Finally a Fix For Matchmaking
Don't expect to come across this headline in Mech Arena News anytime soon. Although matchmaking has been a persistent problem in MA for quite a while, it has recently taken a turn for the worse. It's not just that I'm facing opponents with much more experience, firepower, and HP... wait, those are the precise reasons. When I encounter an opponent who significantly outperforms me, I make it a point to review their statistics. It's always interesting to find entire hangars with 6-star ratings, including their weapons, and frequently, 2 or 3 mechs adorned with pink stars. You would think this would motivate me to strategize and improve my own performance. NOPE! The exact opposite. It is very disheartening, and quite frankly, I feel that I am being ripped off considering the time and expense I have put into my hangar. I keep emphasizing this for a reason. As I mentioned in previous comments, as long as the problem persists, it is our duty as players to make our voices heard until Plarium finally listens and fixes the issue. Let's disregard the ignorant comments that outline reasons why fair matchmaking is not possible, because they have no idea what they're talking about.
Going up against players who have squads with twice or three times my squad power should never happen. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of similar games out there that offer what we would consider fair matchmaking, so there is no reason we don't have it. You understand that if I didn't enjoy playing MA so much, I would have stopped a while ago.
I wrote an opinion piece ( Why Plarium Will Not Fix Matchmaking ) a short while ago. In it, I outline my honest opinion as to the reason Plarium keeps resisting the efforts by players to fix Matchmaking.