What I have personally found with the 5 groups is that BR 1 is mostly on its own, 2 and 3 are relatively similar and 4 and 5 are relatively similar. Some things would be adjusted between the 3 new ones as needed (could def see some BR 4 stuff coming down). The other thing is newplayers. I think this is a good opportunity to also expand NPM to help develop players loadouts before throwing them to the wolves.
This would leave 3+1 (3 + new player) matchgroups for each faction.
BR I = BR 1* (mostly bolts and low capacity / low fire rate smgs)
- Two groups for BR I: Group 1A: Newplayer Matchmaking. Have not completed Tier 1 in the tech tree | Group A2: Have completed Tier 1, or are grouped with others that have completed Tier 1
Upon completion of Tier 1 tech tree (for each faction) trigger popup. “You have completed Tier 1 for X Faction. Your basic training is complete! You will now be placed in standard matchmaking with all players.”
BR II - III = BR 2 (mostly semi autos with standard capacity / medium fire rate smgs/lmgs)
BR IV - V = BR 3 (mostly select fire rifles with extended capacity / high fire rate smgs /lmgs)
note: full auto capacity and fire rate would be related to that faction as needed.
If majority of gear is a lower BR, trigger pop up: “You are matchfinding with a BR III loadout, while most of your equipment is BR II. you will face weapons and vehicles that are statistically superior to the majority of your equipment. Do you wish to proceed?”
Yes [ ] No [ ] Don’t Show Me This Again [ ]
Now that is the simple part, here is the twist part:
BR Class A and B for vehicles. Each BR will have 2 classes in its vehicle options.
Example: BR 3 Class A = Tiger E | BR 3 Class B = Tiger II (P)
Vehicles slots in game would change:
- 2 Tanks [Only 1 can be filled by a Class A and 1 can be filled by a Class B]
- 2 Planes (regardless of Fighter or Attack) [Only 1 can be filled by a Class A and 1 can be filled by a Class B]
- 4 Motorized (Bikes and Transports) [Only 1 can be filled by a Class A and 3 can be filled by a Class B]
- For Motorized Bikes could be classed as Class A and Transports Class B, but could argue standard trucks vs apc differences too.
Yes, this would mean you would have essentially 3 BR’s of small arms, but 6 BR’s of vehicles.
With this change, it would be likely necessary to add additional squad slot to free so they can have both classes of vehicle slots available. A such I recommend the following:
4 Slots by default
expand premium slot to allow events as well
Slot 5 and 6 Rentable Slots (Premium) but add Silver rental for
Slots 7-8 Unlocked at Tier 4 completion in tech tree and Tier 5 completion in tech tree
9-14 (yup expand to 14 base slots for total of 15 with premium/event slot) purchasable via gold.
Alternatively, to the slot changes, you could make it so you can have alternate tanks in the squad … so you could choose either a class A or B tank to spawn with. and the same for planes, which may be simpler to implement