Balancing Gear score changes

lvl 8 rare and lvl 1 epic std shields, they have same hp (at least for me) but rare one has higher gs (no perks used)
turbo is giving too much gs (when perks used)
lvl 30 rare turbo with with rare, epic and legendary perks has only soonly slightly lower gs than lvl 4 legendary blast with epic speedy and burn perks
burn perks add too little gs, epic with 12% bonus damage adds only 14 gs
it's easy to seal clubb when you have strong crew training so you don't need high gs perks, that's making it possible for seal clubbers to be stronger but have lower gs than normall players

 

I know that power score is used for matchmaking
but if player with significantly stronger gear is matched with others, then it's not working right
I met mk4 shooter with 8k hp and full set of legendary weapons, he lost because he got matched with mk5 ships and his teammates did everything wrong
but I had battles, where even mk1 ships kicked mk4 and mk5 players' a$$, I saw mk1 speeder repeatedly one shotting mk4 shooter (yes, he had kinda low hp, only slightly above 2k) because he had crit chance perks on his t5E and t1L blasts
mk3 defender charging right into my team and killing us one by one with his carronades (over 1k damage each) etc.
even when seal clubbers get punished and matched against stronger opponents, it's not fair because they're still stronger

 

There aren't flaws, it's completely broken. Constantly getting unfair match ups. So hard to deal damage when I constantly die from 2 or 3 hits and they take 8 or more from me. You can't seriously think that crew training is taken into account. Here's my latest game, we won, but I don't care, I hated it, made me want to smash everything. I can't get many coins with this. IT MUST BE FIX ASAP. DON'T RUN ANOTHER EVENT UNTIL IT'S FIXED!

 

Hi there. Ever since this update I've noticed that even when I've done the most damage and have killed the most ships I am not being awarded stars or my proper gold and sugar rewards. I recent link to a battle showing this is...
https://replay.battlebay.net/RXBTXKPM#FSHCVKLX
Please view and respond.. this is a frustrating issue.

 

Stop overthrowing your infamy. You are punished for being below the limit (800 less than your best score).

 

I'm not sure what that means... overthrowing infamy... I was doing really well a few weeks ago and up around 3800 or higher maybe.. anyway I never cheat by trying to manipulate my infamy but here I am being penalized for a losing streak. Now I'm getting less rewards and no stars and being matched with higher players making it impossible to get back above 3000.
I see people cheating everyday and report them but I play honest and feel I'm being punished because lately I've been losing ... really? Not fair.

 

Unfortunately, being honest or not you will be penalized if fall below the allowed limit.

 

Yeah I'm realizing that... unfortunately, if they dont find a better fix for cheaters then they'll have honest players like me unsubscribing from the VIP and refusing to buy more pearls and special offers. After 2 years and lots of $ youd think they care more for their customers. Penalize the cheaters. I doubt I've ever even been reported yet I see cheaters here everyday.
Not fair to good customers!

 

There's still a lot to be improved. But you have a good set, so give your best, that soon you will have a good infamy again.

 

The only reason Power Score exists is because Gear Score is not accurate. If Power Score is used for Matchmaking, why not make that number visible like Gear Score and Infamy? What exploit is there if Gear Score is accurate and it is the only input to EventMatchmaker(tm)? So many unresolved questions...

 

First off, you are wrong on Gear Score, because it doesn't even do a good job reflecting how strong your gear is. I'll illustrate with my Shields (and obviously being all mine, training is equivalent)

Epic Big Shield - 2422 HP, 872 GS, 2.8 HP/GS
Legendary Big Shield 1404 HP, 583 GS, 2.4 HP/GS
Epic Small Shield 1528 HP, 747 GS, 2.0 HP/GS
Rare Small Shield 783 HP, 629 GS, 1.2 HP/GS

It's easy to see how to "exploit" Gear Score, entirely independent of training, because they all belong to the same player. Power Score does nothing to resolve this.

But again, explain to me how exposing Power Score could lead to exploits, with hypothetical examples. A properly designed GS/PS system would not allow it, and thus no need to hide its deficiencies.

 

it's just me or we are back to the old gear score system? my ship gained 2500 gs points in one night, guess i'll have to put it on a diet

 

I would like to add that an epic T5-50 Double shield and epic T5-50 Single have exactly the same Gear Score while being miles apart in health.

 

IMO a well designed system has no exploits, and I ask because I can't think of any.