I hate the GA with a passion. I am being punished because of a high GP because I have worked on gearing and 7* ing all my toons. I always struggle in the GA, but this 3rd round matchup is completely ridiculous. My opponent has 85 G12 toons vs. my 37. He has enough to have full G12 defensive and offensive squads, and have a couple of extra G12 squads in case he struggles taking down any of my squads. Here are my lowest geared toons, which also includes my only 3 toons that are not level 85, my Tusken Raiders:Here are his lowest toons:I know he has the gear required to level these toons up, but he isn't. I'm not saying he is doing this deliberately, because most of those toons have been in the game longer than the GA, I'm just using this as a perfect example of why the matchmaking formula needs to not be based solely on GP.

The fairness is depending on the point of view. From his side that should be quite fair: he planned whom to gear to create squads with sinergy, geared them to 12+, havent focused on junk so why shouldnt he have advantage over someone who didnt? From your point of view that is unfair...I have 55 g12. One of my last GA opponents had... 3. I am absolutely sure he think that was unfair)

Nobody ever said GA matchups would be fair. Just that you would have the same GP.I have to admit, I am curious why you leveled up dozens of characters you haven't used. Seems like a massive waste of credits.

GA is a waste of time for me. I would rather build up all characters in my roster to buff my TB scores for the benefit of my guild

This controversy has been discussed a few times, wont the recently announced Grand Arena Championship somehow target this? Winners fight against Winners and so on. At some point the opponents will converge to have the same amount of fluff GP as yourself.

"Heyhre;c-1838989" wrote:"Ratinira;c-1838965" wrote:The fairness is depending on the point of view. From his side that should be quite fair: he planned whom to gear to create squads with sinergy, geared them to 12+, havent focused on junk so why shouldnt he have advantage over someone who didnt? From your point of view that is unfair...I have 55 g12. One of my last GA opponents had... 3. I am absolutely sure he think that was unfair) Of course that's not correct and they should re-design the arena lottery process. .Should they? A lot in this game in unfair from some point of view. Its unfair when your guild has 1 Revan on TW and your opponents has 50Its unfair that one is talking top 1 and another is in top 1000It is unfair that one has 100k of crystals and another has 1.It is unfair that one can afford to buy something and another cannot. Game is an unfair thing as well as life at all.But when one part will consider that unfair another may consider it to be very fair.

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Ratinira
6 years ago
The fairness is depending on the point of view. From his side that should be quite fair: he planned whom to gear to create squads with sinergy, geared them to 12+, havent focused on junk so why shouldnt he have advantage over someone who didnt? From your point of view that is unfair...

I have 55 g12. One of my last GA opponents had... 3. I am absolutely sure he think that was unfair)
Vaderizer
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
Nobody ever said GA matchups would be fair. Just that you would have the same GP.

I have to admit, I am curious why you leveled up dozens of characters you haven't used. Seems like a massive waste of credits.
CandymanJML
6 years ago
GA is a waste of time for me. I would rather build up all characters in my roster to buff my TB scores for the benefit of my guild
Kamijinas
6 years ago
This controversy has been discussed a few times, wont the recently announced Grand Arena Championship somehow target this? Winners fight against Winners and so on. At some point the opponents will converge to have the same amount of fluff GP as yourself.
Ratinira
6 years ago
"Heyhre;c-1838989" wrote:
"Ratinira;c-1838965" wrote:
The fairness is depending on the point of view. From his side that should be quite fair: he planned whom to gear to create squads with sinergy, geared them to 12+, havent focused on junk so why shouldnt he have advantage over someone who didnt? From your point of view that is unfair...

I have 55 g12. One of my last GA opponents had... 3. I am absolutely sure he think that was unfair)

Of course that's not correct and they should re-design the arena lottery process.
.

Should they?

A lot in this game in unfair from some point of view.
Its unfair when your guild has 1 Revan on TW and your opponents has 50
Its unfair that one is talking top 1 and another is in top 1000
It is unfair that one has 100k of crystals and another has 1.
It is unfair that one can afford to buy something and another cannot.

Game is an unfair thing as well as life at all.
But when one part will consider that unfair another may consider it to be very fair.
johnny2shoes99
6 years ago
You know those people crying about Malak? I'm not one because I chose to put my resources into gearing up KOTOR. I hear all these people crying about how unfair it was.... this post echos those sentiments. It's not unfair. It's where you chose to spend resources. That's why I scoff at those who cried about Malak. No, you chose to gear other characters up. That's all. 2 day notice? LOL I had em all G12 months before that happened. LOLOLOL
GladOS-013
Hero+
6 years ago
Why should your opponent gear up worthless toons? Wouldn't those Carbanti and Stun Guns and Stun Cuffs and raid pieces be more valuable on high-impact characters?

Of course your opponent is deliberately spending his gear only in effective places. This is a resource management game, and he is managing his resources better than you are. I mean...given his GP and his g12, he probably spends some money on the game as well...but he's still focusing his resources where they will make his account stronger.

Shouldn't players who made smart decisions be rewarded for those decisions? As it is, some would call this guy's roster fluffy because those g1 guys are mostly at lvl 85, which adds fluff...
Nihion
6 years ago
"taquillasun;c-1839025" wrote:
You know those people crying about Malak? I'm not one because I chose to put my resources into gearing up KOTOR. I hear all these people crying about how unfair it was.... this post echos those sentiments. It's not unfair. It's where you chose to spend resources. That's why I scoff at those who cried about Malak. No, you chose to gear other characters up. That's all. 2 day notice? LOL I had em all G12 months before that happened. LOLOLOL

Lol to think that you’re scoffing because you had better “resource management.” You’re just gloating that you got Malak and he was worth the investment.
DVZR
6 years ago
Seriously its possible to win against accounts with that disparity. Work on your mods, or start gearing your top teams. Both would be better.

If you are short on mods, put good speed mods on BB8, Sith Assasin, FOO, Thrawn, Nest, Vader and Bossk and have a decent team around them you can win most of 7 offensive matchups. I used to add Poe to that list but zFinn isnt what he used to be.

Good luck.
thumperfcf
6 years ago
"Tygra;d-201752" wrote:
I hate the GA with a passion. I am being punished because of a high GP because I have worked on gearing and 7* ing all my toons. I always struggle in the GA, but this 3rd round matchup is completely ridiculous. My opponent has 85 G12 toons vs. my 37. He has enough to have full G12 defensive and offensive squads, and have a couple of extra G12 squads in case he struggles taking down any of my squads. Here are my lowest geared toons, which also includes my only 3 toons that are not level 85, my Tusken Raiders:

Here are his lowest toons:

I know he has the gear required to level these toons up, but he isn't. I'm not saying he is doing this deliberately, because most of those toons have been in the game longer than the GA, I'm just using this as a perfect example of why the matchmaking formula needs to not be based solely on GP.

Didn't read the whole post. Just saw GA and knew the answer. It's not. Hate, hate, hate GA! =)