GA matchmaking is no longer solely based on GP
They announced over a month ago that the matchmaking formula would no longer just be matching up players by GP but a lot of people seem to have already forgotten about this. The announcement is here: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/204353/improvements-to-grand-arena-matchmaking#latest
The relevant part says: "Starting with the first Grand Arena Championship, we are going to slightly reduce the weighting of pure GP in the matchmaking system for GA, in favor of a larger set of variables intended to make players feel less like Grand Arena is punishing players for going broad. If you are working on newer or lower-powered squads, the matchmaking system will be much less likely to count those efforts towards matching you with an ideal opponent, and you will be less likely to be paired up with a player who a) looks just like you GP-wise, but b) has instead spent all of their efforts optimizing a smaller handful of squads. (Those players will still be rewarded for their strategy in Grand Arena, but they’ll be matched up against someone who looks more like them.)
The change won’t be drastic – in most cases, players should still have GP that is pretty close to that of their opponent – but now several other factors will be in play. We’ll then look at GA results and player feedback and iterate on the system after future Grand Arena Championships (more on the Championship structure and length soon!)"
The relevant part says: "Starting with the first Grand Arena Championship, we are going to slightly reduce the weighting of pure GP in the matchmaking system for GA, in favor of a larger set of variables intended to make players feel less like Grand Arena is punishing players for going broad. If you are working on newer or lower-powered squads, the matchmaking system will be much less likely to count those efforts towards matching you with an ideal opponent, and you will be less likely to be paired up with a player who a) looks just like you GP-wise, but b) has instead spent all of their efforts optimizing a smaller handful of squads. (Those players will still be rewarded for their strategy in Grand Arena, but they’ll be matched up against someone who looks more like them.)
The change won’t be drastic – in most cases, players should still have GP that is pretty close to that of their opponent – but now several other factors will be in play. We’ll then look at GA results and player feedback and iterate on the system after future Grand Arena Championships (more on the Championship structure and length soon!)"
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In game guild: TNR Uprising
I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
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So now I'm being punished, that I put a lot of time and love in this game.
Others with my GM and less metas now have better chances to come at position 1 or in the higher league. What should be fair about that?
everyone is forging his own luck. why reward those who make no effort. incomprehensible.
The last set of changes already got me booted from my guild as they are re-gearing for Geo TB and now my first GA post update looks to be an uphill fight. CG is really making it hard for us newer players to want to stick with the game.
lol?
Over 400k power difference. (Only characters)
Is this a bad joke?
Grand arena went from the best to the worst game mode...