GAC matchmaking

"Starslayer;c-2374496" wrote:

"Jacgul;c-2374464" wrote:
I have to say this has been a serious problem for me. I'm a relatively new lvl 85. I have started a bit before the Mandalorian characters marquee events happened. Then I took a year and a half off. I've gotten back into it since an 2 months ago. I've only done a handful of grand arenas, however I've only won 2 hands. Why? Because my closest matchup has been someone with over 1 million gp more who made one attempt at one of my squads, who surprisingly beat him, and then he did nothing else. Their past behavior that has dropped them down to my Carbonite levels is not an indication that they won't destroy me effortlessly and reap the rewards of people like me. I won't say I'm good nor have a good roster. But you could give me a gl for free and I wouldn't stand a chance against a single one of the matchups I've had unless they don't play. And guess what, the argument everyone makes a these people not playing and all that....they do play when they drop down to Carbonite.

If they play and win, then they won't stay in Carbonite. If they want to stay there they have to lose half their matches.
However, it doesn't change the fact that it's not fun for the opponent (in this case, you), because you don't play, you just wait to see if the other guy feels like winning.

I think you might have misunderstood the whole point why these high GP accounts drop to Carbonite. They are purposively giving up on daily income in order to maximise on wins. So they absolutely play while they are in Carbonite, but they stop again, when they reach Bronzium. I know that the math is not working out for them, but they don't see it that way. They enjoy a secure high number of wins much more than a higher daily income. They don't do the math, they simply see the rewards from going 3:0, that is what they care about only. You know about the phrase about being either the biggest fish in small pond vs being a small fish in the ocean. Naturally the second is better, but it doesn't feel that way.
I know this is stupid, but these players exist and not in small numbers. Therefore players over and over suggest to take the GP into account for matchmaking. It is the only way to really solve the issue for all leagues below Kyber. Kyber can happily have its own algorithm to prevent the whales to be only and exclusively paired among themselves, but the sandbagging in all lower leagues must be addressed