Lets talk about the 200 AP bracket

On the steam forums there is an "interesting" discussion about the game balance. Obviously, game balance will never please everyone as this is way subjective for an MMO game.

But that discussion is heated mostly because of the 200 AP bracket and I do believe there is something very bad happening at the 200 AP bracket and discouraging new players to keep playing, which in turn, is bad for everyone.

The sad truth is that players are more worried about seeing their company high on the rank list than actually enjoing the game. So experienced players make their optimized 200 AP armies and superior knowlege of the game to camp at the 200 AP bracket where ppl still learning the game are playing. This only encourages new players to give up the game, as it ruins their experience...

I really think something should be done about this, but I'd rather leave my own suggestions for another topic. I just wanted to call attention to what is happening at the 200 AP bracket right now.

yup totally agree with you they should make ranked match available only at 400 AP and 800 AP not below. 200 and 300 ap are available but they do not count as ranked and they provide smaller benefits - call it a testing ground. The rewards should be adjusted by bracket or else playing a 30-45 min game at 800 will yield the same benefits as one at 200 AP that is done in 5-10 minutes vs a potential beginner.

Also...ELO system.

200 should be limited to low level players, like maps. Above level 7? Nope, no more 200pts for you, my friend.

300 should still say since it really helps when you can't reach 400 for "enjoyable gameplay" as they say.

200 should be limited to low level players, like maps. Above level 7? Nope, no more 200pts for you, my friend.

300 should still say since it really helps when you can't reach 400 for "enjoyable gameplay" as they say.

200 maybe shouldn't be limited to low levels only - but adding ELO ald ELO orientaded Xp/ducats income can convince high level players that farming begginers isn'y efficient.

like in real life - you can easily defeat kid on the street but you wont have good loot from it

I usually like to play 200-300 AP games, because they are very fast and I don't have time to play much longer matches. Usually ,when my enemy is a new player with very low lvl base units, either I surrender the game after chatting a bit or I try some particular cases, e.g. only PoB against the enemy whole army with the other Wolfen only moving without however attacking, and if I lost the PoB I surrender the game.