At the moment we seem to be getting equal guilds but around the new years we were getting crazy match ups i think it all come down too what guilds are looking for a challenge at the same time as you are.... Based around fans and a couple of other things such as team numbers etc

Thanks for this Alan. We are actually enjoying the challenge of coming against these tougher guilds, and have so far managed to either win or draw each one, match bonus free. It's just that after 5 or 6 guild challenges in a row where our 4 or 5 teams on level 14-15 with 65* teams have to try and outsmart and outplay teams on level 20+ and 100*+ players, we start to wonder how we keep getting matched up with these stronger guilds and if there's something we don't understand about the system! But we are punching well so far. Thanks for the input, both you and Black Monks.

It's like Black Monks said in a previous post. It is mainly based on the number of fans you have but also your average "ranking" now has an effect, although I am not sure how much. So if you have a Guild of 25 like we do, even though we vary in team ratings from 155* down to 29*, because we have a full Guild and some teams have stadiums that are comparatively large compared to their level/rating, it means we are quite often paired with Guilds who have teams full of 120*+ but with maybe only 15-18 members but all have large capacity stadia. Makes it tough on our lower rated teams but we generally do quite well like you seem to do. We just won another challenge today 21 v 19 against a very strong Guild. We targeted their teams well, while they made a couple of mistakes when challenging us. Sometimes that is the only difference....do your homework on your opposition and target appropriately.

Good luck in all your future challenges

It is only fans and nothing but fans. We have clarified with support. There is a range of ±20%

Thanks for taking the time to reply guys. Much appreciated.

I appreciate what has been said here but my guild is playing gc's with 2 million more fans - this is more than 20 %. From leader of fire of dragons.

Yes, but it's average fans, not total fans.

I'm the leader of the mighty Fire of Dragons. We have had our worst season ever with this 20 % rule. The morale of the boys has sunk. We stand no chance to even draw.

To put it into context we have gone from being unbeaten in a season to losing about 4-7 games. I have thought of a counter strategy. It will take time to implement. Internet chat has gone down though....