US-STD 1v1 Low Level (Season 1)

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BearCares wrote:

Is there no rating decay? Because if not people will just camp their ranking (leaving PvP even emptier and making it impossible for anyone else to climb up)

There definitely should be a rating decay. Like -2 points a day

i'm thinking -40

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BearCares wrote:

i'm thinking -40

I am thinking that the best way is to implement an exponential decay, for instance
first day without play - no prob
second day without play -2
third day - 3
fourth day - 7
firth day - 15
up to -50-70 per day without play after a week or so. Depending on the season length.


that way you ensure people who really cant play few days don't drop in rank all too much, but will make it impossible to climb to top in one day and than stop playing while retaining the pos.

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BearCares wrote:

Is there no rating decay? Because if not people will just camp their ranking (leaving PvP even emptier and making it impossible for anyone else to climb up)

We were uncertain if we needed, given we have total monthly decay. (That is, resetting the ratings). We were initially able to support it, but had no idea how aggressive it needed to be.

However, now we have seen the ladder in action, it is clear we do need some decay or volatility in the ratings. This is more noticeable in LLD, where gear can be moved to a new character very easily.

Here's a question: Are the insta created lvl 28 characters as good as the ones that were leveled to 28?

The answer is yes!

Here's why:

My self leveled char:

33 total passive skill points (33 allocated)
27 from character level
+1 from The Dweller of the Deep (N)
+1 from The Marooned Mariner (N)
+1 from The Way Forward (N)
+2 from Piety's Pets (N)
+1 from Victario's Secrets (N)

A premade char I created for testing:

34 total passive skill points (0 allocated)
27 from character level
+1 from The Dweller of the Deep (N)
+1 from The Marooned Mariner (N)
+1 from Deal With the Bandits (N)
+1 from The Way Forward (N)
+2 from Piety's Pets (N)
+1 from Victario's Secrets (N)

My char has +40 life. Good to know the 28's are equal. :D