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    _Kuro_'s Avatar
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    Kuro Mewkhi
    World
    Exodus
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 90

    Major Flaw in Crystal Conflict Ranked!!!

    The party matchmaking algorithm in the new PvP mode "Crystal Conflict" is flawed. Before I explain, I do have an easy solution to alleviate some of the issues which I will propose after I explain the issues.

    The Story: I climbed my way to Silver, Tier 1 before losing back-to-back down to Silver, no stars. And then a perpetual back and forth. I'm a sad panda.

    First Issue: the job balance is flawed. Melee trump in this mode, but ranged can be successful, when supported sufficiently by melee. But not all melee are equal. The BEST are: Warrior, Dragoon, Samurai and, by far, Ninja. These are "S" Rank jobs and how many are on your team usually is enough to determine who wins and loses. White Mage is leagues ahead of the other healers as well.

    Next issue: The ladder. Matchmaking pins you against others that are not just equal to you, but also above and below your ranking. That means as a bronze, you will be matched with the unranked, bronze and silver. The problem is how it calculates the matchmaking. As a silver, you will be matched with either other silvers and golds, or with bronze and unranked. However, because you are silver, you will be in a party of unranked against a party of bronze and your teammates will hinder you more than help. Being a silver in this situation means losing because one player CANNOT carry their team.

    The solution: DON'T have matchmaking consist of more than two ranks. Pair the ranks for optimum balancing. Unranked+Bronze, Bronze+Silver, Silver+Gold, etc. Also, either balance the jobs more, or categorize them so matchmaking is fairer. A party of 2 healers, a DRK, a BRD and SMN against a WAR, SAM, NIN DRG, WHM is just no contest.

    I have proof of all of this. Countless matches as a silver where I was by far out-performing and had no chance of winning. Often, I out-performed the match; I often died the least (if at all), dealt decent damage, kills and/or assists, etc. Yet I often win when in a match of just silvers and golds. Having a party composed of those 2 ranks below you to "balance" your rank means losing. That's not balanced. The pics will be posted on Reddit with the same story. Grrrrrr, this needs some fixing...
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    Sililos's Avatar
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    Sililos Sanura
    World
    Sophia
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    Dancer Lv 100
    Rank means nothing when it comes to skill.
    Its pure RNG weather you get put with players who are on a winning streak, or players who dont know which end of the weapon to stab with. (nd everything inbetween).
    Those who got up into plat and crystal didnt get there through skill, they got there by kill trading late at night when almost nobody plays and they can stack the numbers with their FC.

    I have been trying to get out of bronze for ages. I get up to Bronze 1 3 stars easy enough, buuut then I get matched with horrible players who either afk or just dont know how to play continuously. there needs to be some kind of protection from being taken from 1 3 star to 3 zero star if they are going to stick with this RNG party matching system.

    A single player cant carry a party 1v5, but a party can destroy a single players ranking and there is not a thing the player can do about it.
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    Player Anhra's Avatar
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    Anhra Nefaris
    World
    Omega
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 90
    I dont see any large scale issues with current Job design. I played plenty of Matches to be able to tell that most People in this Community, are rather bad at PvP, which is both rather normal and understandable, if you consider how active PvP used to be and how People are used of playing FFXIV.

    As for the Jobs themselves, EVERY JOB brings something unique to the table and can potentially single handedly turn the battle if played correctly. It goes without saying that some matches will always be quick losses, simply because most People prefer a too straight forward approach which just gets themselves killed by someone who is smarter than them.

    For example: Many People overpraise WHM as the best Healer for some reason. But did you know that a AST can completely outperform a WHM, simply by not getting himself killed in the first place? All those numbers WHM could dish out are meaningless when you end up dead.

    Long story short:
    Numbers arent everything in pvp. If you dont know how to utilize the best of your Job, then you will never get past Silver or Gold. If you want to play perfectly, you have to do all smaller aspects of gameplay correctly first.
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