[MEGA] State of the Galaxy: November 2021

So I am set against other HDB buyers, ok. Even ignoring the strategy in which squads I have worked up or left at base, won't whether I win depend mostly on if I make better choices than the AI in how I apply the abilities of my team? Like learning to play chess better?

Or am I missing something because I wasn't high enough in level to play GAC before?

As someone who only kept playing this game due to how engaging GAC is, this feels like an amazing change. Reading through all these comments I'm surprised to see how many players don't like GAC and I really don't get it. What is the point of playing this game for so long and develop so many teams if you get to only use one team for Squad Arena and it's the same boring battles against the same teams day by day? GAC encourages you to really build up a strategy and honestly this is the game mode where you get to test your entire roster not Conquest. The ladder system kind of reminds me of Star Wars Force Arena which I enjoyed so much playing.

"IronCross;c-2317793" wrote:
So that means I can tank/sandbag for a few weeks in GAC and then wreck people 2-3 million less in GP later? Great move CG…

But then you'd move right up again...

How will newer players build their rosters now? Now, everyone competes on a shard where everyone joined within some window of time. In the new system, players who just get to level 85 are competing with people who have been playing for years. The best a new player in Carbonite will be earning less than 200 crystals a day. So, new players have to whale or advance slowly? Could this just lead to most new players quitting shortly after reaching level 85?

Hopefully, fleet arena continues as it nows. This at least gives newer players a chance at competing for a source of significant crystal income.

"Prosser;c-2317958" wrote:
Well considering I hate gac.....

Most of my opponents and I do as well, considering all the auto-d

I do not like this change. Not one little bit. GAC is by far my least favorite part of the game and now it will be the game's focus. A terrible move, in my opinion. I know of so few people who like GAC and so many who dislike it--I just cannot imagine how this can possibly be perceived as a positive change by the overwhelming majority of committed SWGOH players. This is a sad day indeed.

My 2 main concerns are:

1. Is fleet arena remaining for now?

2. What is being done to address cheating?

You know that moment that you look back to in horror and grief with any failed thing; movie, game, company, franchise, whatever - the moment that set the strings of events in motion, which ultimately ended that thing.. I fear this is that moment for SWGOH :(

I hope to god CG gets matchmaking right for this, but watching the *fun and engaging* matchmaking for TW, I dont have much faith

Pure bcrap CG!

1. So now instead of battling my shard who started at the same time, I now have to place against everyone who’s been playing for 5 years! How will I ever get same payout as I could in my top 20!
2. Please tell me this does not affect fleet arena!
3. What happens during the downtime between GAC event we don’t get any daily crystals now?

Just fire your idea department already!

Surely matchmaking will account for GP somehow? Otherwise 1M accounts will be up against 9M accounts just because they have a similar win rate...