I’m not usually one to complain about the difficulty of content in the game, but the mismatch I’ve been handed this round of GAC is laughable. My opponent has 2 GLs, on top of the 29 R7 characters in his roster. I have 0 GLs and only 6 R7 characters. What on earth is one supposed to do when matched up against that? Surely CG can add something to the matchmaking system to make it so only those with GLs face each other so people without don’t have to go up against things like this?

While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.Not only can they field more teams, but those teams have a much much higher probability of full clearing my entire defense while having a lot leftover for defense. Especially in 3v3. GAC was created before relics and Galactic Legends, and I firmly believe it needs to be changed to matchmake only those with Galactic Legends together and have a similar number of relics. Why should they not?

"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188686" wrote:While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.There's clearly more to this because thst does not add up.

just a rough look, you have double his zetas, and 3x his g12quick look at characters, he drops off very quick out of his top 60, G10-11 or less show up quickly. your top 80 are almost all g12. the relic difference is really buried in those differences.

Agree with Kyno's assessment.That is an odd-looking roster: extremely top-heavy and almost looks like an attempt to min-max except for some odd choices. Surprisingly short of zetas too, even on the GLs - kraken account that was powered up quickly perhaps.His GAC stats are not impressive: defense heavy with minimal under-squadding.You should be able to find a strategy to beat that.

"Rebmes;c-2189416" wrote:yeah, f2p don't get to spend many crystals on mods. Matchmaking feels pretty good, but I still don't know anyone who actually enjoys 3v3 battles.I enjoy them.

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NyKynoe
5 years ago
This type of comment comes up each time a new meta comes out. They should not force matching in this way.

You are matched by the top 80 of your roster. At this point you have made choices that have you being close to equal in that 80, even with the 31 toons you mention.
Scruminator
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.

Not only can they field more teams, but those teams have a much much higher probability of full clearing my entire defense while having a lot leftover for defense. Especially in 3v3. GAC was created before relics and Galactic Legends, and I firmly believe it needs to be changed to matchmake only those with Galactic Legends together and have a similar number of relics. Why should they not?
RSithLord
5 years ago
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188686" wrote:
I firmly believe it needs to be changed to matchmake only those with Galactic Legends together and have a similar number of relics. Why should they not?

What's the point of getting Galactic Legends then if it does not give you an advantage over those who neglect them? If you could never face anyone with a GL while not having one, why would you farm them?

G12 to flat G13 could turn matchmaking upside down because there was a considerable advantage to having G13s for an additional ~250 GP (meaning one zeta making the same MM difference as ~7 G13 to G12+5). However, relics add a notable GP difference, so if these 35 vs 6 r7 matches indeed happen, it means that the one with fewer r7s either has a lot more zetas equipped, a lot more overall relic levels spread across their roster or both. Which, in this case, is just the consequence of one's choices when building their roster.
Nikoms565
5 years ago
Roster management and development matters. If you have a swgoh.gg profile you care to post, we might be able to help you understand why you are getting such difficult matchups. We could also offer suggestions on how best to "fix" you roster moving forward.
NyKynoe
5 years ago
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188686" wrote:
While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.

Not only can they field more teams, but those teams have a much much higher probability of full clearing my entire defense while having a lot leftover for defense. Especially in 3v3. GAC was created before relics and Galactic Legends, and I firmly believe it needs to be changed to matchmake only those with Galactic Legends together and have a similar number of relics. Why should they not?

There are issues, sure.

But this:
"Nikoms565;c-2188727" wrote:
Roster management and development matters. If you have a swgoh.gg profile you care to post, we might be able to help you understand why you are getting such difficult matchups. We could also offer suggestions on how best to "fix" you roster moving forward.

Your top 80 matches his, due to your choices you have made along the way.

You should focus on changing your development scheme if GAC is important to you.
Rath_Tarr0
5 years ago
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188686" wrote:
While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.

There's clearly more to this because thst does not add up.
DarkHelmet1138
5 years ago
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188686" wrote:
While matchmaking does pull from the top 80 toons, it clearly has blatant issues. With his 29 R7 toons and a total of 52 ish relics against my 6 R7 toons and a total of 35 relics, it clearly favors the opponent.

Not only can they field more teams, but those teams have a much much higher probability of full clearing my entire defense while having a lot leftover for defense. Especially in 3v3. GAC was created before relics and Galactic Legends, and I firmly believe it needs to be changed to matchmake only those with Galactic Legends together and have a similar number of relics. Why should they not?

How many of your 35 relics are high relics (R5 or R6) vs your opponents. It seems you may be cherry picking the data to make it seem like a mismatch when it's not.

For example if all 35 of your relics are r5 or r6, and you opponent has 29 r7 and the rest r1, then it is likely that the top 80 gp is close.

Zetas and quality of mods may also play a role. The only way to actually convince us that it is a matchmaking error would be to show your top 80 gp and your opponents top 80 gp. If it is way off then you have a point. If not than it's just poor roster development on your part and not a matchmaking issue.

There are tools out there that can do that or you can add it up manually.
Scruminator
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
https://swgoh.gg/p/812755916 is my roster

Having checked his roster, just 3 of his relics are below R3.

I go fairly easy on gearing up and placing zetas on people so I don’t bloat my roster by placing zetas everywhere.

I could post his ally code here but you can’t really point out people can you?
NyKynoe
5 years ago
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2188814" wrote:
https://swgoh.gg/p/812755916 is my roster

Having checked his roster, just 3 of his relics are below R3.

I go fairly easy on gearing up and placing zetas on people so I don’t bloat my roster by placing zetas everywhere.

I could post his ally code here but you can’t really point out people can you?

you are not calling him out on anything, so its fine to post his ally code too.
Scruminator
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
https://swgoh.gg/p/226848692/ Is my opponent