I am making this an anonymous poll. I want to get an idea of what the crowd is actually doing when it comes to dealing with the leveling issue.
For those unfamiliar, Hibernum (presumably) structured match making so that the last match you played in an event dictates the level of the next opponent you fight. So if you enter with a level 60, you will fight a level 60, and the next match you take (even on a different node) will be 60. If you enter with a level 25 you will get a roughly level 32 opponent, and the next fight you take will also be a lvl 32ish opponent (even in a different node).
This leaves players four pretty terrible options.
A) Level all new heroes immediately to 60 (Impossible for newer players or those without copious amount of runes. A waste for players who don't really care about the new PW and don't plan on using them after the event.)
B ) Constantly face high level opponent vs. your new under-leveled planeswalker (Unfair for newer players and causes them to get discouraged with the game)
C) Manipulate the matchmaking to always give you a lower level opponents despite running some higher level planewalkers. (Clearly an exploit but one the developers practically force many users to engage in to be competitive)
D) Leave all of your planeswalkers at low levels (Basically Smurf mode, which causes a lot of resentment from newer players who genuinely can't compete with the card power of veteran players running low level PWs with strong card collections.)
HypnoticSpecter said: What do "higher level" and "low level" mean to you?
Anything where your opponents won't be level 60s. So if you level her to 45 so all of your fight are against low level 50's I would consider low level. If you level her to 50 and fight 60's I would probably pick option A or E
Adjunct said: "smurfing" is a real issue that most top competitive players are exploiting.this is why there are so many "perfect" scores.
octal9 said: There's a method/5th option which isn't present here that allows you to always play vs PWs of your level, no matter which PWs you have assigned. It's similar to option C.That's the one I choose. Adjunct said: "smurfing" is a real issue that most top competitive players are exploiting.this is why there are so many "perfect" scores. actually a lot of that is because of option C, not D
shteev said: There's a sixth option too, which is to not buy Elspeth, and join the event very near the end hoping that you'll be put in a new and relatively unpopulated bracket.
naphomci said: I don't have the runes to continually level up all of these PWs. N3, L3, and Elspeth are all 35-40, I only recently got Nahiri and Saheeli to 60. I see no problem with "exploiting" the match making system--how it is materially different from taking advantage of Nicol Bolas with a creatureless deck, or utilizing the poor AI in other ways?
Ohboy said: naphomci said: I don't have the runes to continually level up all of these PWs. N3, L3, and Elspeth are all 35-40, I only recently got Nahiri and Saheeli to 60. I see no problem with "exploiting" the match making system--how it is materially different from taking advantage of Nicol Bolas with a creatureless deck, or utilizing the poor AI in other ways? You're equating good in game strategy with systematic abuse. That's the difference. This is like saying what's the difference between using rock to crush scissors and taking advantage of playing with a blind guy.
Brigby said: Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you all know that this matchmaking issue was something the Hibernum was working on fixing, so I will be sure to inform the new team of the progress they had made prior
TheDragonHermit said: Brigby said: Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you all know that this matchmaking issue was something the Hibernum was working on fixing, so I will be sure to inform the new team of the progress they had made prior Poor new studio, we are already giving them tinykitty regarding the game. So does this mean I won't be facing level 60s while leveling new PWs up in a few months. Cause facing level 60s with my level 30 was a bit of a nightmare.