GP Matchmaking & “Fluff”

@EA @CG are you guys going to keep your word about going with the spirit of invest in characters as it is a core pillar?

This is a situation i'm currently in. My GP is scaled high because of lowbie trash toons and their stars, not actual G12s or relative power. It in tally makes my total higher, but this type of matchmaking provides guaranteed losses.

Place 2 Olympic level runners in a race, the can both have the best mile times and may even be close.

One runs marathons and the other shorter races.

They are equals athletically and in many respects, but one will have a clear advantage in a marathon.

It's about how you build your roster and how you develop in the game. If you developed more competitively or not. That's the players choice.

^^^ this.

Peoples priorities are different. I play for love tw/ arena first. Raids 2nd. Then tb etc last. My roster is built for that. I don't really "work" on toons til I can reach high gear. Or have a team ready. I also seldom use a zeta unless 7 star g12 with few exceptions ie traya at 5 star. So a tb oriented/collector will get murdered.

Also keep in mind they likely cannot get to complicated in matchmaking. Gp is usually a fair assumption. You will win some lose some. But could you imagine how complicated it would be to try to take into account all aspects of an account for even matching?

Factors that should have been included.

- Average arena rank
- Numerical number of G12s
- Quality of mods (15/20+ speeds)

If you base it off GP , then you end up with someone who has 10x G12s vs someone who has none but similar power due to just leveling trash toons.

I respect you Kyno and you may still remember me, but that’s some BS right there. Sorry to say.

Players are being put at a disadvantage for leveling up characters, plain and simple. This has been an issue with TW matchmaking from day one. It’s now even a bigger problem for those who want to be competitive in Grand arena.

I agree players should be selective when using their resources but shouldn’t be at a disadvantage because they have mods on all their chars and etc.

TB a guild needs high GP to get the max stars. So we have one game mode where CG is saying Work on Everything, it will be beneficial and then we have two other game modes where CG is basically saying the opposite. Besides all that, Paper zombie. Does anything else really need to be said....

Paper zombie

We have no idea whether there are additional factors in the matchmaking formula.....I seriously doubt it's solely based on GP. Also, everyone should expect the matchmaking formula to get tweaked over time.

It's all in a guilds focus there if you want max stars asap in tb it will hurt you in tw. Or vice versa. My guild does awesome in tw and can punch above our weight class. We're likely in the next tb or 2 finally gonna hit perfect. Its not **** its all choices. Find a like minded guild and go with it. Same goes for your own account. You need to choose your path and do what you want for your style.

Also we only ever see "crap" matchups posted it seems. Nobody comes on so much to say my last 10 tw have been perfect. So I think overall it works. Sometimes bad matches will happen. But if a low % happens to get it then it's still a viable system. It's a mobile game that can't get to crazy I'm sure in coding

My Grand Arena matchup was great.

However, since I am in a guild currently that didn’t work on “fluff” we win every TW and usually clear a board in 2-3 hours. It’s never even close. Sure the 3 zeta mats are nice but it’s pretty boring. Some players want a challenge, not just easy rewards while other players would like a decent chance to earn those rewards.

I am not speaking for myself per say when I say having “fluff” count against a player/guild is a bad thing. My roster is up to par when it comes to the top characters/ships in the game. I can compete with pretty much anyone, except for the games top Krakens I am guessing.

The fact remains.....

Paper zombie

"Vicarious;c-1712793" wrote:
I respect you Kyno and you may still remember me, but that’s some **** right there. Sorry to say.

Players are being put at a disadvantage for leveling up characters, plain and simple. This has been an issue with TW matchmaking from day one. It’s now even a bigger problem for those who want to be competitive in Grand arena.

I agree players should be selective when using their resources but shouldn’t be at a disadvantage because they have mods on all their chars and etc.

TB a guild needs high GP to get the max stars. So we have one game mode where CG is saying Work on Everything, it will be beneficial and then we have two other game modes where CG is basically saying the opposite. Besides all that, Paper zombie. Does anything else really need to be said....

Paper zombie

so players who focused on different game modes being at a disadvantage to player who focused on being competitive in TW style of game play. I'm not sure how that is anything other than the way its supposed to be plain and simple.

no this is different than TW matchmaking. that is an issue of itself but mostly based around matching vs multiple players.

matching based on GP and other factors can work fine. and if they dont have teams or counter teams built for this style of game mode, thats their fault.