Current MM system is actually very horrendous. BR1 is forced to fight BR3 while BR3 is forced to fight BR5 at random. All those new Steam players will have to content using starter BR1 tank (T-60, Pz.II C, M13 GMC, Ta Se) and AT Rifle against any BR3 tank or even some BR2 tank. It’s the same situation we encountered before the merge where T-60 and Pz.II C would fight Pz.IV F2 and T-34 1941 respectively in Moscow campaign.
I hope they would see the light when Steam release actually come. People have been begging for BR-/+1 MM for a while, even during the merge playtesting.
They probally gonna keep it and gonna get review bombed negativelyby all players who started and want to play as axis or japan.
Since axis/japan get slaughtered with no contest and most players lose intrest in a game if they get wiped constantly. My self included
Japan i stopped playing completly, since i dont like their maps, and they get steamrolled all the time,
Axis i am playing less and less axis since they lose 8 to 9 out of 10 games in low br.
Allied i also mostly stopped playing since they just steamroll everything in low br 9 out of 10 times which is boring.
Ussr is a mixed bag, since they steamroll 50% of the time, 35% it is a close fight and 15% they lose.
If they made it so it was preferable br 1/2 - 3/4 - 5.
Or the harder implement and less preferable br 1/2 - 2/3 - 3/4 - 4/5
Then it would fix some of the problems with the balance and adjust the win rate of the different nations.
Do you seriously think that the BR’s being as they are directly relates to win rates? If that was the case then all win rates should be equalized because they are all the same BR’s
Player count is the sole reason
For 5 matches? 10 matches? Wow so many and how long will it take to reach BR2 without a premium? Way more than that so OP’s point still stands.
In March i will be grinding new players and make them leave while playing as the Japan but don’t blame me i need xp to grind my TT and a lot of Silver.
yes, the BR set up post-steam needs to be: 1&2, 3&4, 5.
this only adds 1 additional queue and improves balance by A LOT.
→ no more up/down tiering, no more Br5 ruining balance for all lower tiered items.
→ more historic accuracy.
extra spice: i recommend the game to add 1 or 2 bots into every match (equal for both sides!) and give
these bots weapons of 1 tier higher. this will make the battles more immersive and realistic, while not affecting the balance at all, since bots do not abuse high tier weapons like real players do.
The BR at the steaming release really aught to put BR1 on its own, then BR2-3, 4-5. This too only adds 1 additional queue and keeps the steamers safe from needing rage vaccines.
The jump in power aint as massive from br1 to br2 as from br1 to br3.
Stats wise on the weapons i looked on at br 3-4 are pretty close too.
Anyway lets say your right, and in that case, that players are the only thing that counts.
Then why not just drop the battle rating system and let top tier weapons and starter weapons be in the same matches, since there aint no difference as “player count is the sole reason”?
