Why am I, at 1 mio GP, paired with a 4.9 mio GP opponent?

Question

No, it's not just character GP (although the disrepancy is even greater there. I have 600k, they have almost 3 million). Their raw GP including ships is already almost 5 times as high as mine.

From what I read, I thought the issue was that ship GP factors into the matchmaking, plus the fact that some people have deep rosters while others have a few highly developed teams. But at the very least, I expected the overall GP to be close to mine. Is this normal for the first round if your GP is still low? Are subsequent rounds closer in GP? Or is the matchmaking hopelessly broken throughout the entire event?

christophiv · Answer

Are you looking in-game or using swgoh.gg?Go to "event rewards" on the GA screen and press their name on the list. It's the only way to be sure you're looking at the right person.

homerjsolo · Answer

Are you sure you are looking at the right information? I've never seen an more than a few hundred GP above or below me and this is the first I've seen on the forums about a mismatch on total GP.

Checking in game is the best (click on rewards in GA then on the opponents name). Searching by ally code through Google or SWGoH.gg is next best. Searching by name through Google can be unreliable as some players have the same or similar names.

darth_devito · Answer

Whew. It seems I had the wrong Oberon Calad :) I suppose it's ok to mention the name since I'm not saying anything negative about them.
You're completely right, I only looked them up on swgoh.gg and apparently there's more than one player with this name. My actual opponent is almost identical in overall GP and also pretty close to my character GP (55k more than I have).

waquira · Answer

Screenshots and proof are wonderful things.

darth_devito · Answer

"Waqui;c-1757608" wrote:Screenshots and proof are wonderful things.I already admitted my mistake. But since your comment (like most of your comments, as I cannot help but notice) is a thinly veiled insult, here you go:If you look up this name on swgoh.gg, you'll only find this profile:https://swgoh.gg/p/744231232/Here is mine for comparison:https://swgoh.gg/p/385516646/I made a honest mistake and do not appreciate being called a liar in no uncertain terms. This is my first GA, I wasn't aware of any way to look up my opponent's profile ingame, and it's hardly unreasonable to think that player names are unique in this game since you get an error message if you try to pick a name that's already chosen.You could have done what everybody else did and tried to be helpful, but apparently, your only purpose on this forum is to attack people. In all my time here, I have never seen a single constructive comment from you. Maybe you should take some time to reflect on the fact that this forum is a place where newer players come to ask for advice, and unhelpful individuals like you do not exactly help with player retention. Maybe the forum moderators should reflect on this too.