[Announcement] Upcoming Changes to FA Matchmaking

[SausyFC]

To clarify:

It is not your performance/results in the other competitions, it is your quality in them.

[jcohen42]

To clarify:

It is not your performance/results in the other competitions, it is your quality in them.

Why not just take into account team quality in Association games? Seems to me that players can still tank in League/Cup and manipulate their quality that way.

Also, why not address the questions regarding the changes to the national team with early player retirements and opponents quality?

[SausyFC]

Why not just take into account team quality in Association games? Seems to me that players can still tank in League/Cup and manipulate their quality that way.

Also, why not address the questions regarding the changes to the national team with early player retirements and opponents quality?

We're confident in this, but I appreciate the suggestion. We are keeping an eye on how this will go. While I can't reveal specifics, more data points means better matchmaking.

I will reply to your national team thread there.

[Reece p FC]

Why not just take into account team quality in Association games? Seems to me that players can still tank in League/Cup and manipulate their quality that way.

Also, why not address the questions regarding the changes to the national team with early player retirements and opponents quality?

yes, players that only care about asso games can tank with their 2 star players in all other competitions, and get easy asso match ups. that's how I ended up facing someone nearly 40% higher in this weekends asso final, completely spoils the game

[ZeekLTK]

yes, players that only care about asso games can tank with their 2 star players in all other competitions, and get easy asso match ups. that's how I ended up facing someone nearly 40% higher in this weekends asso final, completely spoils the game

Why would someone only care about associate games though? That seems backwards to me. Associations give so little rewards, you just get 5/5/5 red/blue/green if your FA wins the tournament. But you still get 4/4/4, 3/3/3, or even 2/2/2 if you come in last. It's not a big difference. Sure you get some tokens at the end of the season based on where the FA finishes, but if you're not even using your "real team" in league/cup/champions league then what do you need tokens for?

It seems pointless to only play this game for FA. FA is just there for some minor rewards to help your team play in real competitions throughout the season. lol