Getting old with the GP disparity - every level is having this problem besides Kyber 1

"Shawkat;c-2354363" wrote:
Let me save you some time. Here is how it actually works. For example in Kyber 2 most people only attack or try to win against opponents that are way below their roster. Because that is their only chance to win. So if they are facing similar roster, they don't really put much effort in. Let's say they have 8 mil GP and 6 GLs - basically a complete roster. They only attack an opponent with 3 GLs, because the chance to win there is higher. Just like in squad arena before where you could've picked easier and faster battles to climb. This is what's happening in GAC now.

"Most people in K2" would likely be matched up with other "most people in K2". I guess whoever decides to not play by that rule would win?

Agreed. Winning because you have more depth to you roster is not a measure of "skill" it's a measure of inventory. A player that drops battles against 4-5 teams, but has the roster depth to zerg his way thru anyway, did not use any "skill" to defeat a player who maybe drops 1 battle, but can't get past a specific team and is unable to clear. And now with ships, if you purchase your "skill" by maxing out the new ships, you can set a formidable defense and zerg thru ships as well. Again, no skill required.

It’s really fun going against an 8 mil GP with my 6.4 mil GP. Totally makes me want to pull out my card and spend money CG…

I just beat someome at 11 mil GP which is over 3 mil more than me...
This is a mode of skill not brute force

"Solus_Imperius;c-2354529" wrote:
I just beat someome at 11 mil GP which is over 3 mil more than me...
This is a mode of skill not brute force

8 vs 11 there’s a ton of room for strategy. Which GLs where, what metas, what omi, fleets etc. in 5v5 in carbonite 1M vs 3-5M there’s no deployment that can help. This is the whole point of the original post. Works fine for those in Kyber. Sux for the other 95%.

"JerrickKharr87;c-2354525" wrote:
It’s really fun going against an 8 mil GP with my 6.4 mil GP. Totally makes me want to pull out my card and spend money CG…

Every single time this happens to me (3.8 mil account vs 5 mil, 6 mil, 7 mil) I have exactly the same thought... :D

TL;DR - System is fine. Could be better but it is the best we have ever had.

As someone who is "skilled" and has risen well above my GP (started in Chromium 3 and will be in Kyber next season at 4.5m GP and 1GL) I almost never fight people lower GP than me. There is no point in whining that its too hard, I WANT competition I WANT my opponent to show up and kick my butt so I can try to kick theirs back. I win slightly more than half the time and most of the time when I lose it was because they had a bigger roster than me. If my "Skill" could make me win every time then it would be boring.. Much like computer AI cheats by having more resources, more units, etc because it can't compete with a players skill, its the same thing in GAC. If you want fair matchups (everyone finishes at .500 over the long term) then you have to adjust for differences in skill with GP differences. If you are facing higher GP accounts that means you have won more than they have. Its not complicated to me its just adjusting for skill by giving the less skilled more GP.

"Shawkat;c-2354363" wrote:
Let me save you some time. Here is how it actually works. For example in Kyber 2 most people only attack or try to win against opponents that are way below their roster. Because that is their only chance to win. So if they are facing similar roster, they don't really put much effort in. Let's say they have 8 mil GP and 6 GLs - basically a complete roster. They only attack an opponent with 3 GLs, because the chance to win there is higher. Just like in squad arena before where you could've picked easier and faster battles to climb. This is what's happening in GAC now.

My experience in Kyber 2 is virtually the opposite. The only players I have encountered that don't make an effort are the ones with 2-3 million GP more than me.. That's why they are dropping, and no doubt why I ended up facing them.
I always put in the effort, and since the end of the second season, my SR has varied less than 100 points... (well, maybe 120) usually just above the cusp of dropping to kyber 3, occasionally dipping down and rising again.

GA is in such a cruddy place.
Squish is pushing down everyone so you rise back up and fight the people with more GLs than you because they don't know how to play the game, but just set them all on defense.
It is so boring to go into GA with 3 GLs and get matched with people who have all 6.

Not to mention the game crashes all the time, it was fine in squad arena because you wait 10~ mins and go again.. in GA it can cost you the entire match. Bullsh*t place to put all the crystals now. It has lost most of it's fun.

"Recurve;c-2354963" wrote:
GA is in such a cruddy place.
Squish is pushing down everyone so you rise back up and fight the people with more GLs than you because they don't know how to play the game, but just set them all on defense.
It is so boring to go into GA with 3 GLs and get matched with people who have all 6.

Not to mention the game crashes all the time, it was fine in squad arena because you wait 10~ mins and go again.. in GA it can cost you the entire match. Bullsh*t place to put all the crystals now. It has lost most of it's fun.

Explain how the squish affects who you're matched against.