When I am in credit-earning mode, I will often take out my Cromwell B and catch on with random tier 6 skirmish teams. I often end up with teams comprised of players with lowish personal ratings. I enjoy running with these teams, and this isn't a knock on them. I myself am not god's gift to tanks.
At any rate, I wonder if the strongholds matchmaker -- which, according to my understanding, tries to match teams of roughly equal quality -- ultimately benefits these players. I see skirmish teams do absolutely crazy strategies that would get them wiped out against competent opponents. Yet these teams still mange to win because the matchmaker puts them up against a similar-rated team that does something even crazier. I wonder if players are learning anything from this. Do they end up thinking that their wacky strategies are actually good ideas?
I am thinking that the old days with totally random matches may be better for these guys in the long run. (We all know the joke: Sometimes the seals need to be clubbed. It is educational.) Or maybe there is a happy medium: Could about half the matches be against random opponents and about half against similar-rated opponents?
What do you think?