Players will be divided in dynamic tiers that will change through the duration of PvP.
Tier 1: 1-10 place
Tier 2: 11-25 place
Tier 3: 26-50 place
Tier 4: 51-100 place
Tier 5: 101-200 place
Tier 6: 201-300 place
Tier 7: 301-500 place
Tier 8: 501-750 place
Tier 9: 751-1000 place
Tier 10: 1001-1500 place
Tier 11: 1501-2000 place
Tier 12: 2001-3000 place
Tier 13: 3001-5000 place
Tier 14: 5001-10000 place
Tier 15: 10000+ place
I’m in favor of a similar system to this. I got some good ring, and suddenly I was fighting a bunch of the best players in the game, basically gaining no good rewards because you can’t go down a matchup tier no matter how much you lose. A system which is more mobile would be more balanced for people in lower tiers, and I’m sure that the actually skilled pvpers won’t be too impaired from not getting like 5000 ranking points a season from less skilled players who are basically free kills
This is a bit like my anti-ptw thread. Good players are against it because the current system benefits them, and less skilled players’ arguments are ignored because the pros basically say ‘if you disagree with us, you need to git gud.’ Pro players get a ton of free points from beating non-pros, so of course they will oppose a system which prevents that. Meanwhile, less skilled players(the vast majority of the actual player base) lose tons of points to unwinable matches, but their opinion is ignored because a). There is a selection bias on the forum and specifically these threads where more skilled players are more likely to play for longer, thus making them more likely to join the forum, and more likely to comment on pvp-related threads, thus making the forum fairly unrepresentative of the player base, and b). The pros are better at the game, so their opinion is valued more because of course it is.
In conclusion, on threads like these, any replies which disagree with just a general ‘it’s unfair’ or ‘it would never really work in-game’, without listing any actual reasoning beyond ‘I’m a pro and I said so’ should probably be ignored.
PS Ignoring someone’s statement because they are worse at the game than you is not a reason. At best, it is completely worthless, and at worst, it’s an ad-hominem attack. Give actual reasons. Just because you could beat me in a pvp battle doesn’t mean you are better than me.
PPS And if you really think that pvp is the only skill that matters, 1v1 me in HI and then we’ll see how well you do
I don’t know why anyone is freaking out over this. Isn’t it basically how the current system works already, just more extreme with points giving difference? It would result in people being slightly more bunched up in scores I guess.
I’m not totally convinced by points being given based on the person’s current ranked PvP position. I think it should be based on how high up that person is in the matchmaking tiers, which is I think what it does right now.
I am a pro so far and I did this post to give a voice to people getting abused in pvp fights against pros.
PvP system right now is far away from being fine.
