GAC "Matchmaking"

"BubbaFett;c-2412368" wrote:

"el_mago;c-2412361" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-2412286" wrote:

"scuba;c-2412284" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-2412282" wrote:

"scuba;c-2412281" wrote:
Make GAC more enjoyable and the big rosters might actually participate and not fall to the scrub ranks ;) . Problem solved.

What about GAC isn't enjoyable?.... I typically respect your opinion, but it's literally a straightforward roster VS. roster battle... If your roster and skills are better you should win... What could be simpler?

I hate platoons, defense is just platoons, units you dump resources into and don't use.
I am also not a PvP person, never really liked it.
I just really don't enjoy TW or GAC.
I don't really have an idea to make it more enjoyable, but I just don't like the format.

There are reasons I am sure these big accounts are not doing GAC and just dropping, my guess would be probably be something to do with the enjoyment factor.

I get others really like these game modes. They are also a necessary evil (for me) so I do TW and some what do GAC.

Platoons in GAC? Wrong game mode man....

Some big rosters drop in GAC because they can whale for the rewards so they dont care.Some drop because they don't enjoy the game mode (will give you that, not a huge TW fan myselfso I don't enjoy all modes either)....

That being said, the lower roster dudes should be happy they get as high as they do because the big roster guys drop...

If it weren't for that, and if everyone was using their rosters to the full potential and being super competitive then these low roster guys would be nowehere near where they are...

They should be happy and stop looking a gift horse in the mouth rather than whining about the few super high roster guys that actually beat them in a round...

Two things:

1. When scuba said "platoons", he meant (and correct me if I'm wrong Scuba) that setting Defense in GAC is like setting Platoons in TB. You gotta read that again, Bubba, and understand what he means.

2. It's not about the rewards for these folks. You keep saying that they should be happy with the rewards and they shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth....and you're right about the REWARDS; but what you are missing is that THEY ARE NOT HAVING FUN. That is the point most are trying to make. You are substituting Rewards for Fun.

I'm sure they love the rewards, I do too when my opponents don't attack. Is it as fun? No, it is not.

Just take a moment to look at it from THEIR point of view, not yours. I'm not attacking you personally, so please don't take it that way. I'm hopefully capturing the spirit of their argument about the fun side.

Understood on the platoons thing... my bad :)

I am 100% with you in that I agree that the game should be fun. I just was lucky enough to have one of the closest GAC battles I had ever had and it was a really fun experience... I won after my lowly Nightsisters were the only team I had left and they held for 13 battles! NOt that my opponent was a bad player or couldn't beat NS, he underestimated the Asajj Omi and didn't have a counter left in his roster. I messaged him and we had fun chatting, it was great. I too wish they were all competitive and fun like that, but they aren't.

While I am with you on "fun", what do you propose? There is a lot more to this game than GP, Squad composition is way more important. Would you propose we go back to the old system and folks of equal GP get matched? Were you around when it was like this? People used to not be able to have fun growing characters they liked or wanted to experiment with because it would raise their GP and they would get put up against someone with similar GP but a much "better" more streamlined roster that had all of the latest and greatest on it and no "fluff"... That certainly wasn't fun, it was terrible.

Maybe "look a gift horse in mouth" is less accurate than "be careful what you wish for"...

Ah, heck, i got nothing to propose to make it more fun for those individuals - I do empathize with them though. I personally think they're barking up the wrong tree as I DO NOT think the previous GAC experience was very fun at all even though I had one of those fairly streamlined rosters. I just didn't win very much. I very much enjoy GAC as it is.

I am routinely the lowest or 2nd lowest in my bracket, but still manage to win most days (for reference, since they revamped GAC in Dec 2022, I have a 84-67 record).

And I really, really hope we don't have to go back to the old way just to "prove" to some of these folks that it was (in my opinion) a terrible way to do matchmaking.