Placed in Wrong GAC Division

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GladOS-013
5 years ago
@nabokovfan87 Hey, thanks for the report!

Your division is locked in based on your Gp at the moment the season launched, which was about 3pm Pacific time yesterday.

You can’t make changes to your gp and click join and switch divisions - at that point you are locked in already. You need to have your GP below the threshold before the season launches.

GladOS-013

Hero (Retired)

5 years ago

@nabokovfan87 Hey, i totally understand. Division joining is passive, and it was only announced the one time:
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/206074/grand-arena-championships-gp-divisions

In terms of being at a disadvantage, it’s hard to predict. Division 1 & 2 have identical layouts, squad requirements, scoring, and prizes thresholds. Matchmaking is very complicated, but you might see better matches at the bottom of div1, instead of at the top of div2 with all the other players who sandbagged their gp like you tried. Just impossible to tell really.

Good luck!

nabokovfan87

5 years ago

Removing mods from 2 characters isn't sandbagging. It's tuning a roster.

nabokovfan87
5 years ago
Again, the same ambiguous statement being referenced.
"Your Division is simply your GP bracket at the start of each Championship."
The event was activated, it did not START at all. This again, is the exact same thing as TW.
- GladOS-013
  Hero (Retired)
  5 years ago
  @nabokovfan87 When the championship launched, was that not the start? The championship season is occurring whether a player joins or not, so the start is separate from a player joining.
  
  And it's not the same as TW. At the end of the signup period, the active GP of all registered guild members that signed up defines the reward bracket and matchmaking.
  
  For GA, the reward brackets are identical across divisions. Matchmaking is based on the GP pairings among players in the same division, and starts occurring after you join. There are similarities between the two processes, but there are also differences. Divisions don't exist in TW - so it can't be the same.
  - nabokovfan87
    5 years ago
    @GladOS-013 wrote:
    @nabokovfan87When the championship launched, was that not the start? The championship season is occurring whether a player joins or not, so the start is separate from a player joining.
    
    And it's not the same as TW. At the end of the signup period, the active GP of all registered guild members that signed up defines the reward bracket and matchmaking.
    
    For GA, the reward brackets are identical across divisions. Matchmaking is based on the GP pairings among players in the same division, and starts occurring after you join. There are similarities between the two processes, but there are also differences. Divisions don't exist in TW - so it can't be the same.
    The rewards are not identical across divisions. I am actually losing rewards by not being in a higher division. I have one team at relics and the rest are very very low. I had mods on bounty hunters because I was working on Chewbacca event. Again, intentionally sandbagging is not what I was doing. Prior to any event, raids, war, character events, etc. We have the option to adjust mods accordingly and it's a huge aspect of the game. I knew GAC was soon but did not know when. It was added to the game and the join period was started. If I did not click join, then I do not participate in this GAC. That's tells me as the player when the event starts. The event starts when join period ends. The first join period of a GAC season is when the event starts while the next join periods are when the round starts.
    Again, either I'm penalized for not memorizing the calendar, or the first join period of the season is truly the start of GAC event. @EA_HighCommand I would ask that you please bring this question to the team. @GladOS-013 I appreciate your comments, I'm not trying to nullify what you're saying, I'm frustrated because for a month I'm going to get torn up. My roster is nowhere near div1 ready and I didn't intend to jump up divisions. Again, this hurts me when it comes to rewards, that's just a fact of the situation. Lesson learned, but it's definitely something I would love to know design intent on.
GladOS-013
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@nabokovfan87 wrote:

Removing mods from 2 characters isn't sandbagging. It's tuning a roster.

You chose to withhold character upgrades to slow GP growth and removed mods to intentionally lower your gp in hopes of obtaining preferable matchups. That's sandbagging.

Given that your GP is very close to the Div1/2 border, you didn't need to do much, but you did it a bit.

No shame intended - it's a legitimate strategy. Bit imagine players who were sandbagging 100k worth of mods to try and get favorable matchups - the top of div2 could be full of players like that, and the top of div2 could be harder than the bottom of Div1 as a result.