@MadMongoose6 If you suspect a user of cheating then please report them by following the steps in this link: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/
Most of the times I am 99% sure we are not playing against other players, but some simulations, and the cheaters are just bugs in EA AI. On different occasions I seen that if I play softly the opponent adapts. On other occasions even if I play hard the opponent manages to beat my score just before the end of the time. There are cases of scores that can not be reached not even with max lvl plants, 7 mil in a week when it`s hard to get 2,5 or jumping from 100k to 6 mil in 2 sec just before the time expires. The plants that are shown that the opponent used are just for mockup, I have seen shown the same plant with 2 different lvl used.
I totally agree that we aren't playing actual players live. It may be actual games that players have played, and simulations, but we aren't playing someone live. I've also noticed 2 other trends.
1. Streak manipulations.
As my streak get longs (around the 8 wins mark) the opponent's score starts to reach my personal record for that particular Battle. I think it's all a scheme to get players to spend gems, which I've stopped doing.
2. The league doesn't appear to have real people
Also, I've noticed that the league's leader board appears to match my frequency of play. Last time I advanced from Gold to Jade, the top scores were all in the 600s. This time, when I've played less regularly, the top scores are in the 300s. I think the leader board is just an algorithm and not actual players. The goal being to get push players to spend more time in the app, watch more adds for rewards, and optimize this behavior without burning people out.
Today I got another proof that we are not playing against other players, not even recordings of real players.
I played on my tablet, I was ranked first with 357 points, the "player" that was second after me had 332, I got a low battery message, closed the game and connected the tablet to charger than I got my phone, started the game. This was a max 5 min break from playing, to my surprise I was ranked second and the "player" that was before second with 332 points was first with 363 points! HOW? HOW DID HE GOT FROM 332 TO 363 POINTS IN LESS THAN 5 MIN?
Community Admin@ValyDeta There are some "bots" that can stand in for players in certain circumstances. The PvZ CM on Reddit does talk a bit about it: https://www.reddit.com/user/Haemophilus_EA
You can read a little on the purpose of the bots here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/8jihx2/ea_bot_is_at_top_2_of_my_league/dz2vdrr
YESSS. Okay so I thought I was going crazy. Because I was not really into the battlez. Because I honestly didn’t really know how to play and I didn’t know we got prizes. So recently I’ve been at it. Playing all out. And I am #1 currently but before I half assed it and always got third or second but the score was less than 100 points. Now I’m almost up to 500 and out of nowhere some person/AI. Idk. Started catching up hardcore. I had a lead of 100 points. 15 minutes would pass and boom my lead was only 30 points. How is the possible? I thought I was imagining things but yes I’ve noticed when my streak gets too high. The difficulty gets harder or I play people who’ve matched me and barely won or a ridiculous amount higher than me. And I had a feeling something was up so I thought to myself, I can’t be the only one. But thank you for confirming my theory. I’m definitely not gonna be wasting gems on this. Knowing it’s rigged basically. I’ve spent 3-4 yrs on this game building my coins and gems. To waste it ? Nah don’t think so.
