I am beginning to think that the IS-4M and the T-54 1947 should not be BR 7.7, when you only have some BR 8.3 or 8.7 you are completely lost, and for example I am getting into games like this very often.
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I thought 6.7 would get less uptiers now. Nope I only still fight 7.7.
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Same, with the recent update all my 7.7 lineups got screwed … I figured out i’d play the same tanks at 8.0 but I always end up facing 8.7 and 9.0, what’s the point ??
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That wasn’t being controlled though, decompression does not change likelihood of BR position, that is down to players queueing and nothing else.
Downtiers suck because half your low BR players come with too much pessimism. And your lineup might not be a good full downtier setup anyway.
That’s what I thought at first but the fact is that I hadn’t had a single top tier in days … And I’ve been checking every single game
Uptiers are consistent for me. No matter what br, what nation, and what gamemode I get full uptiers consistently.
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if up tiers are a concern, you might want to play a different game… Uptiers happen like 8 out of 10 games
Lol that’s like sayig “if famine is a problem, you might want to change country”. You could do that but you could aslo try to change things to make the game better.
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Theoretically 7.5 out of 10 games… ;-)
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Lol that’s terrible.
“yup you’re going to have fun 2 times out of ten. The rest of the time you suffer.”
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Is it mathematically unavoidable for Gaijin to ever try 0.7 range matchmaking or are we going to continue to pretend the game has <30k players
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Full uptier is the only way I play this game.
I immediately go back to garage when Im top tier - the pressure to do well is just to great for me to have fun.
Long live Gaijin MM!
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I never said that. You can have just as much fun when uptiered, but you need to adjust your gameplay and / or mindset.
Admittedly not all vehicles can cope with full uptiers as others, sure.
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Very few can actually.
All vehicles relying on armour can’t, all the ones with low penetration guns, everyting around 7.7 that doesn’t get a stab or autocannons, everything at low tier because the step between 2.3 and 3.3 is just enourmous and so on.
In the end, only some light tanks, and versatile mediums with high pen guns can hope to have fun in uptiers.
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Yes, but you will also face roughly only 25% of the guys one BR above you.
That’s why a good lineup is so important. You need at least one vehicle that can do well in uptier to earn a CAS plane…
True, but that’s generally enough for a heavy tank to feel useless against HEAT slingers. There are not that many but one is enough to ruin your game and therefore one death leaving … creating yet another issue.
I don’t see why it’s impossible to have the BR changed to +0.7/-0.7. The usual excuse is the queue time but why not give it a try and actually see if that changes anything ?
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That’s another major problem … the goal of players in Ground Battles is getting a plane to have a little fun. This is an indicator that something is wrong if the only way to have fun is to leave ground while playing tanks.
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Considering that every piece of fun is sucked out of GRB by making maps that are basically three lane funnels, promoting exactly one playstyle making all other tank classes redundant, getting into CAS is the only logical consequence to get some change or action apart from the three lane funnel.
In short WT has always had a stale gamemode problem that is now only amplifying due to the modern tech in the game. There are tons of possibilities for new gamemodes that have already been created by the community or could be implemented but GJ chooses not to. This in turn again makes uptiers more frustrating as you are forced into exactly one playstyle and if your lineup doesnt follow suit then tough luck.
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Which is the fault of the players. If you play so badly that your team members want to get in air asap then maybe look at what you are doing and sort it out.