GP Matchmaking & “Fluff”
How is it that a guild and a players GP is the key factor in TW and Grand Arena? Why should a player or guild be put at a disadvantage because they have worked on building up more of their roster? ...
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"Jeric;c-1713282" wrote:"Kyno;c-1712780" wrote:
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.
So keeping with that metaphor they should consider two versions of Grand Arena. One for the sprinters and one for the marathon runners. A few key changes to matchmaking and character bonus parameters would give an edge to those with greater breadth of a roster.
I’m currently matched with someone with 200k higher GP but no Revan, Bastila, Traya, or Chewie. He is at a huge disadvantage from go. The challenge is significantly reduced for me which makes this less enjoyable if he has no chance of taking me out.
No.
If I call for a race and invite all runners to "The Kyno classic" and give no details on the race. I will get a random assortment of runners.
Then I group them by mile time, a decent but not hyper accurate measure of a runner. Just like GP. I ignore the specifics of that persons development and just focus on a single factor common to "all".
Then i place them in a series of 3 races.
If all 3 are longer races we will see a certain style of racer taking top positions.
This is what GA is doing.
GP is a points system based in development. This means the Dev team is not judging characters or specific development strategies, which is the right move IMO.
They are saying you have used X number of points and matching you at some level against a player who has also used X number of points.
Player 1 zeta CLS and player 2 leveled a bunch of toons to equal that same point value. That is a player choice and should not be judged by the dev team.
Ships since they are not being used (at least this round) are fluff that should not be considered. Everything else is how a player chose to develop using the points they have gained.
