Better matchmaking?

I've faced nothing but Optimized level 60 decks in both training ground and breaking blah blah blah event. 

Not to mention, the best decks are the ones that can fulfill the objectives while still using powerful cards. I sympathize with your frustration, but the Kaladesh/Aether Revolt pws don't even need to run energize cards. They can make it with their loyalty abilities.

shteev said:

Mainloop25 said:

They only said they would match you with other decks that have been chosen for the event. There is nothing forcing anyone to create a deck that is optimized for secondary objectives. 

Once again: the guaranteed matching of players against event decks is a quick fix, which really doesn't solve the problem of them being matched against decks which are completely mismatched against them based on their collection (and to a lesser degree their level of skill).

An Elo rating system, or swiss tournament system, which has been suggested many, many times in this forum, would be a far superior solution.

Sorry for this post, because I have nothing to add, but want to extra support this! (beside my like).

@Brigby
Is this something that you could forward (if you haven't already)? Thanks!

its absolute bollocks. played vs ulrich olivia and other combos that have nothing to do with the events objectives.

Steeme said:

Now that we have event decks I actually build for the objectives.

Lost 3 matches but got perfect scores on the rest.  Most of my opponents seemed to at least put some cards in for the event.  Not sure how anyone can get perfect scores and win all matches, they either got lucky in matchmaking and/or they have every key card available to them.  The worst objective is cast no spells, because sometimes you just need spot removal.

After getting my tinykitty handed to me multiple times in an attempt to achieve any points in this event.... I simply rebuilt my deck to specifically take out,  Olivia, ulvenwald, and a few other premium build decks. I'm not getting diddly squat for points,  but at least I'm getting something... that and some satisfaction of beating their deck even if it's for nothing.  Won't earn me the mythic I would love to have seeing that green is my worst color at the moment (poor collection of cards to use and no decent mythics to support them) but it ain't gonna happen.  Really no different than QB. Top player keeps getting top stuff to stay on top to keep getting top stuff. But in all fairness,  I cannot see how D3 can prevent this.  These players will already have pole position in every event.  Only way they could even out is to event out level brackets.  Say 1 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30 and so on.  The winners of those brackets earn a mythic different from the mythic of the next bracket.  Rotate out these prizes on weekly basis.  I dunno,  I see complications in that idea,  but it has merit.  

Steeme said:

Now that we have event decks I actually build for the objectives.

Lost 3 matches but got perfect scores on the rest.  Most of my opponents seemed to at least put some cards in for the event.  Not sure how anyone can get perfect scores and win all matches, they either got lucky in matchmaking and/or they have every key card available to them.  The worst objective is cast no spells, because sometimes you just need spot removal.

Ive been going flawless in the event so far (only dropped 1 match to a super cascade), and I can ensure you that it is not a question of luck, but of finding alternatives to what you have.

One example is the "no spells" node, where I get around the limitation by only one one spell; Crush of tentacles, and only ever use it for absolute emergencies. The rest of my removal is: Deadlock trap, reflector mage, and lurker.
Simply use cards that can perform similar roles to the spells you are missing, or walkers with abilities that compensate for the lack of those cards. Things like reach and defender can also do the job in some cases, and orbs of warding likewise helps if you are on a super budget bronze deck. 

And yes, I can assure you that i have never had things like decimator, olivia, gaea's revenge or suchlike ever get close to my collection. That said, I will admit that I got really lucky to pull Dynavolt tower from the mythic pack, right before the event kicked off. 

Also, one key piece of advice, in both mtgpq and real magic: Play to your outs!
There have been matches where the only win is to draw a specific card, or get a specific amount of mana, and in those situations you have to do whatever you can to try and reach that goal. You probably already do so, but I cannot stress how important it is to focus on "how can i possibly get out of this?!", rather than "olivia turn 1, i'm dead because bad luck"

My experience so far:

I like: Not facing Killwind, Merciside and the gang anymore.

I dislike: Facing decks 10+ levels above the level of my PW

I don't really mind: Having an eventual non-event deck against my event-optimized. I had maybe two encounters of this kind in the breaking point event. That is an okay quota for me, since I don't expect everyone to play to get all objectives.