[PvP] Arena team search radius

[balleny]

Discussed a few times already, arena teams either complain about not enough teams they face, or waiting too long to get matched against a team (large difference) or having to play a team that is far outside their range.

Typically, there are 2 approaches, the first should be the one currently active

• if 2 teams queue and are withing X rating (MMR) they get matched. Otherwise, if a team is in queue for Y minutes, they get matched against the next team queueing. static
• If a team queues, its getting matched against a the next best team in close MMR range but within at max X rating (similar to the first). this X rating is extended every minute matching against teams further split apart. After Y amount of time, it matches against the first team that queues after. more dynamic

this results in a lot of dissatisfaction for arena beginners, being matched against very high ranked players.
also, it can cause huge points / mmr drops for high teams if they lose against a team that they shouldnt be queued against yet (if you talk blizzlike).

Some private server implemented a widening/search radius.
A team leader can, before queueing, use an ingame command to set a "search radius". that way, only teams within that MMR will be considered (to avoid sniping, this is usually set to multiples of 100). teams are only matched against each other, if both teams criteria match.

pros

• beginner teams can climb
• high ranked teams dont risk losing over-proportional amounts of ranking
• it can still be set to unlimited

cons

• has to be communicated well to be understood by arena beginners and veterans alike
• default value to be used may be difficult to set (e.g. 700 as default delta)
• has to be in line with what the match-making is currently using (team rating / MMR / ?)
• potentially fewer games for high ranked teams / more difficult to do 10 games last minute

Original

Das Bracketsystem der Arena wurde entfernt. Stattdessen wurde dem Widening System eine Grenze hinzugefügt, die jeweils 700 MMR um der eigenen liegt. Der Gruppenleiter kann mit dem Befehl ".arenawidening" festlegen, ob ein Kampf gegen ein Team stattfinden kann, welches über dieser neuen Schwelle liegt. Der Suchbereich wird erweitert, je länger man sich in der Warteschlange befindet und die Grenze kann aufgehoben werden, auch ohne die Warteschlange neu betreten zu müssen.

translation:

The bracket system of the Arena has been removed. Instead, a limit has been added to the widening system, which is 700 MMR around your own. The party leader can use the ".arenawidening" command to determine whether a battle can take place against a team that is above this new threshold. The search area is extended the longer you are in the queue and the limit can be removed without having to re-enter the queue.