… is great.His solution is to allow relatively lower-tiered GP accounts to advance to higher brackets through wins, but disable relatively large-tiered GP accounts from falling below a certain bracket. The idea is to mitigate gigantic disparities between opponents rosters.As example, once you reach 7.0 million GP, you can’t fall Kyber 5. This would reward players not interested in competing in GAC with more daily crystals for their large account, and would prevent a newer/less developed account in, say chromium, from facing an insurmountable opponent.I think this change would lead to many many more hedonic units for the player base.Thoughts?

Main issue I can see is some large accounts would never leave K1 and never play gac. Net result would be more autos, also an uneven distribution in each division. In strongly suspect the economy aspect of GaC (ie total crystals paid out) are based on an even distribution and thus allowing this idea would increase total crystals paid out. So .. not happening.

This seems counter to CG's intentions to get people engaged in the game mode. They don't want to reward players for non-participation.

Not really a fan of said solution.I think the bigger issue is that rankings are way too volatile. Point swings from matches are drastic. And you're locked in a group for 3 matches. So it's too easy to have a week of close losses send you plummeting... or vice versa.

Until u reach that wall of huge GP account that can’t fall any further. At least the way it is they fall to where their auto set will keep them, which would be all over the place. I’ll take a chance at occasionally hitting one of these falling giants, than eventually getting to a point it literally a wall with no cracks.

They could also reset the brackets ever so often. Say every 12 weeks. Give some kind of bonus for where u rank then reset based off GP. Stagnating at 6 and 6 is a terrible idea. As for facing the big accounts I’ve done it several times and half the time they don’t attack. There is a reason they fell so far. And sometimes they mop the floor with me.

AP Gains’ solution to GAC matchmaking…

49 Replies

wildmannz
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
Main issue I can see is some large accounts would never leave K1 and never play gac. Net result would be more autos, also an uneven distribution in each division. In strongly suspect the economy aspect of GaC (ie total crystals paid out) are based on an even distribution and thus allowing this idea would increase total crystals paid out. So .. not happening.
crzydroid
Retired Hero
3 years ago
This seems counter to CG's intentions to get people engaged in the game mode. They don't want to reward players for non-participation.
ccmoose
Rising Novice
3 years ago
Not really a fan of said solution.

I think the bigger issue is that rankings are way too volatile. Point swings from matches are drastic. And you're locked in a group for 3 matches. So it's too easy to have a week of close losses send you plummeting... or vice versa.
AbC4932a1766700
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
Until u reach that wall of huge GP account that can’t fall any further. At least the way it is they fall to where their auto set will keep them, which would be all over the place.

I’ll take a chance at occasionally hitting one of these falling giants, than eventually getting to a point it literally a wall with no cracks.
DiggyandBoo
3 years ago
They could also reset the brackets ever so often. Say every 12 weeks. Give some kind of bonus for where u rank then reset based off GP. Stagnating at 6 and 6 is a terrible idea. As for facing the big accounts I’ve done it several times and half the time they don’t attack. There is a reason they fell so far. And sometimes they mop the floor with me.
BigPoppaBangs
New Spectator
3 years ago
"wildnz;c-2342188" wrote:
Main issue I can see is some large accounts would never leave K1 and never play gac. Net result would be more autos, also an uneven distribution in each division. In strongly suspect the economy aspect of GaC (ie total crystals paid out) are based on an even distribution and thus allowing this idea would increase total crystals paid out. So .. not happening.

No, they would never leave K5, they could fall down from K1 eventually hitting the 'floor' of K5.
perfidius44
Rising Newcomer
3 years ago
The division population being a % of total players, this floor of k5’s unengaged players will prevent players on lower divisions to go up. The squish will hit hard. So trying to protect lower gp players, you will actually harm them while rewarding unengaged players with extra daily crystals.
There is only a problem if there is an advantage at losing on purpose to reach lower divisions. So far i didn’t see any evidence of that.
winterwolves
Rising Scout
3 years ago
"Zannah06;c-2342206" wrote:
They could also reset the brackets ever so often. Say every 12 weeks. Give some kind of bonus for where u rank then reset based off GP. Stagnating at 6 and 6 is a terrible idea. As for facing the big accounts I’ve done it several times and half the time they don’t attack. There is a reason they fell so far. And sometimes they mop the floor with me.

Resetting off gp is a terrible idea and completely undoes everything that players work for. It would also again promote lean rosters, that CG doesn't want.
DrStewartH
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
A handicap based on GP difference could solve this. Each 500,000 GP difference is +25 banners for the other player. 4mil GP vs 2mil GP before the match even starts the score would be 0-100 and the 4mil GP account is responsible for clearing that gap with their more developed roster. This is essentially how golf is done in leagues around the world and it works just fine.
M0st1yHarm1ess
New Spectator
3 years ago
"Dwinkelm;d-254257" wrote:

As example, once you reach 7.0 million GP, you can’t fall Kyber 5. This would reward players not interested in competing in GAC with more daily crystals for their large account, and would prevent a newer/less developed account in, say chromium, from facing an insurmountable opponent.

Forget CG for a second, even from an objective standpoint, why would any game designer want to reward players not interested in a game mode with more income through that game mode?