Agree that matchmaking needs an overhaul. I don't like the bots system you suggest, but I would like to see a GS based matchmaking. My idea is that when you join a battle, you can change equipment, but only as long as your GS stays the same or is less then your starting GS. That way players can't game the system and join with low GS and respawn with a high GS. Another limitation to the current system is that I can't try out a new tank / turret combo that I haven't upgraded, I want to try and use more turrets like Tesla, but if I switch to my Mk1 Tesla, and join a battle, I'm still pitched against 9999 GS legends, although am driving like a 4000 GS tank. Since hitting Marshal rank I've suddenly been pitted almost entirely against players with 9999 GS score, when my favourite combo barely scrapes 7500 GS. Right now I'm barely making a single kill in a match, whereas before I hit Marshal rank, I was often in the top 3 of a winning team. I've switched to World of Tanks for the time being until TO gets more enjoyable. Matchmaking based on GS would allow everyone to try out new tank / turret combos and still be able to enjoy a fair match on an equal battlefield. I know some people will say "if Legends join a low-GS battle, their superior experience will give them an unfair advantage". I have 3 answers to this point: The MM system is already unfair, so will it be any worse? What's to stop legends creating a new account and beating new players? New players expect to be on the back foot initially. When I started playing new MMO games as a new player, I know that it will take me time to get used to the game and to start making progress. It's just one of those things.

I agree with the above, I'm in a similar position, mid-rank with average of 5k / 6k GS and generally I'm matched against maxed out players at high ranks. Not that I mind it occasionally, it's a fun challenge, but now it's almost always and it's a pain. I very rarely get put in a battle with lower ranked players, only higher ranks, does this mean that there are no new players joining the game any more? It didn't used to be this way, 10 years ago I remember it being a lot more fun. Another thing I find frustrating is that I can't buy new protection modules, I obtained 5 when they came out and these are all available to me, but I can't get any new ones so I can't upgrade protection against other turrets that have become popular. Personally I think MM should be based on GS and not rank. I would like to try some different turrets sometimes to get some experience, but my other turrets are lower GS - if I switch out my equipment and for instance try a tank combo that is 2K GS, I still get matched in battles as if I was using my 6K GS combo. It means I can't experiment with different turrets and hulls.