GA Algorithm - Worse Than Before??
So I was excited that the GA matchup algorithm was going to be improved. I was also excited for GAC to start (correctly this time). The I go into my first round matchup... The person I am against...
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"StarSon;c-1898975" wrote:"kello_511;c-1898966" wrote:"StarSon;c-1898953" wrote:"kello_511;c-1898950" wrote:
"Nikoms565;c-1898916" wrote:"TVF;c-1898890" wrote:
I think OP just wants to play himself or something. He seems to want only identical rosters to be matched up, which is impossible.
Nice strawman. I simply would like to know if CG's point about "Those players will still be rewarded for their strategy in Grand Arena, but they’ll be matched up against someone who looks more like them." and the statement in the GAC info screen about matchups being based on the maximum power of the units allowed to be used is actually working as intended and is being reflected in the matchups currently in place.
I realize there are some of you who would personally prefer it not be as CG has clearly stated - repeatedly. Sorry if that's not how you want the game to play. In the same post (regarding GAC matchup improvements) CG clearly stated : "The change won’t be drastic – in most cases, players should still have GP that is pretty close to that of their opponent." - that doesn't seem to be happening either. Again, whether or not that's your personal preference (or mine) is irrelevant. Either CG's statements about the matchmaking rework are off base, or the way the matchup algorithm is working (or not working) is. I'm just offering feedback and wanting to know which it is.
Serious question.
Did you really think that CG was going to recode the matchmaking algorithm every time a new meta is introduced?
What about after every major rework? “GG was reworked so droid teams are good now, so we need to tweak matchmaking”
If they were good at coding in conjunction with good database design, they wouldn't have to change it every time. Set it up so you can mark certain characters or team compositions to be used in matchmaking, and then the "algorithm" is the same every time, you just flip some data every few months.
That’s a big “if” - what have you seen in this game lately to support that?
Perfect example - TB phases will now be a day and a half each because of a schedule issue? And they will remain that way “for the foreseeable future” for some reason.
So again - is it really shocking that they aren’t willing to program a game mode in a way that requires them to re-visit it each update?
Would we want that? Their track record for releasing “fixes” or “updates” is...consistent.
Yeah, I get that it's a big if, and it won't happen for multiple reasons, aside from their inability to do it. I'm not even a little shocked, I just wanted to point out that for any competent team it would be relatively easy to set up a matchmaking system that could take different things into account based on data.
And I'm not sure if we would really want them to do it if they could. I think I want them to do it in TW, because most of our matches have been bad ones, but in GAC... I don't think it matters that much, since you will eventually get matched against players of equal skill anyway.
I used to get angry at incompetence as well. I’ve since realized that it’s my expectations that need to change, and since I’ve done that I’m happier.
I now expect them to fail every release, and they no longer disappoint me.
