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I don’t understand how anyone in this thread could with a straight face tell me that the current system is not broken. In what world is it fair that I’m in Carbonite constantly contesting rosters that vary from 9-11 mil GP. Just because someone can punch up here and there does not mean that the match-making is fair. This is not an infrequent problem because I face it almost every round of GAC. I mean what am I supposed to do when my opponent is putting down Punishing-One Executor and my best fleet is Malovolence. Or GL’s on the front wall that I have no chance at beating with any team in my roster. I know CG is far too greedy to care about the f2p experience and there will probably be no changes to GAC anytime soon. I also know the Kyber p2p players will disagree, but I want to point out it is atrocious for any new or f2p players to go up against these accounts. It makes winning almost entirely dependent on whether the opponent plays or not and needless that is not a fun to play a competitive game mode.
I don’t understand how anyone in this thread could with a straight face tell me that the current system is not broken. In what world is it fair that I’m in Carbonite constantly contesting rosters that vary from 9-11 mil GP.
I'm not sure anybody is saying this isn't an issue. You really shouldn't be in Carbonite and facing 9 million GP rosters. OK, you may get 50% wins, but winning because players don't show up, isn't fun or the spirit of the game mode. Yes, something should be done about it. I honestly feel that something very simple like "Players with a GP that is over ***% larger than the average GP of the division are grouped together for GAC matches" kills the issue.
However, 2 very different scenarios are being confused in this thread.
- Players like you that are forced to face larger rosters that have free-fallen. (Yes, this is an issue).
- Competent gamers that have climbed leagues and are now facing rosters with a GP well above their own. (This for me is not an issue, should not be changed and is how the ladder system should work).
I doubt you're 'constantly contesting rosters that vary from 9-11 mil GP' though. Again, I'd love to see your GAC history. I.e. your ally code please.
Sure feel free to peruse it. 9-11 mil may be an exaggeration but after looking through it, it’s 6-10 mil average with the occasional 2-4 here and there. My roster just hit 3 mil with no GL’s or GL fleets. So still unfair in my eyes but I guess I’ll let you be the judge of that.
Ally Code: 167-941-729
Name: Bodacious
Hmmmm very interesting. So, I guess that 3 million GP is low for high Carbonite? So, you're shooting up a bit. It's also interesting that you're giving nearly all of your opponents a tough fight no matter what their GP. There's a 10 million GP guy there that attacked and you beat.
There were some (but in the minority) high GP players that didn't attack or '1 and done'.
If I had to pigeon hole your average opponent (from what I saw).
I'd say:
*6 million GPish.
*Happy to play if they can win.
*Will give up or not even try if they don't think they could win.
*Distinct weaknesses in their builds and play.
*Getting tough ...mostly competitive games vs you.
I'm not sure what to make of it or what my opinion is of it, to be honest. The negatives are, that the average GP of your opponents is a bit ridiculous. The positives are, you're swimming strongly. You've worked out how to survive and are competitive.
On one hand it shows that GP is irrelevant when it comes to GAC success. Also, In lower divisions large rosters can only use a certain percentage of their GP too. On the other hand though, such large rosters really shouldn't have fallen all the way to Carbonite and can't be very fun to play against.
Yeah I 100% try my best in every match and I try to learn how to stay competitive. Like Traya and Savage Omi together with Nihilus is a demon team in early ranks. Skill and game knowledge does go a long way over GP, I will absolutely agree with you there. Many giant opponents have just not played their rosters correctly, giving me an opening to win. But my complaint is the opponents that do play their enormous rosters correctly and wall up their defenses with front wall GL’s, and what not locking me out of the win. It then begs the question, why am I fighting this roster to begin with in Carbonite?
Overall, I just think facing rosters of more similar sizes would be more fun for the majority of players than having to punch up every match. That’s more of my point to it. Though I do enjoy learning more about the game, what teams to farm and it feels to great to win when the odds are stacked against me. I am definitely more encouraged to learn more about the game in the current state of GAC, but I think some match making revision would go a long way.
Well maybe the matchups are unfair on paper but you seem to have a winning record or close to it against the bigger accounts. So not sure what the problem is. Looks like you just got leia so now you do have a gl. Mods are very good for a low gp account. Honestly not sure you should be in a higher league strictly based on roster depth - i forget when but eventually youd have to put more on defense. Since you got leia i would strongly consider going for exec. Thst or jabba/jkl/jml/prof - theres some overlap in reqs there. But keep it up. Honestly I think your roster could beat the other poster with 6 mil.
Yeah Executor is my next goal after JKL. Leia is a huge grab after a year of f2p farming and I’m excited to see what she can do. I’m hesitating putting a lot of good teams on defense because my opponents usually save a lot of their GL’s for offense and I don’t want them to just get obliterated. But eventually I will start putting stuff like Leia down on defense once I’ve gotten her to a higher relic and her ultimate done.
Otherwise thanks for the advice and though I still do think the matchmaking is unfair, I can acknowledge that winning has much less to do with rosters and more to do with the skill of the player involved. Now that I have Leia too, I think GAC might be less frustrating. After all CG isn’t going to do anything so I may as well make the best of it.
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