GA Fairness: Community Help

Score should be hidden until over. My 2 cents.

"Sewpot;c-2364584" wrote:
Score should be hidden until over. My 2 cents.

Nope. If my opponent is just lazy enough to do one battle, I should be able to see that and adjust my fights accordingly (ie clearing a full territory of theirs) so that I spend my time efficiently. If the scores are hidden then we all have to go full tilt the entire time, which is in an aggravating time sink. If I can successfully win by beating a quadrant instead of multiple, that's a win in my books.
Imagine investing alot of time to attempting a full clear, just to find at the end of match the opponent did one battle. Times that by three opponents. I'd be ticked.

Actually, I feel outgunned whenever I run into someone who's got 1M GP less than my roster.

I almost always attack first and with a full clear the opp sometimes doesn't attack because they feel like it's a loss already. I've had more than one say that and those are folks that have all of, or the majority of, the GLs so sometimes attacking first can offer an advantage. To simply state that others that see things differently are bottom feeders only showcases a lack of intelligence.

We already went over the attack first vs attack second benefits and I blew that theory up with all the attack first wins I was getting.

"Nothingface;d-256510" wrote:
Hey all,

Just a thought for how the community could help offset matchmaking disparities.

If you are a notably larger account and outgun your opponent- attack first.
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Well if the opponent is notably larger. We mainly have 1 of 3 scenarios.

1. The smaller account has climbed up, and is therefore on par with larger accounts.

2. The larger account has fallen, and is therefore on par with smaller accounts.

3. The larger account isn't playing much, and therefore probably isn't going to attack more than once. And if they do, I doubt they care enough to wait.

This isn't even taking into account 'time factor'. Where a lot of players have a limited time to attack.

"Rius;c-2364610" wrote:



Can you explain the competitive advantage?

I think it's fair to say there's an advantage for sure. Knowing what you need to do to win, massively changes how you will play (in the higher divisions anyway). If you know you can drop a battle or 2 and still win, if you know you don't have to full clear therefore prioritize an area or if you know you don't have the luxury of dropping battles where you can attempt to pinch banners. It 'can' and will in certain matches be a pretty sizable advantage.

I also think there's some other tactics regarding waiting, which I think has got me wins. I don't wish to discuss those though.

I think most players would care more about the uneven matchups than who moves first but what would I know, I'm just a bottom feeder in low end Kyber 1 beating opponents with more GP/GLs about 60% of the time by attacking when I'm ready.

"Rath_Tarr;c-2364646" wrote:
I think most players would care more about the uneven matchups than who moves first but what would I know, I'm just a bottom feeder in low end Kyber 1 beating opponents with more GP/GLs about 60% of the time by attacking when I'm ready.

I’m more than a million gp less than you and ranked about a thousand spots higher in K1 and I always make sure I go second and run about an 80% win rate. Clearly going second is a distinct advantage, I like when they go first and try to scare me with a full clear.

/s for the inevitable anecdotal evidence warriors.

I attack when I have time. That's usually in the last hour.