Power Scaling Fix
ssogre2000
Registered Users, Member 1 Posts
I'm going to try and be as constructive as possible here. I know a large part of the DSA community agrees with my sentiment especially those that can't/won't spend tons of money.
Today I had a PVP Arena match. My team consisted of Shan Yu, Aladdin, Sorcerer Mickey, Big Bad Wolf, and Dr. Facilier. Every character is either 6 or 7 stars, level 50 - 52, and Gear Tier 5 or 6. Also, each member of the team had one Chipped Sorcerer's Stone of one variety or the other equipped. My spells were level 3 Golden Hammer and level 1 Conjuring Cauldron. With all that my team's Deck Power is ~ 2900.
My opponent was a full Frozen team. Their team power was ~ 2100. I think their team level was 46-48. Not all 7 stars (I think Elsa and one or two others were 6). Gear Tier 5. In all honesty, this shouldn't even happen given the high difference in power level. However, the queuing system for PVP Arena is a whole separate issue and this post is already long enough.
Going into the match, I felt confident because of my Deck Power advantage. With a different of 800, most players would feel confident because this is how the Deck Power system is designed to work. More on this below.
As you can probably guess, I lost. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be posting this right now. Not only did I lose, I was only able to take out Kristoff and Sven.
Now normally, if I were to go against any other team with that low of a Deck Power compared to mine, there would be no contest. I would completely destroy them. Even an Incredible's team would be no match. There was an 800 power difference and I lost and quite miserably I might add. Even IF I would have taken out all but ONE character (in other words be more neck and neck) and still lost, that is still inexcusable. This is also a problem in Sorcerer's Tournament. If I were to try go up against a Frozen team that was +/- 200-300 power, my chances of winning are very slim which is a huge misconception for the players.
Deck Power is supposed show the power of your opponent. If I see an opponent that is 500+ power higher than me, then I should know going into a match I will most likely lose. If these numbers aren't true indicators of team power, then they are completely arbitrary and not needed. However, they aren't arbitrary. Removing a full/mostly full Frozen team out of the equation, these number work as intended.
Now, I understand that the majority of players that have a full 6 or 7 start Frozen team have spent a considerable about of money OR were able to grind VERY efficiently during the event. I agree that if someone spends money then yes, they should be given some sort of advantage. I know as a customer, I would question a company's motives if I purchased something that others didn't and wasn't given a slight advantage. With that being said, the above scenario, isn't a slight advantage.
How do you fix this? Three ways that I can think of.
1. Adjust the power scaling - If your team is synergized, like a full Frozen team, then there should be some sort of multiplier for Deck Power. If there was a multiplier the deck power should go up considerably. Take Violet from the Incredible's team, plugged into a random team, her ability kit lacks quite a bit. However, you put her into a full or mostly full Incredible's team and she is much better. In that case the whole team's Deck Power should be adjusted accordingly. Doing this isn't really fixing the main problem though. I do think combining 1 and 3 would help the most.
2. Separate servers for how much you spend - This is more a fantasy than anything, but, if you are Free to Play then you should be playing against others that are free to play. Much more balanced that way. Obviously, don't force this on players. Make it choice that can be changed every so often. And if you try to be slick and think oh I'll be Free to Play and spend money, well those offers aren't available to purchase. You would have to make a conscience decision to change over to a paid server. You can even have the offers available to see for the free to play server to see so it entices them to maybe change servers so they will actually spend money. Like I said, realistically I know this would never happen, but, I wanted to make it a suggestion regardless.
3. Adjust the power of the Frozen Team - Now it doesn't even have to be done a whole lot. Just enough to where that gap shrinks just a bit. The Frozen team was designed to be the best right now and they still would be, but, it will give others that are Free to Play or mostly a bit more of a fighting chance.
I know Glu is in the business of making games and money. I wouldn't question that. Glu is going to make money REGARDLESS of how over powered Frozen characters are because frankly, Frozen is by far one of the most popular Disney franchises right now.
Others that read this, please don't think I'm ranting for the sake of ranting or that I'm angry. Both of which I'm not. I want some true change here. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. I really enjoy this game. I've even spent money because I enjoy it. Not a lot mind you, but, enough to where I felt satisfied. When situation like the above happen however, it really makes me not enjoy the game.
If you agree, I encourage you to write your own constructive criticism to Glu. Change cannot happen if we the players don't speak up and it must be a majority of us that speak up.
Today I had a PVP Arena match. My team consisted of Shan Yu, Aladdin, Sorcerer Mickey, Big Bad Wolf, and Dr. Facilier. Every character is either 6 or 7 stars, level 50 - 52, and Gear Tier 5 or 6. Also, each member of the team had one Chipped Sorcerer's Stone of one variety or the other equipped. My spells were level 3 Golden Hammer and level 1 Conjuring Cauldron. With all that my team's Deck Power is ~ 2900.
My opponent was a full Frozen team. Their team power was ~ 2100. I think their team level was 46-48. Not all 7 stars (I think Elsa and one or two others were 6). Gear Tier 5. In all honesty, this shouldn't even happen given the high difference in power level. However, the queuing system for PVP Arena is a whole separate issue and this post is already long enough.
Going into the match, I felt confident because of my Deck Power advantage. With a different of 800, most players would feel confident because this is how the Deck Power system is designed to work. More on this below.
As you can probably guess, I lost. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be posting this right now. Not only did I lose, I was only able to take out Kristoff and Sven.
Now normally, if I were to go against any other team with that low of a Deck Power compared to mine, there would be no contest. I would completely destroy them. Even an Incredible's team would be no match. There was an 800 power difference and I lost and quite miserably I might add. Even IF I would have taken out all but ONE character (in other words be more neck and neck) and still lost, that is still inexcusable. This is also a problem in Sorcerer's Tournament. If I were to try go up against a Frozen team that was +/- 200-300 power, my chances of winning are very slim which is a huge misconception for the players.
Deck Power is supposed show the power of your opponent. If I see an opponent that is 500+ power higher than me, then I should know going into a match I will most likely lose. If these numbers aren't true indicators of team power, then they are completely arbitrary and not needed. However, they aren't arbitrary. Removing a full/mostly full Frozen team out of the equation, these number work as intended.
Now, I understand that the majority of players that have a full 6 or 7 start Frozen team have spent a considerable about of money OR were able to grind VERY efficiently during the event. I agree that if someone spends money then yes, they should be given some sort of advantage. I know as a customer, I would question a company's motives if I purchased something that others didn't and wasn't given a slight advantage. With that being said, the above scenario, isn't a slight advantage.
How do you fix this? Three ways that I can think of.
1. Adjust the power scaling - If your team is synergized, like a full Frozen team, then there should be some sort of multiplier for Deck Power. If there was a multiplier the deck power should go up considerably. Take Violet from the Incredible's team, plugged into a random team, her ability kit lacks quite a bit. However, you put her into a full or mostly full Incredible's team and she is much better. In that case the whole team's Deck Power should be adjusted accordingly. Doing this isn't really fixing the main problem though. I do think combining 1 and 3 would help the most.
2. Separate servers for how much you spend - This is more a fantasy than anything, but, if you are Free to Play then you should be playing against others that are free to play. Much more balanced that way. Obviously, don't force this on players. Make it choice that can be changed every so often. And if you try to be slick and think oh I'll be Free to Play and spend money, well those offers aren't available to purchase. You would have to make a conscience decision to change over to a paid server. You can even have the offers available to see for the free to play server to see so it entices them to maybe change servers so they will actually spend money. Like I said, realistically I know this would never happen, but, I wanted to make it a suggestion regardless.
3. Adjust the power of the Frozen Team - Now it doesn't even have to be done a whole lot. Just enough to where that gap shrinks just a bit. The Frozen team was designed to be the best right now and they still would be, but, it will give others that are Free to Play or mostly a bit more of a fighting chance.
I know Glu is in the business of making games and money. I wouldn't question that. Glu is going to make money REGARDLESS of how over powered Frozen characters are because frankly, Frozen is by far one of the most popular Disney franchises right now.
Others that read this, please don't think I'm ranting for the sake of ranting or that I'm angry. Both of which I'm not. I want some true change here. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. I really enjoy this game. I've even spent money because I enjoy it. Not a lot mind you, but, enough to where I felt satisfied. When situation like the above happen however, it really makes me not enjoy the game.
If you agree, I encourage you to write your own constructive criticism to Glu. Change cannot happen if we the players don't speak up and it must be a majority of us that speak up.
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I love this game but its so early still in development and they are royally screwing up, the way CG does 5+ years into SWGOH(Except that new vader rework, god that was sweet).
Thank you for the insightful post though, just reading it made me feel better about consistently losing to a 2100 frozen team with my 3400 shan yu kingdom team.