I agree with the OP about matchmaking, it does suck to be low tier but this seems to be the trend with all Wargaming titles. Vehicles are balanced by tier, not by what tiers they will meet in combat so MM essentially just wrecks this balance. Putting inferior vehicles that have lesser crews (and maybe no equipment) used by newer players into battles with veteran players with better tanks, is one way to run people off. From my perspective it looks as if they need to feed the egos of players who just can not make the cut by feeding them inferior opponents to keep them in the game. I think the reasoning behind what they have designed is to push players to upper tiers where the tanks are better or get them to buy premium tanks that may be perceived as better. I believe what actually happens is players either adapt (the "get good" argument), they quit the game (I did this years ago but came back), or in the case of WoWS, they just play co-op. Course this isn't an option in WoT unless you just stick to the special game modes when available.
I am a World of Warships player who dabbles in Tanks and the way I have dealt with MM in WoT is just to ignore stats and try to have fun. I never use gold ammo, rarely use consumables, and just run around blasting crap. I stay at tiers 2-5 just grinding my crews and farming rewards. I have exactly zero compunction to go further up the tiers and no reason to purchase premium tanks beyond tier 5 so their game design only served to keep me from spending my free time and money on the game. It is a shame too, the game is kind of fun. Tanks is a good game, not great, but good. Matchmaking is just one of the reasons that keeps the game from greatness.
Edited by Taylor3006, Oct 03 2019 - 06:23.