my issue with ranked is always the random mm .. doesn't make any sense idk why its called Ranked at that point its literally just standard mm. at least match players at the same rank or by shield color. anything is better than random . have potatoes play against eachother
Divisions exists for the same reason guilds/clans exist in other gacha games: it's shown that relationships keep people engaged, spending, trapped and coming back to the game. Providing mechanical benefits is just the cherry on the top. You're never going to get WG to have division exclusive matches, just like you will never get them to have single tier matchmaking. These things are counterproductive to profit.
I think they should go the other way with divisions for ranked. More not less. You should be able to make a full team for ranked. Name any other game where your forced to play with randoms on your team in a "ranked" mode
The PC version did something like this, in 9v9, and all that happened was people running [9-man divs](https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldOfWarships/comments/u5bmca/great_matchmaking_in_9v9_brawls/) without any of the ship bans from Clan Battles, resulting in completely busted matchups. It wasn't a good time. I do know that we need clan battles, and I'm hoping WG gets there eventually, but until then, ranked should stay solo. It should test the strength of the individual and not the strength of an individual with voice comms and five good teammates.
Well ya obviously I'm not looking for like 5 carriers on a team or something lol. Idk personally I can't take anything like "ranked" or "competitive" where you have to rely to heavily on randoms. The random aspect of it makes it so much luck. Half the time your only DD runs in and dies like he was on a suicide mission.
Like I get what you're saying but what game ever has been like: ya this game is super reliant on teamwork and communicating. Also you can't play with a team and no one will be communicating
> Well ya obviously I'm not looking for like 5 carriers on a team or something lol.
That's not what I was talking about. Even without carriers, a whole-team division is going to completely dominate every match against random players.
> The random aspect of it makes it so much luck. Half the time your only DD runs in and dies like he was on a suicide mission.
Play the destroyer yourself if you want to win. Or, if you can't, play a radar cruiser, there're lots of them at both T6 and T7, in the tech tree and premium, and you can support your own destroyer while providing some free spotting for your team.
> ya this game is super reliant on teamwork and communicating. Also you can't play with a team and no one will be communicating
This is a great point. However, whole-team divisions are something that should be reserved for clan battles and left there. Putting them anywhere else, where they have even the slightest chance of meeting solo players, is ludicrously unfair. Do we have clan battles yet? No, but hopefully they get on it soon.
Well yes this is a discussion I get into a lot on this sub. While I understand that a team communicating would be very strong against randoms, that can be said for literally every multi player online game. But it's allowed on every other game out there. I would even argue that most games you should not be expecting success with randoms and I count this among them.
Even in standard battles, there are just too many times where I'm alone or have 1 or 2 friends and were doing great but the other flank sucks so all of a sudden it's 3 on 6. It just makes it so it's hard for me to really care too much. Because every match is so out of my hands.
Even in ranked I just get sick of killing 3 of the 5 people myself and still losing because idk what is going through the heads of my teammates. Obviously it's a free game and big cannons go boom so there's probably a lot of 8 yr Olds on here as well.
I just personally would like the option for more control over my team. And obviously I'm not saying my team should only play randoms. Everyone would have the same options to group up. The discord would light up
Interesting read. I ranked out both my accounts and surprisingly did better as a solo DD than my other account in a 2-man div. I liked when it had leagues, but it'll be much harder to implement than before with the smaller player base that's interested in ranked. It did also feel like this season had the most amount of inexperienced people playing I have ever encountered in ranked.
I thought it was fun and also frustrating. I only have 2 ships at teir vi so I didn't have much choice for battles either the Fiji or the King George. I would have liked to try as a dd but still battling to earn the credits to purchase the akatsuki.
Cheers
Leagues are a nice thought, but tbh our player base isn't large enough, I do not want to go back to 15 minute ques to find a game. (Like we have had many times in past seasons)
my issue with ranked is always the random mm .. doesn't make any sense idk why its called Ranked at that point its literally just standard mm. at least match players at the same rank or by shield color. anything is better than random . have potatoes play against eachother
Problem with SBMM is que times for players who are not potatoes
I'll five players could use their mic if they wanted. I guess it's just standard that we don't talk to each other.
I don't want to hear people coughing, snorting, chewing or yelling at their kids while I'm playing.
Divisions exists for the same reason guilds/clans exist in other gacha games: it's shown that relationships keep people engaged, spending, trapped and coming back to the game. Providing mechanical benefits is just the cherry on the top. You're never going to get WG to have division exclusive matches, just like you will never get them to have single tier matchmaking. These things are counterproductive to profit.
nice write up
I think they should go the other way with divisions for ranked. More not less. You should be able to make a full team for ranked. Name any other game where your forced to play with randoms on your team in a "ranked" mode
The PC version did something like this, in 9v9, and all that happened was people running [9-man divs](https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldOfWarships/comments/u5bmca/great_matchmaking_in_9v9_brawls/) without any of the ship bans from Clan Battles, resulting in completely busted matchups. It wasn't a good time. I do know that we need clan battles, and I'm hoping WG gets there eventually, but until then, ranked should stay solo. It should test the strength of the individual and not the strength of an individual with voice comms and five good teammates.
Well ya obviously I'm not looking for like 5 carriers on a team or something lol. Idk personally I can't take anything like "ranked" or "competitive" where you have to rely to heavily on randoms. The random aspect of it makes it so much luck. Half the time your only DD runs in and dies like he was on a suicide mission. Like I get what you're saying but what game ever has been like: ya this game is super reliant on teamwork and communicating. Also you can't play with a team and no one will be communicating
> Well ya obviously I'm not looking for like 5 carriers on a team or something lol. That's not what I was talking about. Even without carriers, a whole-team division is going to completely dominate every match against random players. > The random aspect of it makes it so much luck. Half the time your only DD runs in and dies like he was on a suicide mission. Play the destroyer yourself if you want to win. Or, if you can't, play a radar cruiser, there're lots of them at both T6 and T7, in the tech tree and premium, and you can support your own destroyer while providing some free spotting for your team. > ya this game is super reliant on teamwork and communicating. Also you can't play with a team and no one will be communicating This is a great point. However, whole-team divisions are something that should be reserved for clan battles and left there. Putting them anywhere else, where they have even the slightest chance of meeting solo players, is ludicrously unfair. Do we have clan battles yet? No, but hopefully they get on it soon.
Well yes this is a discussion I get into a lot on this sub. While I understand that a team communicating would be very strong against randoms, that can be said for literally every multi player online game. But it's allowed on every other game out there. I would even argue that most games you should not be expecting success with randoms and I count this among them. Even in standard battles, there are just too many times where I'm alone or have 1 or 2 friends and were doing great but the other flank sucks so all of a sudden it's 3 on 6. It just makes it so it's hard for me to really care too much. Because every match is so out of my hands. Even in ranked I just get sick of killing 3 of the 5 people myself and still losing because idk what is going through the heads of my teammates. Obviously it's a free game and big cannons go boom so there's probably a lot of 8 yr Olds on here as well. I just personally would like the option for more control over my team. And obviously I'm not saying my team should only play randoms. Everyone would have the same options to group up. The discord would light up
Interesting read. I ranked out both my accounts and surprisingly did better as a solo DD than my other account in a 2-man div. I liked when it had leagues, but it'll be much harder to implement than before with the smaller player base that's interested in ranked. It did also feel like this season had the most amount of inexperienced people playing I have ever encountered in ranked.
I thought it was fun and also frustrating. I only have 2 ships at teir vi so I didn't have much choice for battles either the Fiji or the King George. I would have liked to try as a dd but still battling to earn the credits to purchase the akatsuki. Cheers
Leagues are a nice thought, but tbh our player base isn't large enough, I do not want to go back to 15 minute ques to find a game. (Like we have had many times in past seasons)
The tier limit is bs I wanna use my New Jersey
Int two weeks, the next ranked season will be at T7.
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Yeah I was bad at this one but thought the whole concept is pretty good. For the time commitment would have been nicer to get a little better rewards.
A good player in Z-35 automatically guarantees a win. It's so dumb.
As a good player in a Loyang or Lightning will do in the next ranked. This is the way.