# Is this a joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (General)\ **Created:** [September 17, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394 "2017-09-17T16:20:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/1 "2017-09-17T16:20:58Z")
Ok, i started a PvP match and got following opponents: ![IMG_5527](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/2/e2baff7e29dc64a06d8cc75e8e2e7c0c8e6052fc.jpg) Can someone explain these ridiculous stats please? xD ---
**Author:** ![negatus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/negatus/32/32246_2.png) [@negatus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/negatus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/2 "2017-09-17T16:23:15Z")
Cheatz… I’ve only run into this type of blatant cheating a couple of times. I should’ve reported the gits. ---
**Author:** ![Drathas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drathas/32/7344_2.png) [@Drathas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drathas)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/3 "2017-09-17T16:25:14Z")
Casual pvp on Warlord IV. ---
**Author:** ![AngryMidget](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/angrymidget/32/10478_2.png) [@AngryMidget](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AngryMidget)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/4 "2017-09-17T16:25:46Z")
Casual PvP on the hardest difficulty? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/8/c8527b1e54c2cd3b758bfa327f1aa3438f550d43.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/5 "2017-09-17T16:27:51Z")
Lol. It was not casual, but it was highest difficulty yeah. It’s clearly cheating. ---
**Author:** ![negatus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/negatus/32/32246_2.png) [@negatus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/negatus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/6 "2017-09-17T16:27:57Z")
Hmm… It’s been awhile, so maybe Casual PvP on the highest difficulty would account for this. ---
**Author:** ![Flatulenzio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/flatulenzio/32/48916_2.png) [@Flatulenzio](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Flatulenzio)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/7 "2017-09-17T16:45:39Z")
difficulty can only be chosen in casual… ---
**Author:** ![RiverSong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/riversong/32/2089_2.png) [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/8 "2017-09-17T19:15:40Z")
That’s not cheating. Those are the kind of stats you get when you play on Warlord IV. Decrease the difficulty and the stats will go down. ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/9 "2017-09-17T20:49:21Z")
Since when is ranked pvp scaled to difficulty rating? It never was? **EDIT: And still isn’t (screenshot shows a normal battle with same power rating but uncheated):** ![IMG_5528](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/e/4e129d8ab36325221d47c1d42bdf139673bc4ab6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Trajic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/trajic/32/20447_2.png) [@Trajic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Trajic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/10 "2017-09-17T21:11:11Z")
That is a bug. I’ve seen a couple mentions here on forums, that, by a certain mistake, people could choose the difficulty rating even in Guild Wars. And if they skipped it, they ended up playing against scaled up Warlord Opponents. That is a bug. I wouldn’t say it’s cheating, or intended. Can you check the same player - if you happen to have him on your list again? Just to be sure ? ---
**Author:** ![Lardy-Porker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lardy-porker/32/25588_2.png) [@Lardy-Porker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lardy-Porker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/11 "2017-09-18T01:45:30Z")
IDK that it’s cheating, but those are definitely _ **not** _ normal stats for Warlord IV. I always play Warlord IV (except in Arena) and almost always play the 3 trophy match in PVP. **With one exception** \* I’ve never faced an opponent with those kind of numbers. Never, in thousands of PVP matches. \*-- The ‘one exception’ is interesting. It happened just a couple of weeks ago, right after the 3.1 update-from-hell was released. I was playing PVP and I faced not just one team with stats like the OP’s opponents, but six or seven _ **in a row.** _ Needless to say I was alarmed. _“Is this what playing post-update is gonna be like?”_ etc… But then the streaky RNG, or whatever it was, ended as suddenly as it had begun and I was back to the familiar number range on opponent skills. I have no idea what that was about, but whatever it was I guess it’s still happening! 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/12 "2017-09-18T01:54:47Z")
Please send us a support ticket so we can look into this further. ---
**Author:** ![RiverSong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/riversong/32/2089_2.png) [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-this-a-joke/30394/13 "2017-09-18T04:07:44Z")
Sorry. My mistake.