Talk:GAME Update V2/@comment-36253486-20180719203414

I've completed about 1,500 duels across several accounts over the last few days. I deliberately lost about 30% of them for testing purposes. Here's how I think they work (Feel free to correct me if you have evidence to the contrary, and if you already know this stuff then this posting isn't for you).

Firstly, this is not Player vs Player (PvP) but Player vs Non-Player Character (PvNPC). It's a unique NPC matched (roughly) to your player stats and designed to give the appearance of being another player.

Second, there are no real leagues - since you are not playing against another player the league serves only as a pointer to determine how many duplicates you receive in the chests, and a measure of your duelling progress.

So. That said, here's how (I think) your opponent is generated:

1) Smutstone looks up your Experience Level (shown in bottom left of battle screens next to your name). This determines your Health Points. Experience increases each time you win a battle in the normal game. Note: winning duels does not contribute towards your experience level.

2) The opponent Experience level is set to approximately match yours. It will either be 1 level below yours; the same as yours; or, one level above yours.

3) The opponent name is randomly chosen from some list somewhere. In 1,500 duels I have never seen the same opponent name repeat and I have never been matched up to one of my own player names. For all I know the name could be a randomly chosen user name from another Hooligapps game (or all of them!).

4) Seven cards are randomly chosen from the total available (87 at time of posting) and their Star Rating & Levels are adjusted to give a total opponent deck power that's in keeping with your current "league". There is a set range of deck power for each league. This allows each human player to find equilibrium in one of the leagues that matches their current deck power. Some opponents will have a deck power below yours and some above. Therefore, some you win & some you lose. Because the Star Ratings and Levels are generated specifically for a duel you will sometimes get Mythic cards with unrealistic values (less than 5 stars for Bone Walker, for example). Also, I have only ever seen the same card appear twice in the same deck in one duel out of the 1,500 but I think that was probably because of a bug in the game.