Relative auto-balance

Idea: Only auto-balance if a team has 15% more players than the other team.

0 vs 2 <- Yeah, that's quite imbalanced
14 vs 16 <- That's OK

By the way the more players there are on a server the more unlikely it is that the balance it kept.

 

We need more balancing by skill instead.

 

But then we have to consider what is an accurate measure of skill. I think what autobalance needs is some situational awareness. I've been autobalanced to the team that was about to cap our last flag just because they had fewer players. Not complaining, but I don't think that makes any sense in my former team's time of need.

 

autobalance doesn't swap players from the top half of the scoreboard. if you don't like being swapped try not to suck

 

I've often seen people complain about autobalance; esp. if you've commited yourself to a team it can be a shizzly annoyance to be sent to help the enemy - obviously, you wouldn't understand as you don't play KAG, but fine. Also, it's often only a matter of a few minutes / seconds before a new chum joins. Autobalance shouldn't be based upon score as it currently is; doesn't make much sense. It should always swap the newest player.

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Hmm, quite a coincidence. Happened today @"~AG~ Server" after this was posted. He decided to grief ..

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[22:52:06] <RCON> <dodedodo> u kidding ???
[22:52:10] <RCON> <dodedodo> i was red......
[22:53:21] <RCON> <dodedodo> fuck this game and its crappy autobalance

 

Worst time i've been autobalanced:

I built a massive tower, they had 8v10, I rush as builder and die. Instant autobalance. Fml.

I seriously think there should be a better auto balance system, maybe choosing which team has the most of a class and take the worst scoring picked class to the other team?

 

You can always have bad luck.

 

So the grief was the autobalance's fault? I get balanced all the time and while it can be annoying, it's even worse to play an unbalanced match. If I can suck it up and be a good sport so can you.

I find it humorous that I see Verrazano in game more often than I see you. Just sayin'

 

Like it was said in another thread, autobalance should put players who last joined (or is somewhere in the middle), instead of someone who carries the (losing) team.

 

The thing is, sometimes autobalance doesn't realize which team is "losing" and swaps people onto the winning team.

 

Perhaps it could measure players horizontal positions (perhaps the average of all the players on the team) to determine which team is winning.

 

April Fools, correct?

 

It's 2nd April.

 

Heard of timezones?

 

you're right still April 1st in Western Alaska

 

Swapping the newest person would mean the same person gets swapped endlessly in certain situations. On red, swapped to blue, but now red has too few and you're swapped back (because you're still the newest player), then swapped again, etc.

 

it would be nice if you stopped suggesting things that are already implemented,

and finding problems that are already solved

 

Shame that wasn't a suggestion.