Galactic War Guide - [Team Instinct]

Cyn wrote:
Hey Guys,
So some clarity here: A while back our server engineers were talking about using Arena Rank to calculate how we picked your opponents. For a while it was discussed that we were going to use your highest rank ever earned.
This was my full understanding as to how it functioned, and I preached it to the hilt, as you can see here.
In my discussions as to how we could fix GW, it became apparent that I was wrong. It went something like this:
Im-Not-Really-A-Jedi: "So why are we using Arena Rank when the pool of people will change over time?"
Awesome Server Dude: "What are you talking about?"
INRAJ: "Arena Rank, why do we save their highest rank and then pick opponents against it?"
ASD: "We don't. We decided not to use that method a while ago."
INRAJ: "Wait. What?"
ASD: "Yeah, we don't do that anymore. We just use their highest Squad Power now."
INRAJ: "What?"
ASD: "Are you okay, man? You don't look well."
INRAJ: "I told Reddit we use Arena Ranks..."
ASD: "Good luck with that."
INRAJ: "..."
ANYWAY, as you can see, we use SQUAD POWER to calculate your opponent and NOT ARENA RANK, and I was wroooooooooong.
Now the good news: Awesome Server Dude thinks he's found the reason why GW keeps selecting those OP level 70 purple 7-stars for you, and he's working on a solution. The problem is that our server engineers are buried under a small mountain of work, so WHEN that fix will be ready is anyone's guess right now.
I'm really sorry I was wrong, guys. I will always own up to my wrongness, and I mean it when I said that I'm here to help in the best way that I can--and that means making sure everything I say is 100% factual and true! :)
Thanks!
INRAJ
EDIT: So here's EXACTLY how your opponents are figured, and where my confusion for Arena Rank came in:
We use your LAST PVP SQUAD WIN so long as that power is greater than the last time you won. So we DO take it from Arena, just not RANK, just Squad Power.
^^One of the developers on Reddit.
Umowois wrote:
The dev also explains that there is a bug with the matchmaking in GW. It will be fixed. We don't know when and we have no ETA.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/469vj1/sad_post_i_was_wrong_about_galactic_war_using/

Someone shared this conversation in Reddit.. How the opponent is roughly calculated.. However, similar to few claims, I found that these past 3-4 days the opponents seems to be more reasonable.. Not easy, but reasonable.. Im at lvl 70, with 7* Sid, Phasma & Lumi, close to 6* QGJ, 5* Kylo (F2P not much choices move along now, and dont judge me) and only at nodes 9-12 will i find full star, level and geared opponents.. Could just be luck, i dont know lol.. Now working towards JC and Barriss, for better sustain and of course, Yoda :)

Should I make a video on GW..to demonstrate things?

"SteelersCA;166933" wrote:
Ok, so I went through your video and it has some really good stuff in it as you probably already know. But here are my thoughts:

1.) You have at least 7 lvl 70, 7* toons in your well and you didn't face any teams over level 65 for the entire GW. That is not even close to what most are facing these days. I have only 3 toons at 7 lvl 70, 7* and I am facing maxed out squads on node 3. Any squad lvl 70 player could get through what you had to contend with. Expecting to see how you would fair against a maxed out team of Phasma, Sid, GS, Dooku/Poggle, and Kylo. I am certain you know what you are doing and would be fine, but would like to see that battle.


2.) Would like more explanation on the Jawa and would QGJ be a better fit with his two power attacks and then main attack. I assume you are using the Jawa as he is an average DPS guy and you want that for the burst phase and stabilization phase to reset cool downs on your heals. Some more explanation there would be appreciated.

3. I like the 5555's selection but would like to see alternative toons suggested for both Jawa and 5555 as many F2P may not have them unlocked and leveled the way you do. How would IG-86, GS, QGJ, Dooku, Daka do as replacements for them.

4. Would like to see other team strategies employed w/o Barris as she cannot be unlocked until lvl 69, so for F2P peeps they would not have her until late and that is a lot of time to be getting your butt handed to you. So perhaps if you have an alt on team instinct that is around say level 45-65. 50-55 would be nice and maybe one at 60.

Other than that a great vid, well thought out, put together and very succinct. Lots of good stuff in there, nice work.

I agree that the opponents on that particular day were less challenging than what often appears.

To answer your question about characters, yes--the only reason I used jawa was that he is an easily farmable character. He is not one of my best characters, but is very easy to farm between cantina and hard battles.

I agree that there are tons of characters that I would use before jawa. AS you mentioned, IG-86 is also a great choice as he has great burst with his crits and his assist. Dooku is also great because most people run sid, who will usually start with an AOE attack. Since he is usually the first one you will kill anyway, his AOE means dooku gets a free hit or two on him.

I can see your point about Barriss being slow to achieve. I will say this though--she is a great character and I would encourage people to farm her if they are having trouble with GW. I find her leadership to be very effective both at GW and also in the campaign missions.

Thanks for your feedback.

I won GW every time until I reached level 55. Now my opponents are level 60 - level 67. This is not a challenge, this is impossible. This is taking all the fun out of the game.