Same here, well said. Props to the OP for such a detailed and well made post.
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Good suggestion, but has to be a hard no. SBMM has pretty much ruined the casual FPS market and would also do damage to War Thunder.
In games like COD it pretty much allows for the exact opposite to happen. Players abuse the system by tanking their KD until they are put into what is essentially bot lobbies and run rampant.
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No thanks. Not in a game where stuff like turm 3, t58, bmpt, su34/30 etc exists. And not in a game where direct hit with bomb can result in a hit.
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I’d go beyond.
Different rating in Air Arcade, Air realistic, Air sim.
Different rating for ranks I-IV (Gunfighter era) and ranks V-VI (mixed-jet era) and VII-VIII+ (BVR era). I consider myself an average and somewhat consistent player with my WW2 props in sim. I’ve absolutely no idea how to deal with missiles or use them and BVR would just be instant death.
Idk if tanks would need separate splits since tank gameplay remains mostly the same across eras while aircraft change completely and utterly.
Arcade, Realistic and Sim should however be always kept separate.
could have wirtten the polls later, how the heck should i know about sbmm in the begging?
most matches go either you get absolutely stomped or you absolutely stomp the other team, i dont think it would work…
also getting absolutely stomped humbles me.
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Good suggestion, well written, and I’ll give you credit for that. However, I have to disagree with the proposal. My concern is that War Thunder is ultimately a very niche game, which could be easily destabilized, especially with the negative below:
Along with other unforeseen consequences, IMO there are far too many risks that outweigh the benefits.
On a side note, I would prefer to see a soft or pseudo-SBMM mechanism implemented in the game that prevents professional players and sealclubbers from farming newbies in low-tier battles. I believe low players with low hours should be allowed to play each other before they meet the criteria. Then, with sufficient hours and experience, they will be introduced into advanced battles with 100-level players. Of course, it doesn’t solve the potential smurf issue, but I think that idea needs to be explored more.
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You can change your votes if you wish friend.
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while i think SBMM is a horrible idea, it already exists in WT so you haven’t exactly beat gaijin to it.
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What? There is no SBMM in this game.
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SBM would help a lot with team mates as they are literally lobotomy victims at times while the enemy team has beta veterans its not very fair
but they also need to account for vehicles as the match maker is not always fair with them for example 6.7 uptier youll have like 2 T44s on your team while the enemy has 6 T26E5s completely unfair
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Though No I have to say you have made a very well rounded post. Its no often someone does basic image editing good job.
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First time in ages i have seen the comunity vote no for something lol
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Adding SBMM could significantly increase matchmaking times, and this mechanism requires the game to continuously attract new players to remain sustainable. Furthermore, given the large number of players concentrated in top-tier matches, implementing this mechanism might make it difficult to fill lower-tier matches.
It happens but this would nuke the matchmaker but its a rare well put together post.
I agree with your sentiment that SBMM would destroy the already unstable health of the playerbase (BMPT has killed top tier for example) but i have to disagree with a couple things
niche in what it offers (bad as theres no competitor games) but not niche in playerbase size
when i was a new player i honestly thought matches were bot lobbys only until i got sealclubbed a few times, low tier players are really bad and such trash players could easily put people off the game just as much as endless sealclubbery.
level 100 only means they got X amount of XP from whatever, they may have done this with only naval, yet that would mean their match in another mode would be instantly in the colosseum of veterans
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