>>A forumer averagely can do better than the ignorant. Are we penalizing the forumers?
Please get the point - rating is a trying to determine your performance not the performance of two players who are part of the platoon.
We are trying to compare apples and apples. Let me make it very clear what the difference between person who plays solo and who plays platoon in numbers
Person who plays solo has the following control on the game inputs:
1. choice for one player win rate and a choice of one tank - nominally it is 14% of the distribution
2. choice for one top tank / one top tier tank operator winrate when seeded as a top tier - nominally it is 25%-50% of the distribution as there are between 2-4 top tier tanks in one game
Person who plays platoon:
1. choice for two players win rate and a choice of two tank - nominally it is 28% of the distribution
2. choice for two top tanks / two top tier tank operators winrate when seeded as a top tier - nominally it is 50%-100% of the distribution
So platoon players have twice as much of control and in case of when seeded as top tiers they have a full control of the choice of who is going to be the top tier and which tank they are going to play.
It allows to influence matchmaking in your favor.
It would be unfair to not recognize this advantage and add a provision for players who improve their stats by tweaking matchmaking in their favor trough introducing one tank and one player as they wish.
If a solo player can have such a control and say to matchmaking:
Ahh I play a Panther, this tank sucks. Please always give me a team mate with T29 and the same winrate as mine.
It would be nice. A solo player does not have this luxury when a platoon player does.
Conclusion: Fair rating will make a provision to this.
Edited by face4stas, 05 February 2015 - 06:40 PM.