Clan War Matchmaking Improvements

Here's our current war:

I'm gonna go ahead and say these guys are engineered... just guessing though.

th11 - 14 vs 27
th10 - 6 vs 1
th9 - 10 vs 2

Us....................Them
1 th11.............. th11
2 th11.............. th11
3 th11.............. th11
4 th11.............. th11
5 th11.............. th11
6 th11.............. th11
7 th11.............. th11
8 th11.............. th11
9 th11.............. th11
10 th11............. th11
11 th11............. th11
12 th11............. th11
13 th11............. th11
14 th11............. th11
15 th10............. th11
16 th10............. th11
17 th10............. th11
18 th10............. th11
19 th10............. th11
20 th10............. th11
21 th9............... th11
22 th9............... th11
23 th9............... th11
24 th9............... th10
25 th9............... th11
26 th9............... th11
27 th9............... th11
28 th9............... th9
29 th9............... th9
30 th9............... th11

I am speechless. This is our first war after the MM update, we were playing in a Cup of nations and we were very curious what it will look like.

This is us:

https://i.imgur.com/oBSVijm.jpg
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/Hf7ccdv
https://i.imgur.com/Hf7ccdv.jpg

And this is them:

https://i.imgur.com/om0RrDQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9hJhQHW.jpg
https://imgur.com/om0RrDQ
https://imgur.com/9hJhQHW

Really SC?!


https://imgur.com/oBSVijm

hmph. just saying the clan war matchmaking is complete (censor). like seriously. I had to attack two maxed th8s and I was only a th7 max.

We haven’t won a war since the update, though the last one was our own fault. 6 straight losses and mostly because our bottom bases are facing engineers with high level walls and heroes that our th9s just can’t beat. That’s causes our top bases to have fewer attacks on their top bases. I’m wondering if they could add some flexibility and get better matches by allowing you to take more bases into the war search. For example, if you do a 20v war but could throw 26 eligible bases in and SC could match you with a clan and choose the 20 best matches from your clan. I think it could help to weigh walls a little heavier in the algorithm as well as heroes. Big difference attacking a base with level 11 walls vs level 8 or lv 10 heroes vs level 40 with equal defenses. This is really going to hurt our clan as I’d say about half play just to war.

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Originally Posted by MenionLeah

I am speechless. This is our first war after the MM update, we were playing in a Cup of nations and we were very curious what it will look like.

This is us:

https://i.imgur.com/oBSVijm.jpg
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/oBSVijm
https://imgur.com/Hf7ccdv
https://i.imgur.com/Hf7ccdv.jpg

And this is them:

https://i.imgur.com/om0RrDQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9hJhQHW.jpg
https://imgur.com/om0RrDQ
https://imgur.com/9hJhQHW

Really SC?!


https://imgur.com/oBSVijm

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Lol, get used to it. And it'll only get worse

We've been matched against clans with engineers more since the update with stronger defenses at the top. However, we've now won 4 in a row, which we hadn't done recently under the old system. We seem to have hero advantages lately, so maybe it has balanced out more than it seemed? Point being, the new system may be giving more even matches despite what appears? Or we've just hit a lucky streak?

War #6, and biggest mismatch by far. (Getting worse each time)

us
1-11 TH11 with EA
12 TH11 no EA, GW 12. (New th11)
13-22 TH10 with 2 infernos
23 TH10 with 1 inferno
24-26 TH10 no inferno (new th10)
27-30 TH9

No engineered bases, all at different stages of upgrading normally.

them
1-13 TH11 with EA
14 TH11 no EA, GW 20, Max troops
15 TH11 no EA, GW 20, Max troops
16 TH11 no EA, GW 14, Max Bowler, Witch, Valk & Giants
17 TH11 no EA, GW 14, Max Bowler, Healer, Valk, Wiz & Giants
18 TH11 no EA, GW 15, Max Bowler, Valk, Healer & Giant
19 TH11 no EA, GW 13, Max Bowler, Healer, Valk & Giant
20 TH11 no EA, GW 17, Max Bowler, Valk, Hound, Loon
21-26 TH10 with 2 infernos
27 TH11 no EA, no infernos, GW 15, Max Bowler, Valk & Healer
28 TH11 no EA, no infernos, GW20, Max Bowler, Witch, Valk, Healer & Giant
29 TH10 no inferno
30 TH9


C'mon.. Clearly 100% engineered clan, they outnumber us by 10 TH11s all with GW & Max Troops.

In 6 match ups we have had 1 that was even.
I can already see what our 7th war match will be, 30v40...

This algorithm clearly isn't working!!!

After reading through a bunch of this thread, it does not seem like the new war MM algorithm has done what is was intended to do.

SC needs to either continue to tweak it and monitor subsequent match-ups, or take a more explicit action and change something a little more fundamental about how match-ups/wars/upgrades work. There are A LOT of ideas on these forums for them to work with...some good, others not so realistic.

My favorite complaint was the guy who said before the update his clan used to win a lot but since the update his last three wars were decided by the percentage. Clearly these were uneven matches because he is supposed to win by several stars.

In every war there is one winner and one loser. Many of the matches posted here look uneven but not disastrous.

Those who were expecting the new algorithm to be the end of engineering will be disappointed.

But it had moved my engineered TH11 account from being grouped in with the high TH7 up to the low TH8s. Or maybe that was because I upgraded my warden. Who can say?

A bonus star system and a weight tax on unbuilt structures would solve most of the problems but it will never happen