"Kyno;c-2256670" wrote:
"niko4;c-2256659" wrote:
I agree with you on a lot of those points Kyno. I only want to compare to day 1 fleet shards. If day 1 shards had a similar creation process, I would expect the top 50 in those shards to look fairly similar when reviewing GP and other stats. This would assume a similar level of players growing at a similar rate over this time. Obviously, there would be some differences as each shard is not a perfect sample of the overall population in this game and number of battles would vary based on how the shard was organized. If we did find my shard top 50 is still not similar enough compared to other day 1 shards, that is more reason for me to believe there is an issue with the larger population in my shard but won't be able to found out without more assistance. Thanks and have a good weekend!
Actually day 1 shards could be wildly different as far as GP and other stats go, that is why that is irrelevant. They are going to be a random assortment of players who were active at that time and over the level needed to open ships. They should be all over the place from that perspective, they will not have the baked in process grouping them by opening that later shards or arena shards have.
Could you explain how the shards would be significantly different? If we or at least most of us in a shard were active at the time of creation and continue to be, wouldn't they be relatively close in general. While there might be some more p2p or f2p players in different shards, or some in better/worse guilds, if the shards were created at the same time and the group continues to grow and play, they should be relatively similar. And if our shard was at a recognized disadvantage for almost 2 years prior to the split with a significant amount of zeta mats and crystals lost (and never compensated as part of the fix), should we be expected to be slightly weaker than other day 1 shards? I'm not sure what the loss was but I think it was around at least 25k+ crystals and 60+ full zetas for just a top 50 finish.
