[MEGA] State of the Galaxy: November 2021

"Maverick1213;c-2317972" wrote:
Surely matchmaking will account for GP somehow? Otherwise 1M accounts will be up against 9M accounts just because they have a similar win rate...

1M accounts will lose to 2M accounts well before they reach 9M.

This is total garbage! GAC is boring and repetitive. Why are you ruining your game?!

Arena crystals has been a staple for six years now. The arena has been the life blood of the GD game. This is a kick to the nuts of free to play and an obvious last effort to milk the whales for another year until they release their next new game. I am glad I am leaving angry and not like a fart in the wind. Bye CG…

"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…

And then you'll start getting tougher match-ups. It's a ladder system so that sort of move would only have a very short-term benefit, at most...probably not enough to offset the crystals you'd be losing out when tanking.

"BeralCator;c-2317915" wrote:
I don't understand this +10 points for your first attack. Why?

The way it reads suggests it is for both players, which seems pointless (both players just get a free 10 points unless they don't attack at all).

It's to require people to do something. You need a minimum of 10 banners each round to get any rewards for that round and there are no more banners for setting defense. So the first attack of the round gets you the 10 banners you need to qualify for rewards for that round if you're not otherwise playing.

"ooloo;c-2317951" wrote:
The game is turning into busy work minus the fun. The community keeps yelling at CG which has proven tone deaf.

Only if you were one of the people who sits out GAC. This will be less time for me as I'll no longer need to run 5-7 Squad Arena battles a day and I won't need to keep up with a shard chat for Squad Arena or deal with running any battles throughout the day to keep from dropping down too far. Squad Arena was nothing but mindless busy work running the same battles over and over...nothing fun at all about Squad Arena.

"jessej;c-2317978" wrote:
If anyone else pulled this and the community was in outrage like it is, they'd actually LISTEN and realise this isn't needed or wanted! @CG_SBCrumb_MINI @CG_Doja_Fett_MINI STOP.

This is actually right

"slickdealer;c-2317976" wrote:

"Maverick1213;c-2317972" wrote:
Surely matchmaking will account for GP somehow? Otherwise 1M accounts will be up against 9M accounts just because they have a similar win rate...

1M accounts will lose to 2M accounts well before they reach 9M.

My example was extreme, but my concern for the matchmaking still remains. Seems more sensible to retain the old GP divisions, and match based on win rate within those divisions.

"Bhbravehart;c-2317977" wrote:
This is total garbage! GAC is boring and repetitive. Why are you ruining your game?!

Oh, squad arena is so exciting and not repetitive :-D

This is great change and big QOL to playing, no need to climb at specific time through the same teams every day.

I am rotating top1 and top2 in squad arena but with score 8 wins and 4 loss in GAC i will earn more crystal on average from this new GAC than from arena.

For me its win win situation

"KryptoAcid;c-2317979" wrote:
Arena crystals has been a staple for six years now. The arena has been the life blood of the GD game. This is a kick to the nuts of free to play and an obvious last effort to milk the whales for another year until they release their next new game. I am glad I am leaving angry and not like a fart in the wind. Bye CG…

This is a great take also.

"Nymleth;c-2317893" wrote:

"ScoundrelRui;c-2317853" wrote:
For the people complaining about the time they now need to spend in GAC, are you aware that you won't be spending that time in squad arena waiting for the timer to tick down during the hour leading up to your payout time?

I can knock out a full clear much quicker than that, and at any time of day that I choose.

We don't. Who the hell spends their time waiting for the cooldown to finish? I do that taking a break from work every few minutes. I spend 3-4 mins on average on 5 battles a day. That's 15-20 minutes on a single game mode a day, which is reasonable for a mobile game.

GAC on the other hands, it takes you at the minimum that same time just to scout your opponent. Then you have to plan on how to lay your defenses and prepare an offensive strategy considering your opponent roster. Then you have to set 15 or more defensive teams individually. Then you have to make 15 or more battles that last 3 to 5 minutes on average each.

See where I am going?

This is a mobile game, not full-time job. We don't want to spend all that much time in just single game mode, even more now that we are also forced to engage in TW and con-quest to keep up. The game is getting more and more time consuming, which is NOT healthy for a mobile game.

My squad arena is much more active than yours. I apparently scout GAC opponents faster. For me, this change will mean less time on game. And the time they're removing is mindless crap that I can't do on my schedule.

So…newer players that whaled on a gl to get crystals from arena and are now going to get bodied in gac and have almost zero crystal income…how do they get a refund? Asking for a friend.