Threat Level In Districts Is Pointless

[zandatsudo 2]

As the title says, having districts divided between threat level is utterly pointless. Bronze districts have more Silver and Gold players than actual Bronze ones. So what's the point? Either remove it entirely, since it's a totally broken system, or actually FORCE players to play in their respective district according to their threat level. Or at least make matchmaking more competent. Having 5 members in each party, but one party having 2 Gold characters and 3 Silver, while the other has 3 Silver and 2 Bronze is a recipe for disaster right from the start.

[swft 356]

19 minutes ago, zandatsudo said:

As the title says, having districts divided between threat level is utterly pointless. Bronze districts have more Silver and Gold players than actual Bronze ones. So what's the point? Either remove it entirely, since it's a totally broken system, or actually FORCE players to play in their respective district according to their threat level. Or at least make matchmaking more competent. Having 5 members in each party, but one party having 2 Gold characters and 3 Silver, while the other has 3 Silver and 2 Bronze is a recipe for disaster right from the start.

 

None of it works, people can always dethreat. The only fix is the game becoming populated.

[zandatsudo 2]

51 minutes ago, swft said:

 

None of it works, people can always dethreat.

People can always "dethreat" because that's allowed. LIke I said : force players to join their respective threat level district. If they chose, they'll always go for the lowest ones to gang up on the rest.

 

Merged.

 

This post also gives some good alternative options. But it's from 2018 and none of it has ever been applied, so that goes to show how much the devs care about this game.

[swft 356]

1 hour ago, zandatsudo said:

People can always "dethreat" because that's allowed. LIke I said : force players to join their respective threat level district. If they chose, they'll always go for the lowest ones to gang up on the rest.

 

 

Just because you force players to play on a said threat district instance, doesn't mean they can't throw matches and dethreat? That's literally what happens now?

 

That "solution" by Queen of Love is insanely flawed. (who could have guessed?) Here, let me just make a new account throw a bunch of matches, get to Bronze and stay there forever, that will make things better! Also, locking the account's threat for 1 month, doesn't accomplish anything, you just delay the inevitable, while hurting the people who actually try to climb up.

 

Matchmaking, dethreating, those are all issues that stem from the lack of a playerbase.

Wait for the engine upgrade, phasing and for the playerbase to rise due to it, then improve on it where needed. That's what needs to be done.

[Queen of Love 452]

7 hours ago, zandatsudo said:

People can always "dethreat" because that's allowed. LIke I said : force players to join their respective threat level district. If they chose, they'll always go for the lowest ones to gang up on the rest.

 

Merged.

 

This post also gives some good alternative options. But it's from 2018 and none of it has ever been applied, so that goes to show how much the devs care about this game.

Nobody applied it cause nobody in 2 companyes never really played the game but just asked to few goldies tryhard how to ruin the game faster.

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[NotZombieBiscuit 3146]

10 hours ago, Queen of Love said:

Nobody applied it cause nobody in 2 companyes never really played the game but just asked to few goldies tryhard how to ruin the game faster.

No one applied it because it is hilariously bad.

[Esurient 17]

You're complaining about bronze being overflown with silver and gold players.

 

The reason all the "gold people" wanted threat segregation back is so that missions would be a little bit more balanced in terms of not having 2 bronzes, a silver and gold against a gold duo that was destined to win the mission. (And it is working somewhat)

 

The main reason to solve the issue that you have with the game is to increase the population.

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[VickyFox 353]

On 2/21/2020 at 10:09 PM, zandatsudo said:

People can always "dethreat" because that's allowed.

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If you are throwing a game waste everyone's time and may affect other team member's threat.

Dethreating is the act of playing in such a bad way that the game will lower the player's threat level, this circumnavigate threat segregation and to be matched with lower threat opponents

 

I think most people would agree it is a loophole that hasn't been fixed yet because the issue would mean rework possibly both the threat system and the match making system... However there are plans for "Phasing" matchmaking and districts to be localised rather than based on threat.