Waching daily Apr 1 2018

Hello guys welcome back to the channel and you might be surprised on what you

are seeing right now. Instead of an overly edited videos I usually make, its a

video of me talking on top of a gameplay footage. And why is that? Because

this time I want to talk about an apparent exploit with the game that largely

goes under the radar because it doesn't technically break the game, but in my

opinion in does break the game, ethically. It's called division anchoring and it's

currently raising concern particularly in Asia. How it works is pretty simple

just take a carrier from tier 6 to 9, preferably 7, and division up with AA

specced ships, ONE TIER HIGHER. Now if you haven't noticed already it puts the

lowest tier ship, in this case the CV, as the anchor for the other two ships and

they will never be in a tier 10 match because tier 7 is the minimum tier.

hence the name. The reason of doing this "exploit" is that it's basically prevent

the division from being bottom tier, so they won't lose out on ship capabilities

against whatever on the enemy team. And what better composition for such

division? Other than a Saipan, a Kidd and a Kutuzov to do the job? I think you

guys can see why. Now the problem I want to point out of this exploit isn't just

about the more coordinated play out of the division, the problem is that they

RUIN everyone else experience on that same match by taking advantage of the

completely blind matchmaking system and using an undoubtedly very capable ships.

I shall start from the most apparent victim which is the enemy CV. It will be

1) Almost incapable to protect his destroyers against enemy planes or

strike the divisioned enemy destroyers, which most likely an USN DD with

DFAA and 19 points captain, on top of the fighter support, and 2) Having a hard

time striking other ships because of the presence of those division. It's not hard

for the enemy division to pinpoint where the enemy planes are and act accordingly,

while they do the spotting for the team. In short he's been denied out of his

role in the match. No matter how good the player is, one guy in the CV would have a

hard time taking down a competent CV and AA division. And when the CV does

get shut down, his team would react accordingly and gets even more passive

because they have no spotting. The CV is being FORCED to play in an

unfavorable state throughout the whole match. Now you guys might argue that, "Well isn't

that the point of being in the division? play together and win the game?". That is

fine. I'm sure noone would be against that. But is it a good win if you are in a

vastly superior team or playing with a very good players? Would you say "GG" when

the match is about to end before anyone apart of those three people have a

chance to do anything? Would you even consider the game as fun to play after

the match ends? Again this is an ethical problem and it affects everyone that

plays on that match. In the game where the word 'balance'

gets thrown around

a lot, I don't think matching up a group of

competent players against a solo player would be good for said player. Hell, even

the good competitive minded players doesn't like this kind of play, including

the players in the anchored division you are seeing right now! Yes, I personally

asked for their permission to have their match shown here. They know that it's

cancerous, but for them that setup is arguably, the best setup to win the game,

to win any game. But like I said, this is exactly the problem we're facing. While

this division players are the minority compared to the entire playerbase, the

influence they cause is FAR from minor. Because these three people are affecting

21 OTHER players on that same match. Imagine how frustrated you are when you

see a division of Saipan, a Kidd and a Kutuzov (in this case an Alabama) on the

enemy team? Imagine how the CV that will be

up against that division felt like. I don't know, how about quitting the game

after the match ends? Maybe that's the reason why CVs are unpopular to the

mainstream players, including me. To sum it all up, we have a group of very

competent players each playing an overly capable ships, in a match where

they will never be bottom tier, and would never be outplayed in Random battle. So what can

be done? Well to start, I would suggest limiting the division matchmaking to ONE

single tier, which effectively make division anchoring impossible to do, and

then secondly, make the matchmaking system AWARE of ships capabilities that

are queuing, so both team get equally capable ships, not just having a balanced

tier. Or, they could just force the matchmaking to pair a 788 division

with another 788 division. I think latter is easier to do. Now, what do you

guys think? Should this kind of division be

eradicated because it's not healthy for the overall community? Or should them stay

since they incentivize 'good plays'. And what's your opinion on having a

matchmaking that is more aware and give a much fairer matchup at the cost of

maybe longer queue times? Let me know in the comments below. One more thing, I've

put down the links to the players on the footage you are seeing, in the

description below. They are very good players and if you would like to see

their game, go check them out. And before you say anything, yes, it is

April and this is one of 'that' video. (No really, this is an actual issue)

Thank you for your support,

hope you guys learn something. I'll catch you on the next one