Championship opponents

I still feel that gls need a weighting score in matchmaking, not complaining, much, this round my slkr vs Rey, slkr and jml...but I have more gp than him.. sigh

That’s a much closer gap then what you’d see in division 1, I’m 5.7 mil Gp and 3 people in my GA group have well over 6.5 mil, and the rest have 6 mil. It’s just the way it is.

"Nauros;c-2192955" wrote:
The matchmaking takes into account only the top X characters of your roster, not sure about the exact number. So, if you have close to that number of characters geared up but the rest is weak, you can get matched with someone who has the characters that don't cout for the matchmaking at much better gear, resulting in the GP difference. It's not ideal, but imo better than straight GP match when laser-focused roster (typically a young whale) just wiped the floor with a broader one (typically an old player with roster inflated by past metas).

Think its the top 80?

Thanks for the replies. The problem that I am constantly the "weaker" in the group. Under 1 Mil, you don't have so many good 7* characters to fill 6 teams...

I will check how to create one.
I agree, it is not just the stars, the gear, the mods, .... but generally greater GP means better characters. If they are 20% stronger I have lower chances.

https://swgoh.gg/p/984484827/ this is mine. Much weaker than yours... :)

"qui0spiuar;c-2192962" wrote:
I will check how to create one.
I agree, it is not just the stars, the gear, the mods, .... but generally greater GP means better characters. If they are 20% stronger I have lower chances.

Not necessarily. In your division you are setting 3 squads (9 characters) on defense and the round winner will most likely use approximately 9 characters on offense to win. Any unused characters don't influence the outcome of the round. That's the reason why you are not matched by total roster GP but by the GP of your top 18 characters (and ships also factor in in some way). Total roster GP is irrelevant for your chances to win.

"DarjeloSalas;c-2192976" wrote:

"Damodamo;c-2192974" wrote:
I still feel that gls need a weighting score in matchmaking, not complaining, much, this round my slkr vs Rey, slkr and jml...but I have more gp than him.. sigh

We hear this a lot, but have a look at this:

That’s almost exactly 300K GP for the SLKR requirements, plus the 50K for SLKR himself.

How much more of a GP weighting do they need?

I am regularly matched with someone who is around 300-700k more GP than me, and I'm in Div 3, nearly 2, so that 350k for SLKR is nothing as far as MM goes. Not saying that weighing them heavier is necessarily a good idea, but 350k in the form of a GL has way more effect than the numbers would suggest.

GP doesn't necessarily matter, roster focus does. It's possible to beat someone with a higher total GP (which keep in mind is taking into account ships).

One thing I notice is that your roster is starting to go a little top heavy already. Your best team is fairly good at low levels, but not even necessarily the greatest, and they are geared way higher than anything else you have. I don't know that I would've made Old Ben one of my first two g12s. There's no reason Luminara should be at g10 (mine is g8 and level 77, for example). By the time you're able to break into g12, you should in theory have access to much better healers.

Aside from your arena team though, you have a few other g10s and 11s, but not many other geared squads or even characters after that. So your top single squad being so much stronger than anything else you have is going to influence your matchups. Someone might not have their top teams geared as much as yours, but they have more fieldable teams, and maybe with better comps or even mods.

I know it is not balanced, but with a strong team, I am doing better in the arena, events and heroic raids... Old Ben was one of the strongest tanks accessible and I will need him for Luke.
Luminara was one of my first 7* farmed from the store with no very big effort.
Thank you for your answer.