As there were many cool and nice updates recently I would like to try and focus some work to be done on the pVp segment of the game. With each new class the pVp gets more and more interesting and its yet to become even more interesting with the upcoming heroes (such as summoner and etc) that’s one of the reasons that I would want to try and give the pVp a little push to be polished.
Matchmaking:
First point of the matchmaking should be the difference in the MMR. A lot of times when I play ranked I end up versus or in my team with a person that is between 150~500 mmr difference from the enemy team. Meaning I have been bronze vs diamond (2200) and low end bronze. There should be a little more balance put out.
Even if people will have to wait a minute or two longer it will still be worth it if you end up with team that is at your current position versus team of the same caliber.
Second point is classes.
We all love to play 1 or two classes when we do intense pVp sessions, which is nice and awesome but that’s not the issue. The issue is when you actually end up with too many supports on the same team or same classes.
What I mean is that I have been in a team of 3 sorceresses and a team with 2 bards, which is kinda overkill. It is really not okay to have such matches as they do put pressure on the performance and the ‘wish’ or if you wanna say ‘state of mind’ for future games of the day/week. Again even if you have to wait a little longer 1-5 minutes to get a match it will be better for mental health and experience to play with a balanced classes on both teams.
Third point is the fame, honor or MMR points that you win/loose.
I find it kinda funny how if you do not play Comp/MMR matches for 14 days you start loosing 15-20 points a day, but when you play you get a small amount of points because you have over X amount of matches. Here is an example of what I mean:
From the screen you can see that the enemy team gets an equal of -42 MMR points while on our team we get 33 / 16 / 42. I love playing the PVP ranked system but honestly it kinda gets tilting when I do my best and I get 30% of what others get as points. Makes it really hard to clime the ranked ladder. There should be some bonuses on the points that you get depending on factors like:
First game of the week/ 2 weeks (14 days) gives you bonus points.
First win from a series of losses (3 losses) can grant you +50% or more points, meaning instead of winning 16 you get 16 + 8 = 24 (using the screenshot for the example math).
MVP status that could grand extra points, for example 16 + 5 for MVP which would make more sense.
X amount of wins in a row + X amount of points, same as MVP (for 3 wins in a row you get +5 points next game) making it more competitive and rewarding and enjoyable. People could give more feedback on this as it could be 5 wins in a row equals +5 points for the win on the 5-th match for example and then for 10 wins in a row you get +10 points.
Those are my small inputs that I have in my brain, the people could give more feedback on the points I talked about or suggest different talking points that could improve the ranked matches at least.
Another bump after 2 days, adding a new suggestion / feature that could make things interesting in PVP.
We have all witnessed great matches in PVP games, such as Overwatch, Starcraft, Warcraft 3 TFT and other, but we have also witnessed poor loosers in games. Unfortunately in the PvP of Lost Ark those loosers come with a vengeance, as when you Q up sometimes (happened to me and I bet happened to others) the enemy that you have overcome and got a win from is now on your team and he is bitter, salty to that extend that he purposely throws the game.
We all know that reporting a player for hindering or things like that is 1 way of looking into things, but isn’t there a better option to not abuse the report system and simply block the person from matching against/with me in PvP ranked. This option has been implemented in some games, the ability to “pass” on a person due to toxicity or indeed throwing game on purpose you have the ability to not match again with that person “Avoid Person”.
We have that in Overwatch, Dota 2 and more (just for an example) and it is working as it improves the community of the PVP matches. Also I would feel kinda guilty if I get a person Banned for X days (as the person could simply have a bad day at the office or in his family/personal matter, we have all been there). With the “Avoid” option he can still play and recover as that might have been his last game of the day so he could enjoy the PvE content and relax then come back and have fun.
BUMP +1 Kudos. I have experienced ALL of the above. The system has no inherit logic. Just played a comp game as low bronze against a Plat player. Also, losing to higher rated players is resulting in more point loss than winning against higher ranked players.
Even if this is intended by the system (low quantity of games played)- The feeling of carrying a team in a losing match and ending up losing more points than your braindead teammates is just downright disrespectful.
Guess nothing has changed, no one is listening to the feedback of the PVP and their are making more and more “not good” updates on it.
With the latest updates I see more and more people just hitting a 69-70k Crits like its nothing, amazing class balances there. The shield of the Destroyer is absurd and they simply turned the PVP into a part of the game that’s not worth anyone’s time anymore. Honestly they just killed it.
Such changes instead of making more accurate balances between the classes and the ranks/based points and everything else that needs some tweeks. I simply give up on the pvp.
First I have to waste like 7 hours to actually keep my current rank on the “Tier” system, then I have to pray to god to have decent team on the ranked and ofc. not encounter those “70k CRIT” people, meh its just more hassle than its worth it. I would rather simply run a bot that runs PVP like 48 hours and then play the rest of the time normal content.
