GAC Matchmaking Mess...

In general, I agree. CG does not have brains, skill or conscience to make good MM. I don’t know what exactly.
But I think it is again all about greed. “You do not spend (how much Carrie said?) 5,000$ per month, here your opponents with 20+ g13 more. Now, if you what to win, go sell your kidney”
Of course any sophisticated MM would stop that rather quickly, but it’s not our case, it’s EA, worst company of the year several years in a row.

"OBoogieIII;c-1951132" wrote:
@SemiGod the hard truth is the system is designed to limit the amount you can progress a single day. The hard truth is that system limits how quickly you can get to gear 13. The hard truth is it doesn’t matter how many gear 12 toons you have if a single team of gear 13 meta team can eliminate your entire roster. The hard truth is that meta team does not need to be gear 13. The hard truth is the relics are only going to crest more distance between the whales and everyone else. The hard truth is you get nothing but hate on the forum by people who defend every single little mistake because they’re the problem. The people that spend big time are the ones ruining the game. It’s funny because when people figure out a way to even the odds, like certain rosters that can win. The whales are the first ones complying and crying. How many times are they going to cause poor snaking to get nerfed? But when the tables turn they want to talk about should’ve played smarter, ie spent more. When f2p complain there’s so much venom thrown at them on this forum and they’re told to just deal with it. It’s sickening the amount of abuse you see on this forum. All from people who want to defend the mistakes made. Anyone can take a simple look and see the matchmaking isn’t equal. But until it causes the whales issues nothing will be done. Now bash away I’m full prepared.

The hard truth is that I'm not going to read that because a giant block of text is a pain to read.

Space them out :P

@SemiGod


the hard truth,


is the system is designed to limit the amount you can progress a single day.

The hard truth is ,


that system limits how quickly you can get to gear 13.


The hard truth ,


is it doesn’t matter how many gear 12 toons you have if a single team of gear 13 meta team can eliminate your entire roster.


The hard truth ,


is that meta team does not need to be gear 13.


The hard truth is ,



the relics are only going to crest more distance between the whales and everyone else.



The hard truth is ,



you get nothing but hate on the forum by people who defend every single little mistake because they’re the problem.



The people that spend big time are the ones ruining the game.




It’s funny because when people figure out a way to even the odds, like certain rosters that can win.




The whales are the first ones complying and crying.



How many times are they going to cause poor snaking to get nerfed?



But when the tables turn they want to talk about should’ve played smarter, ie spent more.



When f2p complain there’s so much venom thrown at them on this forum and they’re told to just deal with it.



It’s sickening the amount of abuse you see on this forum.


All from people who want to defend the mistakes made. Anyone can take a simple look and see the matchmaking isn’t equal.




But until it causes the whales issues nothing will be done. Now bash away I’m full prepared.



The hard truth is,


I was at work so I was typing quickly and didn’t really take the time to be grammatically correct. So sorry to inconvenience you.



I hope this is spaced out enough

@SemiGod but thanks for proving my point ???

Complaining about whales being able to smash you, ruining the game etc. is just blinkered thinking.

They are the only reason this game continues to exist. They are the ones funding every bit of new content we get. They are the ones saving us from having to endure in-game advertisements.

Whales are great.

It's not fun to come up against an overpowering roster, but at least that person is keeping the game going. I usually just hope there is something on the board I can find a way to beat, but it's not the end of the world if I can't. The end of the world (swgoh world I mean) is when the whales stop whaling.

"SemiGod;c-1951328" wrote:

"CCyrilS;c-1951327" wrote:

"OBoogieIII;c-1951324" wrote:
@TVF you don’t think people should be able to win every match? What’s the point of playing if you have no chance to win? It’s a waste of time.
I think every match should be winnable, I think you shouldn’t be matched against someone if you can’t win. It’s a huge waste of time if you’re unable to win.
If that’s the case they should just ggo be the awards out before hand so we don’t waste a week of our lives fee.

What's the point of playing if you have no chance to lose?

I mean I'd rather be in favour of winning than losing ;D

Lol sure. But a game is no fun when there's no competition. I can totally school my 5yr old at 1 on 1, but i don't get too much out of it.

"TVF;c-1951298" wrote:
People shouldn't be able to win every match.

Except for me cos I'm special. :D

My opinion: this is a championship. You don’t get special matchmaking cos you’re not as good. You get put in a division, and you play all the teams in that division. The teams at the top of the premier league/nba don’t just skip out the teams at the bottom. This matchmaking should have started out as being random within your division. I invested in my roster better than 95% of players, but I’m playing that top 5% so my advantage is cancelled out. Where is my reward for being better than most?

That said, in the case of this game, after a while of records being established, your record should be factored in (but not solely relied on), so it can be decided who is best/who is middle/who is worst, rather than the top players beating the bottom players every time. When my record is amazing, I should get a group with 1 or 2 really strong players, for it to be competitive, and be above the rest. Before that I should be dominating.

"OBoogieIII;c-1951324" wrote:
@TVF you don’t think people should be able to win every match? What’s the point of playing if you have no chance to win? It’s a waste of time.
I think every match should be winnable, I think you shouldn’t be matched against someone if you can’t win. It’s a huge waste of time if you’re unable to win.

Not a waste of time. An incentive to do better and improve your roster in-between GACs. That's a major part of the game and for many players a fun part.

"OBoogieIII;c-1951612" wrote:
@Waqui I do have a counter for Dr and Malak, they’re not quite there to challenge all gear 13 meta team version of it yet, but I have one. That’s not the point.

If that's not the point, why did you drag DR/Malak into the discussion and tellings that wether that team was on offense or defense was the decisive factor in your matches?

One of the main issues is how OP the meta is currently. I could use my counter team, I won’t win, but I could use them. Say I lose, I could use GG to have another shot, probably won’t win there either, he’s built this team to be really good and that’s awesome.

Now you drag DR/Malak into the discussion again. What's your point?

A counter team is not much good if you can't win with it. Not really a counter. But again: Now you know, what to work on.

My thought is if there’s no one on my roster then I probably don’t belong in a match with them.

Why not? Why should you have easier opponents and an easier path to progress to the higher leagues? I think you and I understand the purpose of the leagues differently. There's a selection of who ends up in Khyber, Aurodium etc.

Yes, the Sith Empire team is strong. Why should players with that team be at a disadvantage during matchmaking? Why should you only have opponents with no SE team, just because you don't have a counter? Where's the 'championship' aspect in that?

It’s a strategy game so there should be some strategy to putting something together to beat them. That’s just my opinion, there should always be a way to win a match.

There is. If you lack a counter to Sith Empire teams, build one. That's strategy as well.

If you want even matches, just be patient. AS the effect of leagues kicks in later in this championship, you will be matched with players, with a similar success rate in that GAC. Matches are less even in the early rounds. Of course they are.

Currently I could use my roster and not make a dent in their arena team, because there’s only a handful of counters atm.

Don't you wish to be able to beat the team? Don't you want to build a team to counter sith empire teams?

So after Padme and GG I don’t have much left to offer.

Improve those teams then, until you'reable to win those battles.

In my opinion I should be able to whittle that team down enough to beat them with as many gear 12 toons as I have.

I'm sure many players felt the same way when they first encountered a NS team or a JR team with Jolee. However, That's not quite how it works.

I just think people shouldn’t be placed against people when there isn’t a chance to win.

I understand that. But I don't agree. This is the first round only. Uneven matches will happen.

I don’t mind a challenge but I do want to have a chance at least.

Ooooh! Incentive to build a stronger roster, I sense.

Competitiveness is always good.
People work hard to build rosters, most love Star Wars and probably have people they prefer to use and not just who we’re almost forced to farm. The people that go a different route should have a fun option and have an ability to succeed in GAC and not just be lambs to slaughter.

Fun? Of course! Let them farm whoever they find more fun to play.
Ability to succeed in GAC? How you build your roster of course influences that ability - and that's fine.