"Kyno;c-1741007" wrote:
But you want to lessen their advantage because you made different choices. We all had the same opportunity to develop, some had a more competitive focus, due to many factors, but nothing is stopping you now from developing to accomplish your goals.
I fundamentally disagree with this. We did not all have the same opportunities; those who are playing alternate accounts have potentially years of experience with the game, while newer players on their first account are therefore disadvantaged.
I am not suggesting alternate accounts should be unduly punished. Players willing to restart the game should have an advantage of experience and all that experience entails. But GA heavily favors those alt accounts that have 20 characters at 7* and g10+ and nothing else but the starter toons even unlocked. It is incredibly unlikely any new player on their first account can compete with that.
Should we make sure all can compete at everything? No, no we should not. Those alt accounts will be better at raids. They will wreck Arena and Fleet Arena. They will punch above their level in TW. They will dominate GA as it stands now. Only TB platoons and some events will be outside their reach.
Compare that to new, 1st account folks. They will do much worse in Arena and Fleet Arena. They are less likely to be in a decent guild, so will do fine in raids but only the low tiers. If they do get into a better guild, they will struggle to contribute meaningfully in raids and TW. They may contribute in the lower phases of TB, but that's about it.
Grand Arena was supposed to pit us against comparable opponents. It was a chance for the little guy to fight other little guys, while the big guys duke it out in new ways. But I find it is no different from regular arena- I smash players who have no idea what they are doing (not even setting mods), and get smashed by alternate accounts, regardless of whether they are F2P or P2P.
If GA plays out the same as Arena, why have it?
