The MMR hell just as predicted

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It didn't take that long really, after yesterday's #3 in Rags entry to Loki is 2x141+loki in all 3 nodes and subsequent offers also.

Guess the well deserved prize after all those sniping at me from 500 pts below.

This one-way system where they removed influence of losses to prevent tanking is just great.

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It's hard for me to say whether MMR is messed up or is it just normal given you got people spending hundreds of dollars on boosts/shields as suggested in one of the alliance thread. It can very well be that stuff is balanced except for the guys spending that kind of money, and while that seems pretty unfair, someone's got to pay the bills and you got to have a reason for people to continue to spend that kind of money.

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Phantron wrote:

It's hard for me to say whether MMR is messed up or is it just normal given you got people spending hundreds of dollars on boosts/shields as suggested in one of the alliance thread. It can very well be that stuff is balanced except for the guys spending that kind of money, and while that seems pretty unfair, someone's got to pay the bills and you got to have a reason for people to continue to spend that kind of money.

We had a short period when match offers made sense, you got low teams at start then increasing strength to 700ish and over 900 entered the all-141 territory.

Also we'd expect a reset for each tournament rather than treat the 0 pt territory just as the one over 1000.

Also this kinda explains yesterday's experience of getting sniped, the new 141 entrants was served from us better rosters making the previously safe 500-700 area the actual bloodbath. And rising above it left them those with lower points.

The system is definitely tweaked from bad to worse

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The 'MMR that makes sense' conveniently ended right as the competition between the top 3 alliance heated up. I don't really find my competition all that different from normal, other than that the guys with the high points that I usually hit for are gone because they're now permanently shielded due the insanity going on in the alliance competition. In the Ragnarok event at least 15 out of 20 of top 20 are shielded at all times and they're not even especially high points, and I don't think you can expect to find good targets when people are this paranoid. I don't know if people are just extra paranoid because season 1 is about to end or what, but the amount of shield usage I've seen recently is certainly far from ordinary so I can't say if that has an impact or not.

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Sounds like chicken/egg: people shield more as formerly their 141 party allowed them to sit around and getting skipped by the ** parties. Now they get nailed so take cover if can afford. creating the positive feedback as usual, just now at lower points.

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pasa_ wrote:

Sounds like chicken/egg: people shield more as formerly their 141 party allowed them to sit around and getting skipped by the ** parties. Now they get nailed so take cover if can afford. creating the positive feedback as usual, just now at lower points.

Sure but I don't know if that's caused by season 1 ending so everyone is super paranoid, or if this is a permanent change. I haven't seen this kind of shield usage in a very long time and I'm pretty sure it's not because people want Loki covers, so I think it's just tied to season ending and everyone being extra safe. If that is indeed the case I don't mind putting up with another week of ultra paranoia.

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Speaking for myself personally, my increased usage of shields really has nothing to do with my standing in season 1, but rather trying to ensure I get that 1 3* cover (of course, prior to this, I was getting two 3* covers).