Talk:Multiplayer League/@comment-34600274-20180913211819

Having exhausted all of my tickets for this MP season, I've come to the realization that the new definition of "insanity" is the 5th Anniversary MP Update. I've ended up at the exact same place that I was at the start of the season! I raced nearly the same number of times as I had previously, but instead of increasing my rating by 200 points there's absolutely no progress to show for my efforts. In other words, the new multiplayer system is a complete waste of time if you're trying to improve your standing primarily because the method it employs to awards points is completely broken.

What I've observed is that when you reach a certain rating there's a noticeable shift in the level of difficulty from matchmaking. It's not a shift in the skill level of the players; but rather, the performance of the cars that you now face. For the most part it's the same model of car that you raced against earlier except that they're now running TKs! So instead of being on par with your vehicle's performance, the new competition is markedly better than yours. The cars you now see will be able to outperform you -- all regardless of driver skill. Furthermore, applying a TK to your vehicle will just match you with an entirely new group of cars that are likely *more* faster than yours because of the shift in matchmaking difficulty! The new system is simply designed to set you up for failure in much the same way that EDD events does it.

Even with the increased level of difficulty I can usually find my way onto the podium. Still the problem here is that I end up shedding significant points in rank despite having finished in second or third place! No matter what the scenario is, I always find that my gains are very, very small steps forward and that my losses are GIGANTIC leaps backward! For a simple anecdote of what I'm saying; at the start of the season I took a look at all the league leaderboards and noticed a familiar player in the Top 100 of Champion League. I wasn't surprised by it because I know from prior experience that that racer is extremely skilled. Just a few days ago I took a look at the leaderboards again and noticed that same player now residing in the Top 100 of Challenger League! That's F'd up!!! Here's another anecdote; just today I raced against three others who were rated 150-200 points higher than me. I finished first and was awarded 11 points while the other three players had NO change to their rating! I simply cannot figure out how the MP System is distributing points other than it being a completely random process. The way things currently stand, the only way to balance out the screwed-up ranking system is to have each league separated by a mere 50-75 points or to limit how many points a player can lose per race.

At this moment I just want whatever Multiplayer Rewards I can get my hands on -- I don't even give a damn about the League Rewards anymore! I simply refuse to jump so high for a measly carrot. And I definitely won't bother with MP again if things don't improve with the ranking system, because I already know that it's automatically going to drop my rating by 100 points-or-so at the start of the new season. After experiencing how difficult it is to move up, what's the point?

With all that said, I do see a lot of promise with the new MP system. And maybe it's still a work in progress. . . Who knows? But as it currently stands, I'm so done with it.

Peace.