If your opponent has put less teams on each zone then they should have negative points per missing team or I should have gained those empty teams as full wins before my first attack.If you can't clear a zone with less teams on it then you're screwed on the difference in points. The issue being we do not receive points to make up for those empty spaces unless we can clear the territory.If this was truly skill based then the other player would have to make up those points instead of getting an easy pass with a single team on defence. Not using all of their defences allows them to nuke your side effortlessly because they have not had to balance teams between attack and defence.On the other side of the coin there are players with amazing teams throwing their games to get into lower skilled battles so they can earn 1st place in future matchups without any effort. There needs to be a system in place to keep matchups fair. When is that going to happen? I assumed that with skill based we would have things even out over time. I doubt this will ever happen with the current structure.I did not make this post to complain about losing matches. I am complaining about those who are exploiting the new system for easy wins. This happens every 1 out of 3 matchups since things were changed.

It’s not wai, as they stated here :https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/252245/future-grand-arena-scoring-changes#latest

"avihas;c-2340547" wrote:"DarjeloSalas;c-2340384" wrote:The first exploit - you are correct. I think any and all empty slots should be immediately credited to the other player as full banner wins, regardless of which zone they are in. I thought you got credit for empty slots in zones you had exposed, though, I didn’t think you needed to beat the zone to get the banners. I’ve never faced this sort of thing so I may well be wrong. As for the second one, those people are earning less crystals than if they just tried to win in their current league. Sucks when you’re matched with someone like that, but the “exploit” already does them more harm than good, so I’m not sure what else could be fixed. The “exploit” does not always do them more harm than good. If someome can get only #5-#7 in Kyber 1, then it's actually better for them to throw the 4 battles they could win so they'll reach Kyber 2 next time.Why ?

"24_Tuesdays;c-2342360" wrote:so you give up zetas (lol at that being the prize here by the way) to get zetaswhatEither that or throwing matches now wins you matches later, while winning now make you lose later. Which results in a net win for…someone?

"Engage;c-2342413" wrote:If you drop down in rank you are supposed to have easier matches. Skill rating or reward gains might not have anything to do with it. So why are these people doing it and what do they expect to gain from it? Why are you even asking me any of these things? How am I supposed to know?If a top tier player gets matched up with a bottom tier player then how is that fair? You tell me.My rank will plummet over the coming weeks because I don't have the time to invest in GAC because life has gotten busy. I'm doing my one attack to stay in the daily crystals and that's it. When things calm down, I'll come back to GAC and start engaging fully again. When I come back I'll probably have an easy climb for a while. Am I exploiting the system? No, I'm working within the parameters that have been set for minimum participation. Life gets in the way for people. I can't help that, but I'm certainly not going to go without the daily crystals just because lower GP opponents will be fasing my account.Edit: my fase

Just fix the first thing with the points and force them to make up the full points for each team they didn't place. Even if the attacker gets rewarded the difference at the end of the round. That would fix the exploits and force the stronger players to place full teams. Even if the matchup wasn't fair to begin with and they could easily clear the board without the extra attack teams.

People need to stop exploiting GAC

perfidius44
Rising Newcomer
3 years ago
It’s not wai, as they stated here :
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/252245/future-grand-arena-scoring-changes#latest
perfidius44
Rising Newcomer
3 years ago
"avihas;c-2340547" wrote:
"DarjeloSalas;c-2340384" wrote:
The first exploit - you are correct. I think any and all empty slots should be immediately credited to the other player as full banner wins, regardless of which zone they are in.

I thought you got credit for empty slots in zones you had exposed, though, I didn’t think you needed to beat the zone to get the banners. I’ve never faced this sort of thing so I may well be wrong.

As for the second one, those people are earning less crystals than if they just tried to win in their current league. Sucks when you’re matched with someone like that, but the “exploit” already does them more harm than good, so I’m not sure what else could be fixed.

The “exploit” does not always do them more harm than good. If someome can get only #5-#7 in Kyber 1, then it's actually better for them to throw the 4 battles they could win so they'll reach Kyber 2 next time.

Why ?
GifafiTho
3 years ago
"24_Tuesdays;c-2342360" wrote:
so you give up zetas (lol at that being the prize here by the way) to get zetas

what

Either that or throwing matches now wins you matches later, while winning now make you lose later. Which results in a net win for…someone?
RagingMonkey057
3 years ago
"Engage;c-2342413" wrote:
If you drop down in rank you are supposed to have easier matches. Skill rating or reward gains might not have anything to do with it. So why are these people doing it and what do they expect to gain from it? Why are you even asking me any of these things? How am I supposed to know?
If a top tier player gets matched up with a bottom tier player then how is that fair? You tell me.

My rank will plummet over the coming weeks because I don't have the time to invest in GAC because life has gotten busy. I'm doing my one attack to stay in the daily crystals and that's it. When things calm down, I'll come back to GAC and start engaging fully again. When I come back I'll probably have an easy climb for a while. Am I exploiting the system? No, I'm working within the parameters that have been set for minimum participation. Life gets in the way for people. I can't help that, but I'm certainly not going to go without the daily crystals just because lower GP opponents will be fasing my account.

Edit: my fase
EN6A6E
Rising Novice
3 years ago
Just fix the first thing with the points and force them to make up the full points for each team they didn't place. Even if the attacker gets rewarded the difference at the end of the round. That would fix the exploits and force the stronger players to place full teams. Even if the matchup wasn't fair to begin with and they could easily clear the board without the extra attack teams.
EN6A6E
Rising Novice
3 years ago
Thanks. I'm glad they notice this.
aviv_hass
New Spectator
3 years ago
"DarjeloSalas;c-2340384" wrote:
The first exploit - you are correct. I think any and all empty slots should be immediately credited to the other player as full banner wins, regardless of which zone they are in.

I thought you got credit for empty slots in zones you had exposed, though, I didn’t think you needed to beat the zone to get the banners. I’ve never faced this sort of thing so I may well be wrong.

As for the second one, those people are earning less crystals than if they just tried to win in their current league. Sucks when you’re matched with someone like that, but the “exploit” already does them more harm than good, so I’m not sure what else could be fixed.

The “exploit” does not always do them more harm than good. If someome can get only #5-#7 in Kyber 1, then it's actually better for them to throw the 4 battles they could win so they'll reach Kyber 2 next time.

Beside, I'm more concern in how it's affect me, not those who do the “exploit”.
In my last GAC "house", al,ost all the players exept me were 1-1.7mil more gp than me, with 1-2 more GLs and I could see that most of those I checked (from my GAC "house") in swgoh.gg had a serious drop in their GAC ranking, making it more likely they dropped on purpose.
Wether it's an actual exploit or not, them doing so causing the place they dropped, to get an un fair match.

As for what can be done- have the GP as part of the matchmaking considerations. I'm not saying that it should be the dominant factor, but let's say there should be a limit on no more than 1mil gp gap or no more than 1-2 GLs gap
EN6A6E
Rising Novice
3 years ago
I think it's so even with throwing your rank won't drop that much. Then in the next matchup you have the chance of winning all of your matches and getting first. It is more likely to push you past the losses and into the better ranking.
perfidius44
Rising Newcomer
3 years ago
"Engage;c-2340680" wrote:
I think it's so even with throwing your rank won't drop that much. Then in the next matchup you have the chance of winning all of your matches and getting first. It is more likely to push you past the losses and into the better ranking.

I didn’t get that. So if you 0-3 you have the chance to 3-0 next and finish at a better ranking from it ?
Pan2218
3 years ago
Maybe your opponent wasn't doing too good in the current ranking & took it as an easy way to move into a ranking where they are more competitive. Maybe they had a bloated roster & are in a high ranking where they need everything to compete on offense.
Either way you get higher banners for open slots & can possibly under. If they set a defense at all, I assume there was some sort of strategy behind it. It may not be ideal for competition for you, but that is also the name of the game. To make decisions that will hopefully get you to where you need to be.