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- For most people this isn’t a significant change, but it definitely impacts the newer players with less than 1 mil GP who may struggle to put together 3-4 effective teams to begin with. Now they have to place half those on defense, with no prior notice?
I hope CG does right by these people and gives them their rewards for the communication fail. Especially considering CG’s renewed emphasis on the “new player experience”. "BobaFettish86;c-2323168" wrote:
"Notworking;c-2323147" wrote:
"Ultra;c-2323140" wrote:
"Notworking;d-252248" wrote:
When did this become a requirement?
Being a mixed level guild our younger rosters only place 1 team on defence as we want everyone to share the rewards however this time they've had a message saying they didn't qualify for rewards.
?????
Are you implying in a mix level guild all 50 members can't get at least 50 banners?
No, we have 1M GP players in a 240M GP guild. The younger rosters can't beat GL or relic teams so they place either 1 fleet or 1 squad on defence.
So they're not really contributing anything, are they? Why should they get a free boost because they joined their family or friends guild?
Because this is a game that people play for fun? There have been a lot of changes in the past that punish guilds for being familiar instead of super competitive. When one of our long term members finally had convinced his brother to play swgoh too, we helped him "raise" his account in our 200+ mio guild and it was fun, he was so happy and thankful! :) Back then we also tested how he would get rewards from TW when just meeting the requirements to participate, and it worked when we allowed him to attack even though it was clear he would lose. We never had a match so close that it would have mattered for the final result of the TW.
Nowadays, we (my guild) would never have noticed the change if it wasn't via Reddit and this forum, as we're not directly affected by this now. But that such a change is done without any kind of announcement is really a slap into the face of many players.- DefunctEquationNewcomer@CG_SBCrumb_MINI @CG_Doja_Fett_MINI Someone? Could the player base get a response on the lack of communication here?
I'm sure there's still plenty of people on game who would appreciate at least a post in the news tab on this. This is a pretty big ball that was dropped. "HailHydra121;c-2323509" wrote:
@CG_SBCrumb_MINI @CG_Doja_Fett_MINI Someone? Could the player base get a response on the lack of communication here?
I'm sure there's still plenty of people on game who would appreciate at least a post in the news tab on this. This is a pretty big ball that was dropped.
You’re asking for communication on the lack of communication?
I wouldn’t hold my breath.- In some guilds, the total amount of defenses are already filled before you even get the chance to look. Despite helping the guild out by attacking during the attack phase and taking out several teams, you're not gonna get any rewards? That's absurd. Let's say you successfully one-shot one of the opposing teams defenses and clean-up a few difficult teams after several tries. That would easily put you below 50 banners due to getting less banners for clean-ups. How is setting a 50 banner boundary then fair?
Many players missed out on rewards because they had no way of knowing this. Some players didn't even get the opportunity to set a defensive team, and despite helping out by attacking they're gonna get nothing? I don't see the logic behind this at all. "Artumas;c-2323625" wrote:
As someone who's in a guild where TW is entirely carried almost every single time by the top 8 people in the guild, myself included: Good.
It's not because we don't have other people with decent rosters, it's because none of them participate unless we actually have a chance at losing. Toss a single fleet on defense, then they just ignore TW unless we ping them in chat about being behind our opponent. We have like an 80-90% win rate.
I agree that the... zero communication is an issue, but you're not going to get a response until tomorrow at the earliest most likely - y'all should know by now they aren't in on the weekends.
But as far as the actual change goes? I'm all for stuff that enforces real participation. I'm sick of looking at the guild list and seeing someone with 5M GP set 1 team and that's it for the entire event, no full clear, defenses are only fully filled 1 1/2 hours before setup ends. I'm tired of looking at the guild list and having to contact the other officers about potentially kicking someone because they haven't so much as joined GAC for the past 4 months, have set the bare minimum in TW and never assign to platoons. ...when they have 6M+ GP.
I honestly question why half the people I see playing this game are actually playing it. And changing various mechanics so that these people actually, y'know, need to actually participate just seems like a universal improvement to me.
I totally agree with you, the same thing happens in my guild all the time. People with 5 or 6M GP rosters and all they do is mobilize 1 squad on defense and that's it. Since CG changed the matchmaking system we are losing so many battles because of this that any change that forces participation is a welcome one."DarjeloSalas;c-2323766" wrote:
"Narkny;c-2323765" wrote:
"DarjeloSalas;c-2323764" wrote:
If a guild still sets defences in a few hours knowing about this change to reward requirements, then how is that actually a good thing?
You shouldn’t “be punished”, but if a guild doesn’t make sure their members all qualify for rewards, you have to question why people would stay in that guild.
You say "knowing", when this change happened at a time where nobody knew it was coming.
I say it now - the poster I responded to clearly thinks that it will remain an issue in his guild that not everyone gets to set defence.
A lot of players, even officers and guild leaders don't even know about the change, as it doesn't affect them. Besides, it's so fresh that they have had no reason to know about it until now, when it's actually affecting people. On another note, some guilds have squad and power requirements for defenses. This change harms mostly lower GP players, indefinetely.- Strange game, the only winning move is not to play. Lol
- EN6A6ERising NewcomerI received nothing as well for the first time since I ever started playing this game. I participate and get points every single time. This time was different and I couldn't attack their mostly GL front line. What a waste of time and energy. This game is a scam meant to punish anyone without a GL.
"Notworking;d-252248" wrote:
When did this become a requirement?
Being a mixed level guild our younger rosters only place 1 team on defence as we want everyone to share the rewards however this time they've had a message saying they didn't qualify for rewards.
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