GA matchmaking
It could do with some improvement. I’m 90% sure where I’m going to place upon first glance at people’s rosters. I’d recommend a system that looks more closely at specific rosters and teams tha...
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"IDinDooNuffin;c-1759227" wrote:"Waqui;c-1759198" wrote:"Javick_Starage;d-193739" wrote:
It could do with some improvement.
I’d recommend a system that looks more closely at specific rosters and teams that are massively advantageous.
E.g. thrawn, treya, palp etc etc.
Maybe putting characters into tiers and comparing gear levels and zetas would make the match-ups more balanced.
In my current event we have a guy who has 20-30 g12 powerful characters (CLS, JTR, Palp, Chewie, 3p0) and at the other end one guy who’s only g12 and zeta is Vader.
So, why should players, who developed a stronger roster (still with the same total GP as his opponents) only be matched with other strong opponents? Why shouldn't he instead benefit from having developed his roster well? Why should a player with a weaker roster (same GP) have an easier path to take first place than the player with the stronger roster and get the same rewards as him/her? How would that be even remotely fair and balanced? I suspect, that the algorithm actually makes sure to not pit all the strong players against each other. From what I've experienced each 'pod' of eight has had a good mix of strongly built and weakly built rosters.
Yes, including ship GP in the algorithm, when ships are not even used is silly. Apart from that using roster GP as the 'main' match-making parameter seems quite fair.
Because those of us who started at inception were told by this forum to raise GP of useless toons to get more GP to max TB (which came first) when the only PVP was arena and not based on GP at all we have now 140 toons 80 of which are lvl 60, gear 5 or 6 and random modded
Now we are being punished for starting the game before you.
After TB came TW. In TW your 'fluff GP' could match your guild against higher GP opponents - even if you didn't use your 'fluff' toons during the match. It's nothing new. What people see in GA today was always present in TW. The only difference is, that while players didn't really notice how their 'fluff GP' hurt their guild, now they notice how it hurts themselves.
Furthermore, raising your GP with 'fluff' was a choice - just like it was a choice back when I myself farmed jawas and took my Ugnuahgt to g11 in the early days of the tank raid. IT was my own decision. Now you have another decision to make: Do you continue creating more 'fluff' or do you change your strategy today?
