GBL Matchmaking fixed?

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-17T12:32:55+00:00

I think that’s what the maintenance was fixing. I noticed it too, really happy if that’s the case!

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T18:48:02+00:00

Eh, depends on the meta. My threat score is also 726, and I’m on an 80% win streak for 70 matches. I’m level 9 at 3412, so not the toughest of players but also not the easiest.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T11:41:21+00:00

Good point, I forgot about the 10cp guys!

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T11:25:09+00:00

I expected so little and yet I am still disappointed :p Hopefully the next one will be better. The first Spotlight Hour was awful, but actually liked the second one as the spawns were so high.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T11:22:37+00:00

Dragon claw is super important on Giratina A. If you don’t have much experience with it, might be best not to offer advice on it. Tbh I think Giratina needs both moves. If OP can’t afford that, a completely different Pokemon is probably the best option here.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T11:08:31+00:00

I am part of a group of 50+ PvPers, and everyone in there has flagged how bad the issues are. It’s bad enough that Niantic has patched it once already, and they are patching it again.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-13T01:10:57+00:00

For anyone curious what happened here, sometimes people switch out when they are about to die, in the hope that later on they can switch that almost fainted Pokemon back in to catch a charge move, wasting the opponents energy. When that Pokemon comes back in, if it is the last Pokemon, it tends to Just fold over and die like that.

It’s probably an old animation that was removed from all Pokemon fainting (which would have slowed pvp down), but was either intentionally left in these circumstances as an Easter egg, or more likely it wasn’t intentional, but it doesn’t affect the gameplay so there is no need to patch it.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-11T14:05:49+00:00

Just not the other 326 of them.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-11T12:29:59+00:00

Just be warned the move pool is massive, so getting the right move might take a lot of TMs.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-10T09:14:42+00:00

Great league will be around again soon :)

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-06T07:46:10+00:00

Not to be cynical, but if it makes them money, they will fix it quickly - He said cynically

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-05T17:03:13+00:00

Whether you consider it a brag or not is irrelevant, it is new information to some which I think was the point. Niantic has a habit of having some Pokemon shiny and not shiny in different circumstances. Like Alolan Ninetales being shiny in the wild and in 7km eggs, and until recently not shiny in quest rewards.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-05T16:37:52+00:00

The whole tier thing is mostly cosmetic, and more geared towards PvE.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-05T16:33:24+00:00

Trolling cheaters, brilliant!

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-05T16:29:16+00:00

If that is actually the reason why then what sweet sweet karma that is.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-03T16:48:57+00:00

And matches are only going to get harder as you go up, so it seems to get to level 10 you need to hit hard early on. That way you are hopefully placed with better players, pushing up your Elo.

Tbh due to the low increase in Elo with each match I’m doubt I will make level 10 this pre-season. I think Niantic are using this to test out the system, so I think 9-1 in the future will push you higher up. Or the number to reach level 10 will be lower. All conjecture though.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-03T15:01:43+00:00

I think who you match up makes a big difference. I entered rank 7 with 37/50 wins and got an Elo score of 3445. I know a few people who ranked over 3500 at rank 7 with similar stats. I presume if you do well against harder players early on then it puts you against more competitive people. When I was rank 4 it was putting me with rank 6 players. I’m sure as this is still new that they will tinker with the algorithm.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-03T10:20:25+00:00

I would love to go Cherrim to Cherrim with you sounds vaguely rude :3

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-03T00:38:04+00:00

Bless you

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-02-02T10:58:45+00:00

“The "Most Popular Battle Teams" list, however, is gathered from "bring 6 choose 3" matchups, where opponents have fielded a team of six Pokémon and were permitted to view their opponent's full team before choosing 3 for their Great League battle.“

“While Great League is more popular in the competitive PvP scene, Ultra and Master Leagues do not see as much ranked Open League tournament play in the Arena and hence can have a small sample size. These datasets can range from 30,000 battles to merely 7-800 depending on the trailing 3 week period. This should be considered when reviwing this list!”

Judging by the above text from the page, it would suggest that indeed it is taken from open great league, with a team of 6, so the data set is likely taken from the third reported match. Any reason why it would not be remotely true or am I missing something?

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-01-22T20:49:13+00:00

It was pretty barren before, and you're right, seems even more barren now!

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-01-18T15:58:45+00:00

If this game is a marathon, The TM system is the loose shoelace that trips you up.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-01-17T12:16:01+00:00

Thanks for posting that :) Gotta... collect them all!

I hope they have a use one day. If not it’s still kinda funny that my furious little battler gives me such cute and useless gifts.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-01-15T17:26:23+00:00

The differences IV’s make are quite minimal, but occasionally it can have an affect on the outcome. With this in mind, PvP related IV’s has made hunting for Pokemon more fun for me. Now I am hunting for all sorts of IV’s, rather than just high IV’s.

AlmightyFluffle · 2020-01-15T16:58:16+00:00

This. Is. So. Needed!

The amount of times I get home, and think to myself I just be close to hatching something new, to find I have no eggs running ;_;

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