GW matchmaking different for Android and iOS
I've been playing identical arena teams at lvl 70 on both Samsung Note 5 and iPhone 5. In arena, the team on android is usually in the top 10 while the one on iOS is in the top 50. Both teams are on the same shard/server since they were created on the same day.
For the past couple of weeks or so, the iOS matches have been significantly harder than the android matches. The iOS matches would be highly starred and geared starting level 68 and majority after that would be against level 70 teams. The android matches would start at 58 and i would run into way fewer 70s. I basically breeze through on android and have a very difficult time on iOS due to poor matchmaking.
Anyone have similar matchmaking on GW and care to share their experiences on the different platforms?
For the past couple of weeks or so, the iOS matches have been significantly harder than the android matches. The iOS matches would be highly starred and geared starting level 68 and majority after that would be against level 70 teams. The android matches would start at 58 and i would run into way fewer 70s. I basically breeze through on android and have a very difficult time on iOS due to poor matchmaking.
Anyone have similar matchmaking on GW and care to share their experiences on the different platforms?
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The A team I am running until i finish getting better stuff
6* Gear 7 lv 61 Sidious
4* Gear 7 lv 59 Teebo
4* Gear 7 lv 59 Dooku
4* Gear 6 lv 61 Lumi
4* Gear 5 lv 61 QGJ
I am facing
4* gear 6 lv 56 chewie
4* gear 8 lv 56 JC
6* gear 7 lv 56 Talia
6* gear 7 lv 56 Lumi
6* gear 6 lv 56 Sid
seems unfair on android to me
Yup, identical teams 26,276 power on android. iOS is weaker at 25,115 (some characters are missing a couple of stars)
I had similar grief on GW before hitting level 70. Matchmaking is all over the place when not at level cap.
I read a post somewhere (not sure on the validity of it) but GW matches are seemingly based on the maximum strength of your best ever arena team. You say both teams are identical but I imagine that is in terms of characters and not levels and gear levels. Even if they are identical there will always be variance based on the randomness of it. Some GWS will just be easier than others and I believe it is just random and that you would find the same if you ran 2 android accounts or 2 IOS accounts.
Im on Android and I probably finish 2xGWs a week if I'm lucky. Other days I can only get to about node 9 or so
This. By identical, I meant literally, or I would've used the word 'similar'.
I think your results on each side would've been closer over time if the two power levels were the same. Any "leftover" variance would then be more likely attributed to random chance rather than platform.
Following your logic, my android team should be facing a tougher challenge than the ios team but it's the other way around. Might be luck but seeing 12 nodes two times everyday at level 70 for the past two weeks and seeing the disparity begs the question if anyone feels the same way.
=D
It was conclusively demonstrated before they changed it that the strength of opponent you faced throughout the nodes was relative to the highest power team you’d ever used in any GW node.
They’ve now capped the difficulty so that level 85 players will permenantly face teams of the same difficulty, the hardest of which is that of someone who has just become level 85. For the majority of level 85 players that is embarrassingly simple.
If you’re struggling now, you won’t in a while - believe me.
And the variance between devices is likely related to the difference in power level between the teams. I regularly face “identical” teams to mine in arena, but because of mods and zetas I get rinsed.