Guild Rivalry Matching

Battle Bay, I love the game but your new Guild Rivalry Matching is waayyyy off and unfair. Your system has matched me against guilds 10 times stronger only because we happen to be just as active as them. Things change and our lives don't always allow us to be as active, Can you go back to matching guilds based on infamy total or maybe even based on weapons strength.. But a Guild of global rank 7000 against a Guild of 300 or 78 global rank is simply ridiculous. Also, if you are going to continue matching guild rivalries based on their previous completed number of quests then please stick to it. My guild only finished 24 quests in the last guild war, and yet, you still matched me against guilds that did 42 and 41 quests... Is my guild being Penalized for having completed 42 guild quests 2 rivalries ago?? And if so, how is that fair?? Anyhow, our guild will not be spending any more cash for pearls until we see a more fair rivalry..

 

Agreed. Some people like this new system now because you’re likely to be matched against guilds with the same results. In their mind, it’s more competitive. These players were generally in less competitive guilds, so the new system benefits them.

I hate the new system because it isn’t fair, for the exact reasons you stated. It penalizes guilds that were more competitive (by effort, spending, skill, strategy...some combination of those things). My guild used to be competitive, and cared about our weekly place and the corresponding prize. We spent pearls on boosts, and busted our butts. Now, we’re matched against nothing but guilds that are doing the same, so all of that effort might result in a 4th place finish and therefore nothing. So we’ve decided to save our boosts and effort level and mail in a 48 quest performance. If a similar guild with similar sized players can lazily finish 24 quests and win their rivalry, why should we bust our butts. It’s not fair, basically ruined for us. We’ve had at least one guy end his subscription.

Please fix it, Rovio.

 

Our guild used to buy lots of boosts to push to finish, but after the change it all stopped... not to mention toward the end of the rivalry it is clear there's no way to catch up to the "equal" guilds and it's like crickets around the end of the rivalry week... and no one is excited about winning a single raffle spin for 4th place... or 2 spins for 3rd. If rewards were proportional to competition, then I'd definitely see more boosts purchased and more pushing.

 

Yes i agree. This is disaster. Our avarage infamy is 1300 and we get rivals with 4000. And result....... Now they have 30 quest and we 15....so unfair

 

Shortly after posting this thread, I submitted a concern about this directly to the Rovio Developers. Still no real response, but we still have several days before the new guild wars begin again. . So, our guild is still going to be at 24 or less guild quests completed, and, I'm hoping to see a change ..

 

So a system in which you win every week is balanced, but one where you dont is flawed?
Sums up the flood of complaints brilliantly

 

It's not about winning or losing.. It's about fairness and having fun.. And a lot of us just aren't having fun anymore with the Guild Wars at least.. How can we if things aren't fair?? I know this is a virtual game but to some of us, it's our favorite pass time and we don't want to steer away from it...But I know I will, if I continue to see ridiculously balanced Guild Rivalries.. In the real world, you don't see heavyweight fighters facing lightweights, or semi pro teams facing professional league teams because it just doesn't make sense and it outright isn't fair. People don't wanna pay to see that...And I ain't gonna pay to see that here either..!!

 

Yes!! Nicely said.. This would definitely be more fair..

 

Yeah..!!
This week in our rivalry we have got a team which is globally in top 10. Is it just because we did 55 quests last week? Although our ranking is only around 300
We are trying our best but aren't able to get above them.
It's really poor guild rivalry fixing.
I think they should do it according to global rankings within a range of 100 ranks ahead or below.

 

Re-read this statement. These teams were winning because they were trying hard! Isn’t that how it should work? And “dominating” isn’t true—we regularly faced at least one other guild that gave us really fun competition.

Now, groups that don’t try hard (i.e. worse teams) can win the same prizes. Where does a dynamic like this exist? Can you name a sport or game? You can’t, because it’s stupid.

The old system didn’t seem “balanced” because the effort levels of similarly-sized guilds isn’t “balanced”. You could say that the new system is more competitive, but anyone with an understanding of how competitions work would not say that it’s fair.

 

The point remains though; which is the best measurement for creating rivalries with guilds that complete around the same # of quests?
a) Quests completed.
b) Infamy.

Where exactly lies the problem with creating rivalries with guilds that quest at an equal pace?

 

If you have two teams of generally similar infamy sizes, and one team typically completes twice as many quests, would you say that team is better?

 

Wrong. Nothing is guaranteed. All guilds start at zero.

 

Name a game or sport where better teams play better teams, and worse teams play worse teams, for the same prizes. You can’t.