Narrowing Tier Spreads Discussion - How to Fix Matchmaking

TrackedCanOpener, on Jul 22 2011 - 06:27, said: Thanks for the detailed response. I've played Wargaming games for years now, and have usually grimaced at how pants they usually were. However, I continue to be surprised at how World of Tanks, despite its flaws, actually has a fun gameplay at its core, and it's what's keeping me coming back to it every day.


Quote Having said that, thank you for coming out and saying what's patently obvious based on a lot of things seen in this game: World of Tanks is geared toward Wargaming's primary market: Russia. People can complain about how the game doesn't fit American sensibilities for whatever reason, but you guys know what makes your market tick and this game hits it perfectly. In a strange way, I appreciate that for once Americans aren't the primary market and your game mechanics are built for your primary market, and though there are some things I don't like about it, I've just had to admit that I'm a part of a miniscule part of your playerbase and roll with it. If it bothered me that much, I would have left long ago, but based on the sheer amount of cash I have spent on this game, I guess there isn't enough to bother me.


Quote If I could offer some advice, I think the development team (or at least the PR guys) should develop a series of articles for the North American community that explains why you're doing what you're doing, and how the Russian server and community actually operates because of it. I think some of the disgruntled folks would find it at least informative if they could understand how some of the decisions that seem boneheaded on this server actually benefit your main customers--which is what your focus should be anyway. There's a significant portion of the forums that think you folks are a bunch of slack-jawed yokels who have no clue about economics or the fact that Americans have money, so I think it would be beneficial for you to come out and show them that you're a quite successful niche developer who focuses on Russia and by extension Europe, and you're successful enough doing that while picking up the North American niche players like us without a lot of press. If anything, it would allow folks like me to point to the articles and tell someone ranting about the Matchmaker that we are but humble grasshoppers in the food web that is World of Tanks, and their screaming just makes you a bigger target for the bird to pick you off.


Quote Once again, thanks for the time and the explanations. Though I could have told you that the crickets you hear chirping as a result of your post was to be expected. Few people enjoy being told that they're insignificant for once.