"RandomSithLord;c-2184643" wrote:
"Kyno;c-2184634" wrote:
"RandomSithLord;c-2184572" wrote:
Sure it doesn't. But what's the point of GP-based divisions then if the leaderboard won't account for it anyway?
"Rath_Tarr;c-2184571" wrote:
"RandomSithLord;c-2184566" wrote:
"Waqui;c-2184562" wrote:
"shaun51422;c-2184497" wrote:
"crzydroid;c-2184372" wrote:
While there is some understandable frustration in your general complaint from a certain point of view, what strikes me about this is that someone in Division 9 even has any relic characters at all. G11 is where I feel some of the top people in that division should be. I feel like a Division 9 player with relic teams can't have much roster depth and would be extremely top heavy. I've seen plenty of people even in Division 1 whose gear has outpaced their ability to farm good mods. I can only imagine how much this problem would be exacerbated in Division 9.
When I started in GAC I wanted to focus on what would make me better there as well as compete in Squad Arena. Isn't that how you should play? I haven't seen a team in my Squad without at least some relics in months. So why wouldn't you expect someone trying to do well by focusing on getting a solid squad for arena and then for GAC? I haven't faced an opponent without relics in GAC in 3 seasons. I am not saying I should be the best in my division, but it seems like those of us that have done a lot more by the setup the game has given us (standard 3 teams O and 3 D plus ships) should not be finishing lower than teams that would have 0 chance to win playing us.
As far as having good mods, if you don't see how someone could have good mods on a few good teams in Div 11, then how would someone have good mods for 80 G5-G11 characters? That is another reason to focus on getting fewer well geared teams - you need less good mods for them.
The purpose of matching players also by matchmaking GP instead of matching by division and league only is to create more even matches.
Why not just get rid of divisions altogether though? What's the point of divisions and division-based leaderboards if there are players competing for the same top 10 without having the slightest chance of facing eachother? Can you really say XY is the best player of division 1? (As the leaderboards suggest now). Doubtful. They can be the best GAC player in their matchmaking bracket, sure, but hardly of the 4.5m+ division.
If you want a leaderboard showing the pound-for-pound best player, just use one general leaderboard.
Higher GP does not equal better player.
I'd argue, however, that someone fighting 3-4 GLs on defense and still making top 20 is a better player than someone soloing g7 Phoenix with Wampa every round to get to the top of the leaderboard.
you could make that assumption but that would be like trying to compare the best players at a highschool level to the best players in the major leagues.
Agreed. However, currently 4.5m does not really represent the major league (division one). It was a a good enough threshold to delimit the top division when GAC was introduced, but 4.5 to 9.2m+ in division one is a wider gap now then all division below put together.
Some frequently top ranked division 1 rosters are closer to d2/3 tier, just placed in the current highest bracket because the passing mark is outdated. Hence the dissatisfaction of many. You can have a "perfect season" of 59/60 banners average against DR, GAS/CLS + 2/4 GLs defense and you still won't cut top 10 because, going by the analogy above, some high school level players are playing other high school level players for better scores in the major leagues.
I dont think anyone disagrees we need more divisions, and not just splitting of D1, but a "redo" of the whole scaling system. that would allow for them to be more representative of fair matches, IMO.
I was just pointing out that there is no way to compare between divisions. I dont think 4.5M are facing g7 phoenix.
