GAC matchmaking totally collapsed

"Nikoms565;c-1915344" wrote:

"jhbuchholz;c-1915252" wrote:

"Nikoms565;c-1913033" wrote:
Oh..okay....I got this. So here are the answers to the OP as I understand them from all my forum friends.. *ahem*

First off, those players that have Malak and Padmé have earned them and are entitled to their advantage over you. Besides, how else can CG encourage you to invest in your roster if you don't get trounced by superior ones?

Ummm....second part - don't compare total GP, just look at the GP of the top 80 characters, because that's all you or your opponent need! Oh and disregard the fact that equal GP toons are different "quality" as you say - only the made up number GP matters.

Thirdly, better mods, more zetas and g13 don't matter because CG didn't add them to the algorithm apart from how they count very minimally toward GP.
Oh, almost forgot - don't complain before you've even fought the matches! Even though you might have played the game for several years, CG has promised close matches - you'll probably do much better than you think! Or maybe close matches doesn't mean what you think it does. <<=Not sure on that one yet.

I'm sure some helpful forum friends will be along shortly to add anything I may have forgotten. In fact someof them are probably already feverishly typing some helpful responses already!

May the Force be with you!

I like the new Nikoms ;)

A few corrections/nuances though:

1) Like it or not, CG has shown this to be their stance on new, high value, characters. The recent changes to stimulate the DR/DM meta reinforces this. It's a temporary situation (until the next high value character is released) that they like. Better to accept this and work within the framework they've setup. For context, I liked GA a lot better before DM.


A solid effort though. You nailed some points ;)

I always get confused on this one. I can never keep straight if the advantage players with all the new, high value, characters already have in squad arena, TW, raids, TB and all the other events is also supposed extend to GAC. But, since that's what's happening, I can only assume that's precisely how CG intends it to be, because everything in this game works so flawlessly....oh, look, someone just scored another 1,000 points in GAC and leads the world! Oh, this is exciting!!

I think you have to separate the intent from the execution.

I don't think they've said or, more importantly, done anything to indicate GAC is intended to be different from arena or TW in terms of team vs team battles. If you have the shiney new meta, CG wants you to have an advantage. I know you've read some of their statements differently. Until they implement something that shows they have different intentions for GAC than arena and TW I'll remain unconvinced.

The execution of GAC on the other hand... oh boy. Can't argue there. Just hope they're finding all the issues before the real deal.