Angry for a reason (GAC)
Gentlemen,
I would like to share something really nerve cracking. As you see, 160 points separate me from getting into Kyber, unfortunately, from the last two missions I'm able to do serves 100 points, obviously not enough. I am a person who really likes GAC because I can strategize, know my enemies better and enjoy the game mode altogether. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard, however, If I lose, I admit defeat, BUT......
Let's take a look at my previous match. I am in Division 3 with 3,6m GP, I got an enemy from Divison 2 with 3,9m GP, therefore, I was the underdog here. Despite the impossible I still managed to get a tie with 1067 - 1067 and yet he proved to be victorious just for having more GP. This is absolute unfairness and this is where I want to kindly highlight a message to the developers.
It is clear, that you know nothing about balance or fairness. Someone has to win, there is no way to end a match in Draw and share 500-500 points between the opposing players, no, you must give us an absolute unfair solution. If the system would give 500-500 points in case of a Draw I would be in Kyber now and not complaining here. I am absolutely sure that I am not alone with this!
From now on, you made me not care about GAC anymore unless you fix this mess! I don't care who is F2P and who is Whale, whoever you throw at me I'll fight and the least you can do is to give credit to those who stand ground against a formidable opponent instead of shaming them! Start thinking.
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What matters is that whales are happy, period.
The rest is irrelevant.
Be a whale or loose.
You will then have people complaining about that.
Stop people, just stop.
The rules are clear. If you are ranked lower than someone where you have the same record it means they will win on the tie, due to the GP tiebreak.
Could the tie break go the other way? Yes, you did equal work with less to work with. However, then the other side will complain. I put more work in and now I am being punished.
Nothing is perfect, but the rules are clearly stated. Accept it.
They need to declare a winner for the next match, but they could still award 500-500 points. There is no need to add insult to injury.
And "Accept stupid rules" is a very obedient attitude that we should be very grateful not everybody has. Rebellions and Resistance are built on that, and we know where that ends (well, we will know soon about the latter)
Data on rampant cheating?
Top 10 questions that CG wants answered
I won 11/12 matches last GAC and lost to a guy who had much better mods. Cheating has been eliminated.
You can lose 2, maybe 3, matches in Div 3 and still hit Kyber as long as you efficiently clear your opponent; I've done it. You can also lose 1 match and narrowly make Kyber if you don't full clear everyone. What was your record this GAC? How many opponents did you full clear?
I lost therefore rampant cheating....irrefutable data...
Lastly you don't know if your top X gp is higher or lower than your opponent unless you used -gp compare- tool (and not the bots on discord). Same argument can be driven about matchmaking gp. And in both cases it's nonsensical since you have no control over matchmaking and you might as well have been the one at higher gp. I doubt even a single player deliberately tries to get tied due to knowledge they'll win in that case.
This tiebreaker method is as close as it gets to random with numerous elements out of all players control, lower gp winning a tie would be the same thing. If they made it purely random or driven by something invisible to players the losing side would still be complaining about it. Naturally you prefer to be the winner and pushing a narrative that benefits that desire.
While I agree with you that the system could be more fair, I can understand why they've made it like that. They want to encourage people to build up their rosters. It used to be a bad thing to inflate your roster, but not anymore.
It would be nice though if proper draws were allowed. It would make the rewards a little more complicated, but it should be doable.
Data on minimal cheating?
There's no transparency so the player base has no idea, one way or the other.
Threads like this throughout the internet (screen shot taken before my video was released) that have 1500 posts sure don’t make it seem like a false narrative.
(and inb4 "16614 posts bruh!")
This is arguably not true. Division is locked at the beginning of GAC (that is, the start of week 1). GP can grow a lot over the course of the month. So while you are matched against opponents from the same division, by week 4 your opponent may be well over the cap for your division. And he'll get to use his roster as of the start of week 4, not the lower roster from week 1 that determined his division.
That said, I'm fine with this. Everyone grows during the month. The GP profile of the entire division shifts upwards by week 4.
I see some folks telling me to accept rules. I can't recall where I said anything about rules. I'm completely fine with everything in GAC, like I said, I like this game mode and improve myself PVP-wise. Since championships are on, I humbly lost altogether 10-12 matches and won all the others, even against stronger opponents.
Just for you to understand my case, I highlight one thing: fairness! Take a look at the word "tie" or "draw" in the dictionary. I believe the developers didn't because in this case the result is equal and can't be decided. It's not so hard to award both players with a rightful 500-500 points. In this case, whales should be angry for being careless not the other way! Despite this, I'm still proud that I hold ground against my opponents.
Underdogs deserve more respect!
GA seemed fine to me. I didnt need some hokey leaderboards. Was a fun game mode in a game that didnt have much that was fun. Then they change matchmaking, take away 3v3, and and this nonsense. Now I'm just here cuz its starwars. Sad