Level 75 player here. Last 2 days ive gotten AWFUL matchups on the very first node. Tonight, a level 85 bastilla/jolee team that completely destroyed my best team. So yeah...I beat ZERO nodes in GW today. Feels great. Last night, it was like a level 82 bastilla team AGAIN on node 1. What is up with this? Not fair, and for sure not fun. This should happen...maybe on the FINAL NODE from time to time, I could understand that. But node 1?? Why???

If it's any consolation, you're not alone :( Several others have reported the same problem, including myself in another thread.

Long term player here that also used to complain about the failures of the GW matching algorithm. The algorithm is based on "Stat Power", not "Galactic Power". You can see stat power in swgoh.gg, in the top right section of an individual character in your roster. Stat power has more to do with the characters statistics (offense, health, protection, defense, etc.) than Galactic power, which reflects development (ability levels, gear levels, character levels).Opponent teams are based on an increasing percentage of the stat power of your top 5 (sometimes thought to be based on the higher of your own arena team or the team that you used on Node 1 of GW...not sure we ever figured it out definitively). The higher the node, the higher the opponent stat power. with some exceptions for 3,6,9,11 and 12.Stat power does a REALLY bad job of representing things like Zetas, leadership abilities, and team synergy. So teams that have low stat power (not well geared tanks), great leadership abilities (Bastila) anb/or great synergy (Bounty Hunters) will outperform their "stat power", making for particularly difficult matchups in the early nodes of GW.This should be much more true now than it was a year and a half ago when I was still fretting over GW on a daily basis because character kits are so much more powerful and complicated. Bastila's leadership without the zeta is a tremendous advantage and now that multiple Jedi are viable again (GMY, Ezra, OB to name the easiest to obtain), can create problems.Finishing GW regularly is about having teams that can regenerate protection and health. Phoenix is a good easily accessible team for TW early on. Bossk, even without the zeta, can help power BH through early nodes and are particularly hard to kill.@Jpplayer given that you're not that far along and you have a roster that doesn't have a lot of continuity to it, it might make sense to read some of the starter guides (check out Warrior's four pillars as a start, though it might be a bit dated) and maybe start over. You'll be happy you did (take it from someone that plays three accounts actively).

I notice you have KRU. Gear him up and get his first special to the point where it's un-resistable (Level 6 I think) and then take out Bastila or the biggest pest with that. It'll cleanse all their buffs and remove them from the fight for a turn. And he's a pain to kill for low DPS/equal level squads you're facing.

How many nodes were you able to play the day before? 10 or 11?

That happened to me for two consecutive days too. What’s the point in putting impossible teams to beat on the first nodes ?? To have a more challenging game ?? It’s not challenging if you don’t stand a chance to beat it. Why don’t you put those “challenging” teams on the last nodes ? 7th, 8th and so on ? I can tell the difference between a good challenge and an impossible one. The galactic war is the worst that this game has to offer right now, seriously. It’s so bad and infuriating that i am considering to stop playing the game.

Unfair GW matchups....on NODE ONE!!!

Darth_DeVito
7 years ago
If it's any consolation, you're not alone :( Several others have reported the same problem, including myself in another thread.
cannonfodder_iv
New Spectator
7 years ago
Long term player here that also used to complain about the failures of the GW matching algorithm. The algorithm is based on "Stat Power", not "Galactic Power". You can see stat power in swgoh.gg, in the top right section of an individual character in your roster. Stat power has more to do with the characters statistics (offense, health, protection, defense, etc.) than Galactic power, which reflects development (ability levels, gear levels, character levels).

Opponent teams are based on an increasing percentage of the stat power of your top 5 (sometimes thought to be based on the higher of your own arena team or the team that you used on Node 1 of GW...not sure we ever figured it out definitively). The higher the node, the higher the opponent stat power. with some exceptions for 3,6,9,11 and 12.

Stat power does a REALLY bad job of representing things like Zetas, leadership abilities, and team synergy. So teams that have low stat power (not well geared tanks), great leadership abilities (Bastila) anb/or great synergy (Bounty Hunters) will outperform their "stat power", making for particularly difficult matchups in the early nodes of GW.

This should be much more true now than it was a year and a half ago when I was still fretting over GW on a daily basis because character kits are so much more powerful and complicated. Bastila's leadership without the zeta is a tremendous advantage and now that multiple Jedi are viable again (GMY, Ezra, OB to name the easiest to obtain), can create problems.

Finishing GW regularly is about having teams that can regenerate protection and health. Phoenix is a good easily accessible team for TW early on. Bossk, even without the zeta, can help power BH through early nodes and are particularly hard to kill.

@Jpplayer given that you're not that far along and you have a roster that doesn't have a lot of continuity to it, it might make sense to read some of the starter guides (check out Warrior's four pillars as a start, though it might be a bit dated) and maybe start over. You'll be happy you did (take it from someone that plays three accounts actively).
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
7 years ago
I notice you have KRU. Gear him up and get his first special to the point where it's un-resistable (Level 6 I think) and then take out Bastila or the biggest pest with that. It'll cleanse all their buffs and remove them from the fight for a turn. And he's a pain to kill for low DPS/equal level squads you're facing.
AbC5504a7409772
7 years ago
How many nodes were you able to play the day before? 10 or 11?
jpplayer29
7 years ago
That happened to me for two consecutive days too. What’s the point in putting impossible teams to beat on the first nodes ?? To have a more challenging game ?? It’s not challenging if you don’t stand a chance to beat it. Why don’t you put those “challenging” teams on the last nodes ? 7th, 8th and so on ?

I can tell the difference between a good challenge and an impossible one. The galactic war is the worst that this game has to offer right now, seriously. It’s so bad and infuriating that i am considering to stop playing the game.
jpplayer29
7 years ago
Jattack. The day before I found a “challenging” team on node 3. Node 3 ! I saw your post and I thought the same as you: “if I don’t make it far in this gw, maybe tomorrow I will get more easy teams”... not true, at least for me.

What I noticed was that it has something to do with the arena. When I was earning 300 arena points I had tougher teams than when I was earning 200. But still, yesterday, I was earning 200 and I got an impossible level 82 Phoenix team, High gear, high modes, in node 1. This started to happen after the update, it has never happened to me before, at least until I reached node 6.

The devs must have done this on purpose, it’s the feeling I have.
EventineElesedi
7 years ago
It doesn't have anything to do with arena. It has to do with your best-geared characters. If you want to stop GW from getting more difficult, then stop gearing your best heroes. Instead, concentrate on building the less-developed parts of your roster.

In short, if you g12 your roster before L85, you're always gonna have a bad time in GW.
jpplayer29
7 years ago
Stop gearing my best heroes... they are level 8. Level 8...

If they were level 9 I would probably get a zeta team in my first nodes as things are right now.
cr7scock
7 years ago
"Jattack;c-1688255" wrote:
How many nodes were you able to play the day before? 10 or 11?

The day before I did beat that node 1 Bastilla team and managed to make it to the last node where I met another brick wall. Node 12, I'm fine with. Node 1 is not cool.
cr7scock
7 years ago
"EventineElessedil;c-1688435" wrote:
It has to do with your best-geared characters.

No, it doesn't. I've had the same top gear levels for weeks (we all know going from G8 to G9 takes a long time even for one toon). This literally changed seemingly overnight.