Matchmaking

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Interesting bit from EDGE article about ED:

"Elite's multiplayer setup, however, exists somewhere between Dark Souls multiverse and full-on MMORPG, Dangerous universe will fracture into shards as you explore, matchmaking you with similarly skilled pilots and your friends."

It is very vague as usual with media, however year and moth ago during KS I remember FD discussed matchmaking and what will take priority. Would be interested to hear what's their thoughts now, how matchmaking will work by this skill parameter, etc.

 

[Dejay]

Thanks for the quote! But I don't get how that would work "Fracture into shards"?

The only idea I have is that PVP missions are specifically generated to take into account what other players are out there and what would be good matchups. So there would be 1-2 PVP missions that take you to specific contested systems and pit you against enemies in fair odds. An nefarious AI game mastermind that puts groups and squardrons together and guides them into glorious battle. A kind of chess rating for individuals and groups. It could be a very elegant solution and awesome feature to make ED one of the best PVP MMOs out there, combining PVP and story.

But that wouldn't involve shards (groups?)

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Thanks for the quote! But I don't get how that would work "Fracture into shards"?

The only idea I have is that PVP missions are specifically generated to take into account what other players are out there and what would be good matchups. So there would be 1-2 PVP missions that take you to specific contested systems and pit you against enemies in fair odds. An nefarious AI game mastermind that puts groups and squardrons together and guides them into glorious battle. A kind of chess rating for individuals and groups. It could be a very elegant solution and awesome feature to make ED one of the best PVP MMOs out there, combining PVP and story.

But that wouldn't involve shards (groups?)

I think that was unfortunate interpretation of journalist. There's no PvP groups, this means that people with similar skill set are matched first, t.i. they are first in priority queue. If not, you get rest of players.