dusty plover
In a party with my friend, the system explains "combination match could not be found for __Bear__, PoisonedMango" which is normal happens all the time, HOWEVER, $explain output then went on to say " Grouped: <other player>, <other player 2>, PoisonedMango "
This is odd, because PoisonedMango was definitely not in their party. I attached an image of what I was able to get from the explain log. I have no idea what to make of this.
opal patrol
The algo creates a counter party for each party that is close to the same. Think of the counter party as a fake party made up of non-partied users or another real party. Since the algo could not find a counter party for you and mango you now become solo players. Next the algo tries to find a counter party for gold leader. It can use all solo players including mango. https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/balance_algorithm/blob/master/lib/loser_picks.ex
dusty plover
😮 how interesting! okay, not a bug then, my bad 🙂
do I leave this thread up for posterity or just delete it?
opal patrol
There’s actually another balancemode to try. Type $balancemode x in the lobby to see the other one. Might be better. Need to be boss though.
dusty plover
oooh! will do, thank you!
opal patrol
The other balance mode is cheeky_switcher_smart. If it works better let us know because I’ve got no idea if it’s an improvement or not.