Fairness of end game against test accounts.
I wanted to bring up a problem that has been bugging me and the rest of my guild and which I'm sure affects a lot of other end game players in SWGoH.
To explain, we're a highly competitive guild that loves PvP ( TWs, arenas, GAs ) and at least in the territory wars we occasionally go against guilds that "have access" to test accounts via the game changers which leads to a HUGE disadvantage for our guild in terms of strategy for the following reasons:
1. what actually works and what not can ONLY be determined if you actually play a certain team ( synergies for example ).
2. the only way to test the hit order for a team and if it's actually going as you planned it to is to test it in arena, but then you would need the help of a shard mate willing to spend crystals for your obsession with perfection ( at least my case )
3. now imagine that you have your hit order correct but the stats your characters get from the mods are all over the place, that's another 3-4-5-10 hits in arena to set it right ( example Chewbacca's guard buff, or R2D2's stealth ability that the AI puts on your healthiest character and so on )
4. the limitations of the "testing" capabilities of your average player are horrendous as in you've absolutely no way of testing stuff out in terms of faction vs faction ( bounty hunters against first order for example ) since there's no end game player out there willing to risk being "bumped" in the 50's of his squad arena just for the sake of testing...
Although most of the people raise a huge question mark about the above statements and argue with the fact that the game changers release video content, that's nowhere near what people would do if they actually had access to a "test account".
To get back to the title of this, there are some guilds that are able to do all of the above and not go in blindly in every single game mode. How is that fair?!
Possible solution : give at least guild officers a test environment ( only with characters that they already have ). Something like a guild arena or a way to actually test stuff out without having to spend huge amounts of money on crystals when others get it 100% free of charge!
To explain, we're a highly competitive guild that loves PvP ( TWs, arenas, GAs ) and at least in the territory wars we occasionally go against guilds that "have access" to test accounts via the game changers which leads to a HUGE disadvantage for our guild in terms of strategy for the following reasons:
1. what actually works and what not can ONLY be determined if you actually play a certain team ( synergies for example ).
2. the only way to test the hit order for a team and if it's actually going as you planned it to is to test it in arena, but then you would need the help of a shard mate willing to spend crystals for your obsession with perfection ( at least my case )
3. now imagine that you have your hit order correct but the stats your characters get from the mods are all over the place, that's another 3-4-5-10 hits in arena to set it right ( example Chewbacca's guard buff, or R2D2's stealth ability that the AI puts on your healthiest character and so on )
4. the limitations of the "testing" capabilities of your average player are horrendous as in you've absolutely no way of testing stuff out in terms of faction vs faction ( bounty hunters against first order for example ) since there's no end game player out there willing to risk being "bumped" in the 50's of his squad arena just for the sake of testing...
Although most of the people raise a huge question mark about the above statements and argue with the fact that the game changers release video content, that's nowhere near what people would do if they actually had access to a "test account".
To get back to the title of this, there are some guilds that are able to do all of the above and not go in blindly in every single game mode. How is that fair?!
Possible solution : give at least guild officers a test environment ( only with characters that they already have ). Something like a guild arena or a way to actually test stuff out without having to spend huge amounts of money on crystals when others get it 100% free of charge!
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this would give officers a few things:
-ideas (like the game changers get)
-fun ways to give out 1-3 ranks in raids (imagine that only 3 people have to attack pit and tank and everyone else can have 1 less thing to have to auto)
-inter-guild bragging rights
I’d gladly spend 20 energy a battle to be able to challenge guildmates and record how their defenses react.
Sandbox or guild arena would be awesome.
Yep, EXACTLY!
My phrasing was "at least". The best option would obviously be something guild-wide.
It is not
nope. not anymore.
that being said, I would love a sandbox (for officers only!...lol j/k)
At some point last year we fought a guild that had a game changer and did exactly that.
That's actually a very good idea.