GA galactic power matchup

Let's cut it out with the personal attacks please. It's not adding anything to the discussion.

"Besteve;d-199927" wrote:
Why use a formula that penalizes your longest/most loyal customers?

Out of curiosity, what were the zeta counts on both sides?

If your opponent paid to catch up then you could/should have a significant zeta advantage since they can only be acquired with time, not money.

Any system which punishes players for simply activating toons (here's looking at you EP shuttle and Ebon Hawk) is a terrible system. Sadly, that is what I and many others currently do.

First, i don't care much about GA matchmaking a lot, even if i am a player from the start with over a year break and (of course) a lot of crap and mistakes within my roster. I won a few GAs with weaker toons, and never really got last place so it is ok for me like it is actually.

But i can also understand why some players, especially the ones with an old unwiped account, want some more balance to the force ;-)

It takes a loooong time to build and develop, and you can't undone all of your mistakes you did because you din't knew what was coming, and how it will affect your gameplay. You cannot wipe toons that do not help you anymore to decrease your power. You can't deactivate abilities, units, etc.
The only thing you CAN do atm is to remove all of your mods from unused and unwanted toons. But that is just a drop in a bucket.

So one alternative to be competitive again (at least for GA), is to start a whole new account. Honestly i would not invest that much time again and would rather quit 'cause my patience isn't that great to do all these grinds again over the years (i am f2p). I like SW but i also like my time with family and friends, and to manage two accounts at same time or start a new one and abandon my old is out of the question (for me!).

Finally i chose option no. 3, to accept what i can't change, and make the best out of it. Obviously i decided to change my playstyle, don't level and gear every toon up, or activate it if not needed. Just the things i CAN do in my situation. I know that will be also a long way to come close to the ones with a second/third/whatever account without mistakes but it helps me to be more competitive over time.

"Hortus;c-1821395" wrote:

"Ultra;c-1821310" wrote:
What's your proposal for the formula they should use?

It was answered many times - they could start with GP as baseline and then calculate global GA rating based on player's performance. And split rewards in two pieces - for matches won and for global position (so better players will get better rewards). Some sort of PvP ladder is used basically in any PvP game worth mentioning, it's nothing new.

Ok but then people are going to complain whales get better rewards and how unfriendly it is to F2P since they get less global rewards and you will still have people telling you how it’s not fair

"Besteve;c-1821312" wrote:
Use a formula based on top characters that would be used on tw not what my 170th would be

REALLY

REALLY

that’s your suggestion? Last TW the top characters to be used were Geonosians and Clone Troopers

Guess next GA match should be based at looking at our clones and geos

Good thing all my clones are g1 level 1 now I can face people who just started the game with my g12+ Jedi and Darth Revan

"Besteve;c-1821328" wrote:
Also you miss the point where they spent 2500$ on g12+ to be at my gp which is a mega whale so don’t act like farming is the issue here

the real issue is trying to get $2500 back in refund because this is ridiculous

"Hortus;c-1821395" wrote:

"Ultra;c-1821310" wrote:
What's your proposal for the formula they should use?

It was answered many times - they could start with GP as baseline and then calculate global GA rating based on player's performance. And split rewards in two pieces - for matches won and for global position (so better players will get better rewards). Some sort of PvP ladder is used basically in any PvP game worth mentioning, it's nothing new.

And it has been commented several times, that for this to be fair, the players battling on the top of the ladder should win significantly better rewards than those on the steps below - similar to how it is in arena shards. In squad arena the ones performing best win 500 crystals, while some only win 100 crystals.

The current system is fair - not even, but fair. Players with strong rosters, good strategy and good execution of their strategy have a higher chance of winning better rewards. Fair.

"Waqui;c-1821520" wrote:

And it has been commented several times, that for this to be fair, the players battling on the top of the ladder should win significantly better rewards than those on the steps below - similar to how it is in arena shards. In squad arena the ones performing best win 500 crystals, while some only win 100 crystals.

The current system is fair - not even, but fair. Players with strong rosters, good strategy and good execution of their strategy have a higher chance of winning better rewards. Fair.

I explicitly said that better players should get better rewards, and it's very easy to achieve when there is PvP rating system in place. So I don't understand what's the point of objection here. How exactly better that reward should be is another question.

The current system may be fair from the some point of view but definitely not fun for many-many people. No fun in being steamrolled every time. Less fun = less players in the game. And lack of competition for good players is hardly fun also. I'm winning every GA without any significant effort with very rare exclusions, first place rewards every time are good but the entire process are boring. I'd glad to compete with players with better roster but current system just don't allow that.