EA QV TeamHi @hectormunoz,
Grand Arena Championship matchmaking is determined by viable GP, not overall GP. The overall character GP is no longer a good indicator for the matchmaking. We still keep an eye on the matchmaking and will make adjustments if required. Matchmaking between different divisions is also possible and working as designed.
Matchmaking between different divisions as is, is horrible and upsetting. In effect this means that a lower gp account is going to have to work much harder and more efficiently, and in the end would get lesser rewards than if their higher division opponent would win?!?! The whole point of divisions should be to keep battles fair, to create a divide allowing for better cross play and preventing the possibility of having higher division players just easily steamrolling lower division players.
If you must have cross division battles, firstly players should have the ability to opt in/out for cross division opponents, and secondly, if you are in a situation with cross division opponents, all participants should be earning the higher division rewards.
This matchmaking is a great example of how you can't please everyone.
Initially it was matched on pure GP. This meant that players with low of low gear level 85 characters were paired against players with a bunch of level ones and better g12s to make up the power difference. Obviously the "fluffy" players complained this wasn't fair.
Now the game just looks at your top 50-90 characters (based on gp range) and pairs you against people with similar GP in that active range. If every attack takes a single squad to win, no other characters are relevant.
However in this scenario, players who were top heavy and previously had super easy matches now play against people with similar top range characters - and if a player has many more g12 toons, those are considered irrelevant for matchmaking.
In any scenario there will be players who have an advantage and some who are at a disadvantage. I know my matches got a lot tougher. I'm actually paired against a player with 300k less GP than me and I think it's going to be a really tough match because of his roster. All those extra 7* toons I won't use are truly irrelevant.
I think you're missing it Glados, the beef here isn't about matchmaking per gp, it's about matchmaking outside of the division we're in. This creates all sorts of problems on both sides. for the lower division team they're at a big disadvantage in fighting against someone who can have alot more backup teams at their disposal. for the higher division team, they're at a disadvantage for higher scoring within their division, because they now will be setting fewer defending teams which means a lower possible score. Really in the end, it's not much fun for either side. Keep divisions divided!
