Group arena

[PunkPetal]

But at least the 70 hard casher is helping their guild progress....a slow leveler is nothing but selfish and helps no one but themselves because of how much they limit their playability because of things being "too much exp"...

Nonsense! Enter and leave 3 Nether and you can help people plenty, also group arena gives no exp...

The only thing I can't help with is Spire (which you can only do once anyway)

[XzystTense]

It's totally better to be best lvl 70 hard casher right? roflmao

Who said anything about hard casher? I am not a hard casher at all, im 68 and have spent 20 dollars....I am under 45k BR and I range from 30-90 in solo arena on my server (if im rising I can get to 30 when I am falling my AI beats people worse than 100 most of the time), I am Elite Crusader and I have never left a quest incomplete on purpose, I have never stayed at a level purposely except when getting talent points, its not hard to play this game the way it was meant to be played without spending money...

IMO hard/heavy cashers are almost as bad....it's their own decision to spend their money on whatever they want, but I believe, eventually one day, they will look back and regret it...I know I would...so I am much happier *eventually* (hopefully) being the best light casher on my server than being the 3rd-20th best hard casher....

But at least the 70 hard casher is helping their guild progress....a slow leveler is nothing but selfish and helps no one but themselves because of how much they limit their playability because of things being "too much exp"...

In the end, everyone *may* have regrets on some of their decisions....but I *know* slow levelers will eventually look back and regret some things....all the lost gems from not doing Crypts every day, or all the Spire Chests missed (the ones who dont know something), even maybe all the lost items from skipping Divine Altar (Mount Whips, Crystals, etc.)....it is a LOT of lost time, and as the WoW goblins say, "Time is money, friend."

I guess neither is *better* per se...but one is much more selfish than the other...just my opinion...

[DukeOfViljamovka]

Maybe the game is trying to tell you that being the "best level 39 archer" is worthless...?

It's totally better to be best lvl 70 hard casher right? roflmao

[XzystTense]

Maybe the game is trying to tell you that being the "best level 39 archer" is worthless...?

[Tharlyci]

Xaichazarai generally sees more unbalanced teams (and wilder mismatches) when Battleground is running.

[rheasteer]

No guys don't go there, it is something wrong with the matching system, period!

We were 3 guys at level 48-49 and lost big times at least 80%!

So the matching system is out of control, no doubt at all, don't blame anything else.

80% at least? Weird, are you facing a lot of level 50s especially those who always use HS that you have a lot of losses? Because in my arena team's everyday fights, we win 25-28 out of 30 for some mistmaches (opponents of level 50-55 with above average builds and powerful hs) and perfect win if no mismatches (we are levels 41, 48 and 49 with average 32k br, 2 of us are light cashers, 1 is a non-casher). I observe that if it is the last hour of arena, there are more mismatches.

[MisterChi]

prior to 1.5 it seemed that there were some "fairly" consistent matching rules but you would see some outrageous mismatches (i recall being one-shot so fast that the screen didn't have time to fully rez). now, it's not just that there are mismatches, but you get matched up against the same team for 10-15 consecutive times, even when you wait 15-20 seconds to start. in a run of 30, it's not out of the ordinary to see only 5 to 10 unique teams. something is awfully wrong about that.

some things that you should do, regardless of the screwy system: keep your team in a 5k br range (3k is even better if you can), stay in a 5 lvl bracket (30-34, 35-39, etc) as a high outlier will drag your group up against a bracket according to the high player (a 30, 34 and a 37 will get matched up with teams in the 35-39 range more often). these things won't guarantee that the system won't screw with you anyway, i just find that they make life a bit easier when you get "normal" matchups.

[Erasmus123]

yeah Group arena is mess now since the merge

[BrooBee]

No guys don't go there, it is something wrong with the matching system, period!

We were 3 guys at level 48-49 and lost big times at least 80%!

So the matching system is out of control, no doubt at all, don't blame anything else.

[rheasteer]

Well I know what you feel. We also experience this, we even face those who are on top 50 of cross server ranking and I am only level 41. What I observe is that there is a particular time where there are no available lower levels and higher levels are more available that is why you faced with a lot of 55s. In my case, I notice that higher levels do arena usually on the 2nd batch (that is 6pm Oceanic server time), so I avoid doing arena on that time. By the way, you have a very good built, you can add as proof that you don't need to be a casher in this game to be strong. And LOL at the people with the funny comments here

[mid3vil187]

well..how wld you explain a lvl 36 knight with 17k br going up against a squad of lvl 55's from server2 and the knight from server 227?

didn't happen a lot but it did happen 3 times yesterday with a 5 match period...

[Neandertalac]

If it's age of account then lvl 59 from s1 would meet lvl 70s from s100. Maybe i'm unlucky but it's still wrong, not like i need insignia or anything but those people who were with me needs it a lot and yet they are not so strong for their lvl, 10k br is normal for 35-39...

[shynnblu]

if the age of the toon is taken account for matching then i don't understand why 60% of the matches are up against s1-s20 while im in s100+

[R27402931]

Yep, it seems like it's just slow leveling so that explains the BR. As for the question, I have no idea why you're matched up with people in higher bracket at such a high rate, maybe the age of your toon is taking into account for the matching.

[DeathTh3Kid]

You don't have to spend a penny if you are gonna slow level as this person has done.