Relegated in GAC but winning?!?!

"InyakSolomon88;c-2344594" wrote:
my alt was toward top of the division and squish raised it up. 2x. main was middle of division, dropped. Main was lower end of division, also dropped. That's the opposite of what you said.

I said "Same thing for each division: some will be slightly larger, and some will be slightly smaller." and included normally, generally, and typically in multiple other locations because it completely depends on the population of your division. Your experience perfectly demonstrates this - two of your accounts where in over-inflated divisions which were adjusted down and your other account was in the opposite, an under-inflated division and was thus increased. This shows perfectly why the squish needs to happen, because each division will shift slightly and need to reach back to the proper equilibrium.

"InyakSolomon88;c-2344594" wrote:
P.S. 70 points is 2 wins so not "slight" changes. And I've seen ppl be squished over 100 points before.

It is very important to differentiate two things - (1) the actual definition of each division and (2) where you think you are in reference to that division. Technically, Kyber 1 is only the top 10% of players in the Kyber league - that has NOTHING to do with the values listed as the thresholds (which I will call "goal posts") listed in game. Where you think you are with regards to that percentage is based on your skill rating and the "goal posts" which are listed next to each division: for example, Kyber 1 is 3600 skill rating. Now if you have 3601 skill rating, it does NOT mean that you are in the top 10% of players in the Kyber league.

The squish adjusts your skill rating to better match the percentage where you are. The squish happens because they want to keep the "goal posts" the same. If they didn't do the squish, then the skill rating for Kyber 1 would have to be increased (or decreased depending on if there are over or under 10% of players in that league above or below that threshold) to a higher value, for example 3670. This means over time that the thresholds would expand as mentioned here (https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/252923/grand-arena-seasonal-skill-squish#latest) which explains (very briefly) why the squish is required.

So in the example you gave (70 skill rating change ~ 2 wins), that is how far you where away from the technical definition of the next division (i.e. Kyber 1 being top 10% of players). So if they got rid of the squish, then the "goal posts" would have to change to then reflect that 70 skill rating difference. In the case of the squish, the overall "goal posts" stay the same and CG doesn't have to go through and redistribute the leagues and divisions at some point in the future. So in that case where you drop 70 skill rating, where you think you are in reference to the true percentage for that division was off - so you think you are being screwed over, but you are still the exact same skill rating away from the technical cutoff of top 10% (or whatever value based on the division).

"InyakSolomon88;c-2344594" wrote:
P.P.S. Where did CG say they will create more content modes bc of GAC?

They never said that they are specifically making new game modes but have mentioned that this is a long-time fix which avoids the problems of the old system. So if they don't need to keep adjusting with GAC, they have more time to work on everything else, which I said "the devs do not need to spend time on readjusting divisions as the game grows - which allows them to focus on developing new game modes, characters/ships, etc."