Is there a bug with GW matchmaking?
I've seen many posts saying that there's probably a bug with GW. Lately, the matchmaking has been getting more and more king sofa (rev) bad, I now I'm thinking there's a lot of truth to those posts. ...
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"BucMan55;c-1703552" wrote:"Waqui;c-1703527" wrote:
Complaints with no details and no documentation is just noise and won't be taken seriously by the devs. Complaints when there's not problem and everything is working as intended is just noise. Those types of complaints just water everything down, and may cover the complaints where the complainer may have a point.
That's why I suggested in another thread to just post pics with data and the numbers that are available so it can be seen clearly. I'm getting just as frustrated with some of the complaints (though DeVito has been more helpful than others) that just muddy the waters. Don't need to talk about synergy opponents , as there has never been anything in the algorithm about that.
And I guess my only real question is not how the matchmaking system works or what not. It is "Should this opponent be on this GW node for the player account in question?"
Now, if it IS supposed to be a level 80 team with 75K GP going against that level 64 guy with 30K GP top 5, we can delve further into that.
one minor issue with your evidence is that the current GP is not relative to the matching. The matching is based on the old power system and the values are very different, and may be numerically closer than we are seeing today.
I would have to look back, but there was a post a while back that the devs said was close to the actual system based all on analysis of the power of each team. The basis is that you have a rated power (either top 5 or arena team power, it's not clear since they are usually within the margin of error difference of each other), then nodes are based on % of this value. There are several nodes that are above 100%.
GW is it's own mode and has it's own strategy, older players have faced a lot of challenges with this mode and should not be discounted. Many players dont utilize specific strategies that are designed to help you get through it and the rewards it offers are not enough for new players to develop specific to that game mode.
I have run an alt account and went through GW, only hitting 85 about 2 months ago. It doesnt seem to have changed at all.
Anyone thinking there is a bug, posting and collecting data here, is kind of pointless. This needs to be posted at Answers HQ and all that evidence needs to be there to get it the attention you think it deserves.
