From Fallen London Wiki

have you considered the possibility that maybe you're just bad at video games? there's no shame in it. a single objective goodness score, as a metric for heart's game, is worse than useless. what matters is how good an accomplice is within the context of one's stats, skills, and other accomplices. if you're just rolling for a team of all the top tiers, and you're giving up otherwise, that's a major skill issue in your behalf i'm afraid. the fact that smoothbrain netdecking isn't viable anymore is a win, actually