People are not playing GA anymore

Raven714 · October 21, 2019 8:59AM

I've noticed in my Grand Arena people are not playing anymore I guess the computer is just filling the empty spots with whatever
Starting to become a ghost town
Is this happening to anyone else?

DarjeloSalas · October 21, 2019 9:00AM

Not to me - I’ve not once faced auto set defence, and only once has my opponent failed to attack.

Raven714 · October 21, 2019 9:02AM

So far no opponent has attacked my last match I only attached one of his squads and won now the same is happening on the second round

DarjeloSalas · October 21, 2019 9:22AM

Division?

leef · October 21, 2019 9:34AM

i've never faced an auto defence. Since the start of GAC only 1 opponent didn't attack.
I do win most of my battles, so 2/3rds of my opponents have won their previous battle.

Ratinira · October 21, 2019 10:20AM

Grand Arena is not equal to the game. It is only its part.
And your opponents are not equal to all players.

I play swgoh but I "play" GA only by pressing "join" and "collect". Because I dont see it as something worth my time and effort. That does not mean that "people are not playing that game".

Mitch08 · October 21, 2019 1:31PM

Ratinira wrote: »

Grand Arena is not equal to the game. It is only its part.
And your opponents are not equal to all players.

I play swgoh but I "play" GA only by pressing "join" and "collect". Because I dont see it as something worth my time and effort. That does not mean that "people are not playing that game".

You're right. The lack of participation in a ton of the shards, inactive long time players on friends lists, failing guilds, etc. Are better examples of the current state of the game.

TVF · October 21, 2019 1:41PM

I love anecdotal evidence. Extremely entertaining.

Bhaalor · October 21, 2019 1:47PM

Raven714 wrote: »

I've noticed in my Grand Arena people are not playing anymore I guess the computer is just filling the empty spots with whatever
Starting to become a ghost town
Is this happening to anyone else?

I wish... I am getting wtfpwned. I am in the 5Mil + league and facing some very strong opponents. I won this one; but the last one RNG got the best of me and both my DR counters failed.

Hantal86 · October 21, 2019 1:47PM

I’ve been too busy to really play the game recently so I’ve been auto deploying to give my opponents an opportunity to get rewards

Jeric · October 21, 2019 1:56PM

I face this often enough to know that there is probably around a quarter of the GA eligible players that I match up with who allow auto assignment. Why that is the case is anyone’s guess. Could be lack of interest leading to lower engagement, or lack or time.

GBahia03 · October 21, 2019 2:17PM

I've been matched up with bums all the time.

The only time I lose is when I get cocky or I get connection errors

Scottacus · October 21, 2019 2:28PM

By my best recollection, I've faced 3 auto-defenses in the last 11 opponents (the last 3 GACs and the two opponents from the current GAC).

Ultra · October 21, 2019 2:47PM

Raven714 wrote: »

So far no opponent has attacked my last match I only attached one of his squads and won now the same is happening on the second round

I’ve had a lot of opponents that waited until the last hour or 2 of the round to attack

We still have 6 hours left in this round

_Skystalker · October 21, 2019 2:49PM

omg how do i got on your shard!!!

Gifafi · October 21, 2019 3:24PM

op, mbn. I can only assume people aren't bothering bc the rewards are so atrocious

Hantal86 wrote: »

I’ve been too busy to really play the game recently so I’ve been auto deploying to give my opponents an opportunity to get rewards

not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need

GreenGoblin96 · October 21, 2019 4:40PM

Last GA group 2 of my opponents set normal defenses but never attacked me, but that's just it.

RawdSW · October 21, 2019 4:54PM

The interest is definitely down, but most of my opponents (5M tier) both set up defenses and attack. Now and then you get an opponent who skips the round, sometimes I have to skip a round myself due to RL conflicts, but most people who register for GA do seem to actively play it.

Just a personal observation, of course.

Jarvind · October 21, 2019 4:56PM

I haven't faced an auto-defense since crossing into Division 2. Even in Div 3 I only saw them occasionally.

TVF · October 21, 2019 4:56PM

Jarvind wrote: »

I haven't faced an auto-defense since crossing into Division 2. Even in Div 3 I only saw them occasionally.

Same.

BeralCator · October 21, 2019 7:39PM

So far I've faced the same person twice in each(!) GAC, and I've also faced 2 auto-defenses.

Faced this guy twice (in a row!) in the first one: https://swgoh.gg/p/581738526/
The other guy isn't on Swgoh.gg

While I suppose it might be a statistical outlier, it does suggest that there is a very small pool of players that share my effective GP of 1.5mil, and once you further sort them by division and league repeat match-ups will be come inevitable.

TVF · October 21, 2019 7:55PM

Daddyngo007 wrote: »

People are not playing the game period

It's true. No one's playing. Everyone quit.

And yet everyone is still posting. I don't get it.

Ultra · October 21, 2019 8:17PM

@Raven714 – any updates? Did your opponent ended up attacking or nah

ShaeVizla · October 21, 2019 8:20PM

I gave up on ga. Not worth the time. Just set one defense

TVF · October 21, 2019 9:15PM

ShaeVizla wrote: »

I gave up on ga. Not worth the time. Just set one defense

Way to punish your opponent just because you don't like the game mode. Seems fair.

Mzee · October 21, 2019 9:19PM

I just had an opponent not attack. I had a good score so maybe he didn't feel like bothering. I also didn't bother putting effort in when dealing with General Skywalker as I didn't have the energy for it, and had 1 or 2 poor wars as a result.

Gifafi · October 21, 2019 9:20PM

ShaeVizla wrote: »

I gave up on ga. Not worth the time. Just set one defense

why spend time setting one defense?

AnnerDoon · October 21, 2019 9:53PM

TVF wrote: »

Daddyngo007 wrote: »

People are not playing the game period

It's true. No one's playing. Everyone quit.

And yet everyone is still posting. I don't get it.

I’d love to see the data you’ve got that supports your claim that “everyone is still posting”.

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