Sick of getting in Pub vs Pub or Imp vs Imp battles where either side has 5+ F2P players and the other is decked out with 5 ship players, so from this day till its fixed Im going to self destruct in team deathmatch.

... grats on being a dick to your team? Just leave the match if you don't like the matchup/gameplay mode/whatever. Edited June 17, 2014 by TrinityLyre

Sick of getting in Pub vs Pub or Imp vs Imp battles where either side has 5+ F2P players and the other is decked out with 5 ship players, so from this day till its fixed Im going to self destruct in team deathmatch.

 

Well, that will make a statement. Once the devs see your self-destruct numbers, they'll surely focus on improving the matchmaking.

 

Please give me your toons' names so I know what I'm getting into when I see you in a match.

 

But seriously - you're on JC, right? I think our problem (can't speak for other servers) is largely population size. Or lack thereof. When the pool of players is fairly small, and some are grouping, the matchmaking system simply can't spit out equitable matchups...the necessary pool of players just isn't there. I agree that such games can be incredibly frustrating, but in my experience, it tends to even out. I've had as many one-sided roflstomps go in my favor as I've had go against me. More or less. And lots of good, reasonable matchups too. Especially recently. YMMV.

Edited June 17, 2014 by MaximilianPower

... grats on being a dick to your team? Just leave the match if you don't like the matchup/gameplay mode/whatever.

 

EVEN IF ITS MY TEAM THATS OVER MATCHED!!!

 

Ill take that title if you prefer those types of games.

EVEN IF ITS MY TEAM THATS OVER MATCHED!!!

 

Ill take that title if you prefer those types of games.

 

By actively participating in ruining your team's score you're just making the match even more lopsided than it originally was. As a side note, having two ships on your lineup does not automatically make you a bad or inexperienced player.

 

Again, if you don't like matchups and don't wish to participate, leaving is a better option than butchering your team's ability to compete at all. Your chain of self destructs probably won't mean a damn thing to BioWare. I'm sure they're aware of how much we all hate matchmaking (or lack thereof) by now, but there isn't going to be a real fix coming any time soon - your show is pointless and does nothing but hurt the server you're on.

Edited June 17, 2014 by TrinityLyre

Suicide is NOT the answer (ever)!

 

Roll on another server (you can play GSF at level 1!)

 

AND...

 

PLUG FOR CROSS WORLD GSF! I'd buy cartel coins to support the effort

 

Maybe they can take cartel coin casino proceeds and build the infrastructure \o/

There's a cross server GSF?

So I'll be seeing 100 gunships gunning me down from other server away?

Please give me your toons' names so I know what I'm getting into when I see you in a match.

 

please do.

There's a cross server GSF?

So I'll be seeing 100 gunships gunning me down from other server away?

 

You'd see the same thing if it were Alex, Tsukuyomi and I shooting you down... Well, we'd look like 100 gunships but it'd just be us

 

Seriously though, this isn't the way to solve the problem. Roll on a new server if matchmaking is the issue. Bastion, Harbinger, TEH all have a multitude of players who will provide you with competitive games no matter your side. You'll still get steamrolled playing by yourself though, so grab a friend and group!

Self-destructing is pretty dumb, but I did learn something new from this thread!

 

I just assumed that there wasn't any semblance of a matchmaking system in place to begin with. On one server, my team always wins, unless a certain 5 or 6 people on the other team are online, in which case they always win (I've only been playing for a week or so, but this is the case without exception - I've only seen about 30 people total playing). On another server, I just stopped playing altogether after queuing up for seven or eight matches where my team was comprised of people with only stock fighers and scouts against 12 people with five ships available (at least those matches were over quickly at 0-50 or 3-1000).

 

So.. there's a matchmaking system huh? Neat. Did BioWare give any money to the guy who built it? I feel like they've been had

 

Seriously, how does it work? This kinda blows my mind, because I can't imagine how the matches could get any more lopsided with no system at all.

Edited June 22, 2014 by Naz_Palehorse

Please, do this.

 

 

Everyone will report you, and your account will be banned.

 

 

 

It's win/win/win:

 

WIN (1)!! - The forums don't have to listen to you.

WIN (2)!! - Your fellow players can play without griefers trying to destroy the community

WIN (3)!! - You can go do whatever the heck you actually enjoy instead of SWTOR or GSF

 

 

Players like you make the game awful for everyone. Get banned kiddo!

I usually simply put people on ignore if they're flying into walls too often in a single match. Especially when we lose a match 47:50 just because one or sometimes even two people got themselves killed 10 times each. Sadly I didn't made up this story but it acutally happened.

I usually simply put people on ignore if they're flying into walls too often in a single match.

 

Oh, what purpose does this have?

So.. there's a matchmaking system huh?

 

Seriously, how does it work?

 

Mike Villalobos (BioWare Q/A) explained it on SWTOR's official Twitch stream here. I have this and other popular questions answered in my compendium (see my signature).

 

Oh, what purpose does this have?

If that was done in order to block playing with a particular player, it doesn't work.

Edited June 23, 2014 by TrinityLyre

Mike Villalobos (BioWare Q/A) explained it on SWTOR's official Twitch stream here. I have this and other popular questions answered in my compendium (see my signature).

 

Ah, cool. Thank you very much

 

So it looks like it doesn't really look at win rates at all, so there's nothing to account for player skill. And to the extent that it does try to make matches fair, it can't do it because there just aren't enough people playing GSF on any given server. Have they said anything about maybe making the queues cross-server so the system can sort of work, or are they resigned to pretty much every match being one sided?

 

I mean, it's not all bad. I've had a couple of close games out of a few dozen. But only a couple. Like.. two.

If that was done in order to block playing with a particular player, it doesn't work.

 

Yes. The only effect is that you no longer see the player in chat. That may sometimes be an advantage for your nerves, on the other hand you missed potentially important INCs.

I ignore every player that is annoying in any way. They never have anything important to say anyway.

 

 

But no, it doesn't allow you to not get grouped with them.

 

 

 

 

On pubside the other day we witnessed THREE imperial pilots self destructing. It was the first time I'd seen such behavior on Bastion, and there was NOTHING the enemy team could do to stop it. We've actually had suiciders on our team on other servers, but we were able to carry them (lol!). But that was just one suicider at a time.

 

 

In any event, the proper thing to do is to report such a player. You can't name names on the forums, because of the concern of someone mocking up a screenshot or falsifying evidence to besmirch someone's good name- a policy I personally don't like. I think it would be much easier to permaban anyone who libels, rather than ban important speech, which is what happens outside of the video game world (aka, if you say Charlie is a crook you can go to jail for slander or libel, but if you actually have some evidence not only will he get in trouble, but you'll be praised). But this policy is universal in video games of this era, even extending to third party sites in some cases.

Suicide is so bad. People using the excuse that it's over anyway.

 

Guess what, next match you'll be grouped with the same people, which didn't even get the requisition to upgrade because you think killing yourself is a good idea. That's right, you punish your own team which needs the requisition more, just because you're mad at the matchmaking.

 

The correct protest is to report you. Or when you feel the need to do that, leave and don't return to GSF for a week at least.

 

Can't be lucky every time, but bad sportsmanship will just chase away potential players. And chasing those away means a smaller pool to use by the matchmaking, so more unbalanced matches.

Matchmaking doesn't work with these player numbers, needs a First In First Out method for any chance at balance and avoiding 30 minute queue times while there are constantly 24 people in space on your faction.

 

When things look bad I try to inspire people to still give it their all when I'm not too demotivated, getting people to still try gives them more requisition to spend. Think about that as that's the only way to enhance the chance for more balance right now, getting more people with geared up ships.

Sick of getting in Pub vs Pub or Imp vs Imp battles where either side has 5+ F2P players and the other is decked out with 5 ship players, so from this day till its fixed Im going to self destruct in team deathmatch.

 

i often have been in them sort of matches, but instead of rolling over i try even harder and sometimes it paid off and we won against pro teams.

 

you doing that is just making it certain loss for your team, what if people said any match they see you they quit not nice and just making ya self look a real dick and that comes from someone often find my self in a team of noobs.

 

just quit the match dont make the rest of your team pay for decision.