So, I really like the Grand Arena as a concept, but is anyone else experiencing a laughable imbalance in match-ups? Everyone in my guild (49 members), including myself, has had basically the same experience - the match-ups are drastically uneven in favor of our opponents. The only way that any one of us seems to win is if our opponent is a no show at some stage. When they first started this, they said that the match-ups would be more even, against other players with similar squads and power, but so far it all seems stacked in favor of pay to play players and we have all really questioned the method of matching up opponents. Is anyone else experiencing this? I can't seem to find any other complaints, but I know if my entire guild is complaining about the same thing, we can't be the only ones.

Trying to match down to the level of individual characters is a rabbit hole the likes of which would make even Alice balk.

The current matching system is far too simple and stinks to the high heavens, and I say this as someone who either wins or comes in 2nd. They need to look at Zetas and number of toons G12 and whether or not someone has Revan for starters. At least if they added those 3 match ups would be a lot closer to fair. Not sure about 4milGP+, maybe they need different parameters for those people but I have to think there is still a VERY large pool at that level to create match-ups from

There are issues around matchmaking using total GP, particularly when there are no fleet zones. Check your squad GP vs your opponent's.There isn't really an advantage to pay-to-play though.

An entire guild only battling players with stronger rosters? I'm curios to see what kind of rosters you all have.

Carrie said that in the next title update there will be a revision of the matchmaking. I believe its taking into consideration the ship vs character gp. I'm not sure about individual character match ups

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jayjonbeach
7 years ago
The current matching system is far too simple and stinks to the high heavens, and I say this as someone who either wins or comes in 2nd. They need to look at Zetas and number of toons G12 and whether or not someone has Revan for starters. At least if they added those 3 match ups would be a lot closer to fair. Not sure about 4milGP+, maybe they need different parameters for those people but I have to think there is still a VERY large pool at that level to create match-ups from
FeeFyeFoeFum
7 years ago
"jayjonbeach;c-1809783" wrote:
The current matching system is far too simple and stinks to the high heavens, and I say this as someone who either wins or comes in 2nd. They need to look at Zetas and number of toons G12 and whether or not someone has Revan for starters. At least if they added those 3 match ups would be a lot closer to fair. Not sure about 4milGP+, maybe they need different parameters for those people but I have to think there is still a VERY large pool at that level to create match-ups from

There could be so many variables to try and check, I mean not only the 3 you stats you named but do many others. Why just Revan? Why not Traya or CLS or RJT or 3PO, etc, etc.

You would just end up with mirror matches all the time, which would probably end up being really boring. Fighting differently developed Rosters is one of the most interesting things about GA.

Just to mention that having Revan isn't an auto win btw. Last GA I fought the only member of the group that had a Revan in the final and won.
Ikky2win
7 years ago
What you mean this isn’t a fair matchup?