Why should i place defense in the new GA?

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My guess is still that they might have to at least log in to GA, not necessarily that they have to clear the zone. Since opponent was an autoset, it's unlikely they'll take any further action.

I dont think it is working as intended then either. My opponent placed 0 for 2 fleets, 3 of 4 squads in the top, and. 4/4 and 3/3 in the bottom. I full cleared with single battles and a few solos but only won by 3 points.you would think i would have won by much more but he/she had their best fleets to clear mine for max points also.

So, how many banners for a no show ? The people wants to know !

"crzydroid;c-2322863" wrote:
My guess is still that they might have to at least log in to GA, not necessarily that they have to clear the zone. Since opponent was an autoset, it's unlikely they'll take any further action.

They’ll likely show up and do one attack. Win or lose you get 10 banners just for making your first attack—if you end the round with less than 10 banners you get no reward at all.

So if you’re going to autoset now you still have to do one attack to get credit, thus if logging in is what gives the unplaced defense banners we’ll know.

"crzydroid;c-2322863" wrote:
My guess is still that they might have to at least log in to GA, not necessarily that they have to clear the zone. Since opponent was an autoset, it's unlikely they'll take any further action.

Guess again

Nice of them to explain the exploit in the middle of the set up phase , so those who have set defence cant use it but those who haven't can. A simple , we are aware of issues with scoring when not placing defence teams and will be taking action would have done.

"wildnz;c-2323182" wrote:
Nice of them to explain the exploit in the middle of the set up phase , so those who have set defence cant use it but those who haven't can. A simple , we are aware of issues with scoring when not placing defence teams and will be taking action would have done.

Pretty much anyone who actually follows the Dev Tracker was already aware of this as it's been discussed a lot. If an opponent felt that strongly that they could just throw a GL in a zone and leave the rest empty and you wouldn't be able to clear it, let's face it, you were probably on the short-end of a mismatch anyway.

The question still is max banners you get? I've seen reports where people still get beat by people that didn't set full defense because although you get credit for a win I don't think you get short handed bonus and character defeat bonuses.

"Vos_Landeck;c-2323185" wrote:

"wildnz;c-2323182" wrote:
Nice of them to explain the exploit in the middle of the set up phase , so those who have set defence cant use it but those who haven't can. A simple , we are aware of issues with scoring when not placing defence teams and will be taking action would have done.

Pretty much anyone who actually follows the Dev Tracker was already aware of this as it's been discussed a lot. If an opponent felt that strongly that they could just throw a GL in a zone and leave the rest empty and you wouldn't be able to clear it, let's face it, you were probably on the short-end of a mismatch anyway.

Its a big risk to rely on one GL to hold the entire zone, its safer to use GL + 2~3 trash teams that you will never use but everyone is free to gamble as they wish