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Rising Rookie

8 years ago

TW Matchmaking is still an issue.

I am with the Z Nuttz Tossahs (https://swgoh.gg/g/15495/z-nuttz-tossahs/), an 84 million GP guild. Historically we have had relatively fair matches in TW. In the most recent TW that went into activ...

Zynix17

7 years ago

Yet another mismatch! Far superior team than ours. Far superior toons. The matching is not even close and far from ‘fine’. Someone PLEASE look into this. This happens EVERY TW!!!

GladOS-013

Hero (Retired)

7 years ago

@Zynix17 How many squads can be assigned in each zone? The bots used to do these comparisons do not know how many players signed up for the TW, so they can only compare the full rosters.

If the opposing guild only had 45-46 of their 48 players sign up, compared to your 50, then the guild active GPs would be very similar.

Zynix17
7 years ago
@GladOS-013 in our experience every guild we’ve been matched with has had the upper hand, no matter the number of players. At the level we are, most guilds require full participation. And, if the algorithm(s) used are counting on non-participants, it’s a terrible way to match guilds. If it does count on non-participation, then, it should do so on both sides. Which would put it back to the same argument - the match is invalid.
While I am sure it is a lot of work to create an algorithm to match guilds, if the work cannot be done to match successfully and fairly, then the event needs to stop or the extra work to make it fair needs to be done.
There has not been one fair match for my guild. Never. I would have more faith in the algorithm(s) if it hit fairly some of the time. However, it has not once. Every team has had much higher GP, more characters, more gear, more speed mods, higher arena scores, etc. Not once have we been fairly matched. I’m sure someone has this data and it will back up my claims.
- GladOS-013
  Hero (Retired)
  7 years ago
  @Zynix17 How many spots can be set in each zone for this battle? That will give you an indication of how many players you are facing.
  
  If only 45 members of the opposing guild are playing, you have to subtract all the zetas, characters, etc of the missing players. The matching bots can't do that, because they don't know who is signed up vs not.
  
  It's also possible that your guild is extremely underdeveloped compared to other guilds with similar GP. This is referred to as "fluff" on the vanilla forums. If your guild is full of players who have lots of g7 lvl 85 "not-very-effective" characters, and most guilds at your level are not - then you will most often see unfavorable matchups.