Grand Area Championship Division Feedback

"HerderOfNerf;c-1898988" wrote:
If you’re a long time player and don’t have any of the best toons, you’re not a very good strategist.

By that, I mean your strategy doesn’t provide positive results in any area of the game. You’re not competitive in arena. You can’t do HSR. You’re of little use in TW. And you probably can’t even complete combat in the latter stages of TB.

So what makes you think you should be able to beat someone in GA who has invested their resources more wisely?

100% Agree here. If you're struggling in the Arena/TW/GA... You'd think you'd try to farm some of the old meta teams or try for the new meta.

I'm not sure how difficult this is to code, but can't CG just say, "Anything under G7 and/or LV75 is considered unusable and will not count towards Match making GP?" That seems pretty solid.

I didn’t have a problem with the original matchmaking. You had the same resources as your opponents. It’s a matter of who invested them better.

The new matchmaking is the equivalent of putting a horrible heavyweight fighter in the ring with a good flyweight. It’s ridiculous.

"HerderOfNerf;c-1899010" wrote:
I didn’t have a problem with the original matchmaking. You had the same resources as your opponents. It’s a matter of who invested them better.

The new matchmaking is the equivalent of putting a horrible heavyweight fighter in the ring with a good flyweight. It’s ridiculous.

Agree 100% I think its a give/take in terms of going broad for TB or going focused for GA. It just seems weird to punish focused teams or try to push similar accounts together. I was good with GA matchmaking as/is... because I worked hard to have a decent account for GA.

I know getting the Falcon pushed me into Division 7... but I haven't added anything to my squads and im like wondering where the heck ill fall in terms of matching. I wish CG would clear this all up.

"YetiYeti;c-1908145" wrote:
I know getting the Falcon pushed me into Division 7... but I haven't added anything to my squads and im like wondering where the heck ill fall in terms of matching. I wish CG would clear this all up.

Since there are no ships in GA right now you will be matched on squad GP.

"Rath_Tarr;c-1908417" wrote:

"YetiYeti;c-1908145" wrote:
I know getting the Falcon pushed me into Division 7... but I haven't added anything to my squads and im like wondering where the heck ill fall in terms of matching. I wish CG would clear this all up.

Since there are no ships in GA right now you will be matched on squad GP.

Im asking more about division allocations and how many teams are needed when and etc.

"YetiYeti;c-1909538" wrote:

"Rath_Tarr;c-1908417" wrote:

"YetiYeti;c-1908145" wrote:
I know getting the Falcon pushed me into Division 7... but I haven't added anything to my squads and im like wondering where the heck ill fall in terms of matching. I wish CG would clear this all up.

Since there are no ships in GA right now you will be matched on squad GP.

Im asking more about division allocations and how many teams are needed when and etc.

In the earlier format, if players from two different brackets were grouped together, the number of defensive slots would be as in the lower of the two brackets. I guess it's something similar in the new format.

Who decided how players are matched up?? Ever since Grand Arena started I literally have had no chance whatsoever unless my opponent forgets to set defense. Ive only been playing 2 years yet I'm always paired with people that have over 60 zetas while i am in the mid 40s. They have at least twice as many mods with secondaru speed over 20, while I have spent a ridiculous amount of money on farming mods that almost never give me speed, and have only once gone over 20 since the mod rework.
I lost in the last GAC because opponent had a Troopers team that was barely 80k, but had full zetas. I don't have the luxury of 15 extra zetas to use on weaker characters.
It's PAST time for someone to figure out a fair way to match opponents. It's like I'm being punished for spending money on the game. I have no problem losing a fair match. But to know going in that I have no chance is rubbish.

I'm matched against four or five people with Dark Revan, gear lvl 13, whereas I haven't got him and have no chars at lvl 13. I already know I will lose, so what's the point in this matching? There's no fun in this Grand Arena anymore. They said: wait, you will lose once, next time you'll be matched with other losers like you. So these are your "losers"?

"alikssepia;c-1911072" wrote:
I'm matched against four or five people with Dark Revan, gear lvl 13, whereas I haven't got him and have no chars at lvl 13. I already know I will lose, so what's the point in this matching? There's no fun in this Grand Arena anymore. They said: wait, you will lose once, next time you'll be matched with other losers like you. So these are your "losers"?

Not exactly. This is a new GAC. So the match up algorithm starts over. So even though that seems off, you just have to lose again....then trust that CG got the "ladder algorithm" right, so you get a better match-up in round 2.

Good luck.