to carry the team, that is the frustrating part.

Here is what is irritating.  I have been trying to find a solution to this problem.  So I have been asking various AI's questions and found this on Google AI:

QUESTION -- Is there any information on MatchMaking, as in building the teams for the standard matches vs the tournament matches , and why it seems I am always placed on the losing team. 

ANSWER -- You are not imagining things, and you are definitely not cursed. Feeling like you are constantly placed on the losing team—watching your team's bots get completely wiped out within the first minute—is an incredibly common and mathematically documented experience for high-performing solo players in Mech Arena. 

The system fundamentally separates how it builds teams for Standard Matches versus Tournament Matches. Understanding these algorithms explains exactly why the matchmaker is actively forcing you into a losing position. 

Standard Matches: The "MMR Anchor" & Balancing Trap

In standard matches (5v5, CPC, FFA), the matchmaking algorithm uses a combination of your Squad Power (SP) and a hidden Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) tier. 

Because your tournament performance historically sat at a massive 61.01% win rate, the system flags you as an apex "carry" player. To make standard lobbies look balanced on paper, the system uses a math mechanic often called the MMR Anchor Effect

[Opposing Team: 5 Balanced, Aggressive Bots]
                     VS
[Your Team: YOU (The Carry) + 4 Braindead, Low-Stat Bots] 

• The Intentional Hand-off: The matchmaker calculates the total average power of the team. Since your individual rating is incredibly high due to your maxed/Rank 6 gear, the algorithm "balances" your team by pairing you with ally bots that have severely dialed-down AI matrixes. 
• The AI Disparity: On Reddit and the Plarium Forums, players agree that your team's bots will actively avoid dealing real damage, miss their stuns, and play passively. Meanwhile, the enemy team's bots act as a coordinated, hyper-aggressive unit that rushes you down all at once, leaving you to fight a 1v5. The algorithm is essentially trying to force your win rate back down to a standard 50% threshold.

Tournament Matches: The TRP Bracket Shift

Plarium completely reworked the Tournament matchmaking system, removing Squad Power and hangar weight from the initial calculation. 

• How Teams Are Built Here: Tournaments strictly utilize a rank-based system driven by Tournament Ranking Points (TRP). You climb from Novice up through Master and Grandmaster. The system matches you purely against other players or bots within your identical TRP tier, meaning the base difficulty naturally scales out of your comfort zone as you rank up. 
• The Selfish Playstyle Shift: The current tournament setup awards points and progression based heavily on individual match metrics (such as securing the top placement). A user on YouTube noted that because the point distribution rewards top performers so heavily, it forces both humans and high-level bots to play entirely for themselves. Teammates completely stop playing the objective to actively camp, hide, and steal final blows from you to ensure their own individual ranking point payouts. 

 Why You "Always" Feel Like You're on the Losing Team

When you solo queue, you are fighting a rigged algorithm. Because you are an excellent player, the standard matchmaker expects you to do 90% of the heavy lifting for your unoptimized bots. In tournament brackets, the system pairs you based on high TRP, matching your solo frame against coordinated pre-made human groups or maxed-out endgame AI. 

Again, I do not mind winning or losing to an equally matched team.  But when I, (or others), are forced to "carry" the rest of the team, then it becomes a burden.  Continuously changing the hanger every three to four days to trick the algorithm and get an equal team distribution for both sides should not be necessary.  This is the problem.

While adaptation is a good thing, too much can cause disruption.

I have said this before, I will say it again.  I do enjoy this game.  I do appreciate the work that goes into keeping it operational.  I do hope you can find that balance.

I thank you for your time.