How strict should a match be in clan wars?

[kdrakakis]

At this point the opponent matching algorithm in clan wars is trying to find the best match for a given clan, within some tolerance settings preset by SC. I wonder if we could have a switch upon starting a war toggling this tolerance. It could have, say, five settings, from 1 to 5, 1 meaning finding an opponent quickly but maybe significantly inferior or superior, and 5 meaning finding a well matched opponent but possibly hours later. What do you think?

[NzSmarte]

Wouldnt you rather wait the 5-10 minutes and try get an even match? And i dont think it would matter coz at the moment you can still find yourself with ludacris match ups.. So until they can fix this (which i dont think they can/will) then theres really no need for a dial coz there already is. 😂🔫

[OzAudi]

So in a world where every third person is convinced their clan is severely and unfairly out-gunned in a CW, you want to increase mismatches ?


Not a well thought out solution to slow match-ups.

[kdrakakis]

My problem is that I currently wait for 10 minutes and I still get an unfair match. So I would like the ability to wait for maybe 2-3 hours in order to ensure that I get a fair match. SC currently has its own estimate as to how patient the clans are going to be. Why not allow clans to state themselves exactly how patient they are instead?

[kdrakakis]

OK, sorry, I see that you misunderstood my intentions. I personally want the ability to wait longer for a fairer match.

[OzAudi]

OK, sorry, I see that you misunderstood my intentions. I personally want the ability to wait longer for a fairer match.

You referred to adjusting tolerances, so I worked on that as a starting point.

As war search match-making tolerance is relaxed at predetermined intervals (to increase the available “CW ready clan” data-subset) adjusting the starting tolerance will not necessarily extend search time or achieve your goal of a fairer match, if at all. And adjusting the predetermined intervals that tolerances are relaxed, will not necessarily do anything but extend the match-making process.

Without knowing the exact algorithm used by SC in match-making (this is a commercial secret) and without knowing how incoming and outgoing clans feed into the “CW ready clan” data-set (this might not be secret) we can only speculate how user tweaks/adjustment will affect match-making.

SC staff might consider this an interesting thing to test but if it doesn’t appear to work I predict even more people will pollute the forum with complaints of unfair CW.

[fz2hqs]

We found that putting a bit of effort in reaps rewards. For the last month or so we have restarted the war search every 7-8 minutes - this has lead to a string of *very* even matches. Whilst it might be construed as a pain to reset over and over it has made the subsequent wars much more enjoyable.

Is this a problem that needs fixing? No I do not think so - you put the effort in and you get the rewards much like the rest of the game.

[gamul1]

We found that putting a bit of effort in reaps rewards. For the last month or so we have restarted the war search every 7-8 minutes - this has lead to a string of *very* even matches. Whilst it might be construed as a pain to reset over and over it has made the subsequent wars much more enjoyable.

Is this a problem that needs fixing? No I do not think so - you put the effort in and you get the rewards much like the rest of the game.

We have done the same (10 minutes) for the last/current 6 wars and the match ups have been more balanced. Its certainly a pain to restart often but better than before when we always got matched up with an obviously bad mismatch for us. Prior to doing this I think our clan was 2L and 8L. Since doing it we are 4W - 1L (in one now).

Super Cells war matching system is seriously flawed. No mater how long it takes it should only match clans that are reasonably matched. Getting matched with clans that are twice as strong as yours makes the game stink and discourages wars. No one in our clan minds losing a war when it was well fought and close. But when its an over match from the beginning and you get crushed you just shake your head at Super Cells stupidity.