UPDATE 2022-02-19: Yup, still here, still grinding. Algo is even worse. I now win 1 in 8 or 1 in 10 matches. My NPC teammate mechs die nearly immediately, can stand 10 meters with lasers in front of an enemy and miss the entire charge, the enemy NPC are basically snipers with any beam or sniper weapon and are now 2 star\rank higher than me, P2W players are now near full star or higher with premium gold weapons. If I could give no stars, I would. Such a waste of time to just quit. Well done @devs for roping me in. UPDATE 2021-12-16: Several weeks later from my original post and I certainly didn't expect anything to get better, but I certainly didn't expect it to get worse. Every NPC is now a minimum of 1 rank higher bot and equipment than me. Every P2W opponent is 1 to max rank higher than me. Where I used to win 3 out of 4 or 5 games, I now win 1 out of 5 games. Hmm... Interesting... Do yourselves a favor, if you are not paying to win, then don't install this game. 2021-11-29 The matching algorithm is absolutely terrible in this game. The worst I've ever experienced. It is weighted towards to the Pay-To-Win players being matched up against Free-To-Play players to essentially make sure the previous enjoys the game more and spends more. It isn't difficult to understand: If F2P players enjoy the game, they will more easily convert to P2W players. The only reason I still log into this game is because of the amount of time I've spent GRINDING to get decent equipment. I've read other reviews like this too, and the responses from the developers is always "We are constantly monitoring and working to improve the algorithm", but it seems this is basically lip service only. @devs: it's an easy algo: match the equipment level/rankings and mech level/rankings, match the w/l ratios and the k/d ratio. Everyone will enjoy the game more, and you will convert more F2P players into P2W players.