Introducing Clan War Leagues!

[JackAtk]

Hey, everybody! A week or so ago, I noticed that the Clan Wars sub-forum was filled up with threads along the lines of "Clan War Matchmaking is Terrible" or "My Clan Keeps Losing Wars". I am sick and tired of these threads clogging up my favorite sub-forum, so I just sat down and brainstormed for 30 minutes to find a way to fix matchmaking. With help from YouTube, other brainstorming sessions, and talking to other players, I hope I have found a solution: clan war leagues. As I describe this idea, please note that blue is ageneral description and red is pros and cons. Thanks for taking the time to read this thread, and please comment anything you have to make this idea better.

Clan War Leagues - General Desc.

• Each clan starts at 0 "War Points"
• As a clan wins, their War Points go up, but, if they lose, War Points go down. It is, in this sense, much like regular trophies
• Clans eventually reach Bronze, then Silver, and reach different leagues as they climb in clan points
• Clans only match up with clans that are in the same league as they are - thus matching up with clans around the same skill as they do
• The matchmaking algorithm stays the same, except only clans within their league can be matched
• As clans go up in leagues, the war win bonus slowly gets bigger and bigger - maybe 10% more loot per league

This idea is made to benefit three-star clans, while also putting clans with similar skill against each other to improve matchmaking.

Clan War League - Pros vs. Cons

Pros:
• Fairer matches because similarly-skilled clans are pitted against one another
• Rewards clans that take war seriously with bigger war loot bonuses
• More, for lack of a better word, "marquee" matches, because the best clans will be in the highest league
• No more easy matches - I'm tired of this!

Cons:
• Longer search time because of another part added to matchmaking algorithm
• Number of points available could be tricky to determine
• Clans could purposely stay in lower leagues so they get easier matches

In response to Con #1 - I am willing to wait 4-5 hours for a match-up with a clan that will challenge us correctly. Also, since there would be more clans in there lower leagues (just as there are more players in Silver than Champions), search time would be lower for more casual clans, but longer for top clans that really want a competitive match-up!

In response to Con #2 - This is the trickiest one. Comment below if you have an idea for this

In response to Con #3 - This means that those clans have to lose (and not get war loot) or rarely war; not a very nice trade


I know this idea is far from perfect, please comment if you have any ideas that could help out.

[Shadowmaster5]

I love the idea

[JackAtk]

I love the idea!

Thank you! Do you have any suggestions to make it better?

[JackST]

Great idea! I bet Supercell could do some simulations or something to find the solution to Con #2.

[TheForgottenSoul]

As I voted in the polls this idea is good but is needed for some tweaking done by Supercell if added in game.

[Deadtoast15]

Would need a lot of tweaking and work put into it but a neat idea overall.

+1

[dongiovanni]

Besides your choice of font color I think it's not bad..

But the problem is clans are made up of people who come and go, opt in opt out from time to time, new members etc. So you might be looking for hard matches, but the serious war clans move people around and therefore I don't see this helping the game. They can implement it by adding a better way to search for wars rather than some totally random thing.


And I wouldn't want to wait for 4 hours just to match up. It throws the war schedule of track, not everyone is in the same timezone, that can also make or break winning.

[JackAtk]

Besides your choice of font color I think it's not bad..

But the problem is clans are made up of people who come and go, opt in opt out from time to time, new members etc. So you might be looking for hard matches, but the serious war clans move people around and therefore I don't see this helping the game. They can implement it by adding a better way to search for wars rather than some totally random thing.


And I wouldn't want to wait for 4 hours just to match up. It throws the war schedule of track, not everyone is in the same timezone, that can also make or break winning.

For clans with people that come and go, this would not be a problem. No one would be locked it, and the matchmaking algorithms tays the same outside of the leagues part. A clan would just find a clan in their league that satisfies the normal matchmaking algorithm.

Also, I understand where this point is coming from, but I think a war schedule, where you plan in the 4 or so hours it takes, would be a solution to that problem. For example, we start wars at 8 AM, noon, 4, PM, and 8 PM, then we wait until the next morning to start another war.

Do you have any ideas to improve the idea?

[JackAtk]

Still looking for any ideas to make this better!

[Zannan]

Not a fan of the longer wait times. (I am a very impatient person. And so are most of my clan mates.)

So I would like their to be a option for the how long it takes to broaden the search; half an hour increments until it gets to 12 hours (Whoever would be happy with a 12 hour search is beyond me but will give fairer matches if you're that patient, I assume.

And the clans would have to lose staying in lower leagues to get easier matches. However; this just helps other clans and if they win, they will go up some points anyway.

So that sounds like a lose; lose situation for those clans.

As for points; how about; like the matchmaking, but divided by some number. (I don't know how any points is worth what so I can't give a reasonable number.)

The amount of points; is how many you gain or lose. However, there is a +/- 5 for how many less/extra matchmaking points the matches totals up to.

P.S.:I also hate your choice of color.