ClydeFrog76 wrote: I had quite a few people "lose" to my tank team during this week's LRs when, after checking their roster, they blatantly shouldn't have. Do you think there's confusion about how to tank, ie some still think you can withdraw to place your team in the firing line, or is it done out of spite towards people trying to do it?
Ben Grimm wrote: ClydeFrog76 wrote: I had quite a few people "lose" to my tank team during this week's LRs when, after checking their roster, they blatantly shouldn't have. Do you think there's confusion about how to tank, ie some still think you can withdraw to place your team in the firing line, or is it done out of spite towards people trying to do it? I think a lot of people misjudge who their tank team is capable of defeating, misjudge, and find their bagman team loses to your bagman team. It's how I lost to HAIGUYZDOOM that one time.
Shamusyeah wrote: ClydeFrog76 wrote: I had quite a few people "lose" to my tank team during this week's LRs when, after checking their roster, they blatantly shouldn't have. Do you think there's confusion about how to tank, ie some still think you can withdraw to place your team in the firing line, or is it done out of spite towards people trying to do it? I've noticed many people make similar comments. Your confusion stems from a change in the way we tank now. Tanking used to mean you get a bunch of points in a tourney you don't care about and then throw a match with a bad team and get hit a lot. This is no longer the optimal way to tank. These days people go into shield training and continuously retreat, killing their weaker characters or their whole roster. Mmr seems to be calculated based on win/lose ratio and a retreat is a loss. Mmr carries over between different pvp events, so it is now possible to maul a bunch of teams in a tourney you want to win and then go to shield training and tank. You keep all your hard earned points while still being able to face low level teams. Best of all you are less likely to face retaliations because low level teams can't beat many high level teams.