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[Critical Fumble]

Sug, on 22 February 2013 - 10:40 AM, said:

Global Ranking Score:

(Total Event Players – Light Rank) + (Total Event Players – Medium Rank) + (Total Event Players – Heavy Rank) + (Total Event Players – Assault Rank)


It's too early for math.

If there are 101 players, and you rank 1 in a weight class, you get 100(101-1) points, but if you don't play anything in any other weight classed you'll be at the bottom of the other categories and get 0(101-101)points.

[JadePanther]

Bloody Moon, on 22 February 2013 - 10:31 AM, said:

I'd be more than happy to show you that in 1v1 it won't outclass neither Centurions nor Phracts.

the problem is gonna be that with soo many people running them to compete in contest there will prolly be very few 1 on 1's and lots of flocks of 3L's...

1 on 1 is one story but theres gonna be multiples in every match... it's just gonna be unaviodable with the population of them.

[shintakie]

Sug, on 22 February 2013 - 10:44 AM, said:

I think to take top overall you need high scores in all 4 classes of mechs.


Global Ranking Score:

(Total Event Players – Your Light Rank) + (Total Event Players – Your Medium Rank) + (Total Event Players – Your Heavy Rank) + (Total Event Players – Your Assault Rank)

So if there were 1000 players that "opted in" and you were ranked #15 in all 4 classes your global score would be:

(1000 - 15) + (1000 - 15) + (1000 - 15) + (1000 - 15) = 3,940

That's how I read it anyways.

Ohhh...I get it now. Yeah that makes sense.

[Ryokens leap]

Bryan Ekman, on 22 February 2013 - 10:37 AM, said:

It's not possible for the Raven to take top overall. Have a look at the scoring rules.

Someone doesn't get frustration based sarcasm, or is just towing the company line. The 3L hunter/killer ECM "anomoly" has been a problem since ECM was released. I guess quick cash dashboard garbage has a greater influence on game play hence the priority.

[Riffleman]

I have somewhat different predictions

Overall raven 3l
Assault I would say pre patch atlad d-dc for sure, but with extra range a ppc heavy stalker may do well. Bet millions that the "awesome" dosent make top 10.
Heavy catapult a1 with 6 ssrm 6, honorable mention catapracht 3d with 2 ppc gauss poptarter.
Medium eh probably tough call, Id bet centurion with 3 ssrm 6, but I dont know how much trebuchets will change things up yet.
light lol this is not even in doubt.

Kinda sad really that theres not much chance for variance.

[hammerreborn]

Joseph Mallan, on 22 February 2013 - 10:42 AM, said:

I can get behind this list with the exception of i think the A1 Cat over the K2. And A1 over all champ not Raven.

I'll take an Ilya winning the heavy to cries of P2W. But seeing it probably won't say which mechs are being played in the ranking we really won't know.

Kinda funny how it seems like only the heavies have a varying "best" chassis. Though I suppose there could be a D-DC winner instead of the 5F.

[sycocys]

Bryan Ekman, on 22 February 2013 - 10:40 AM, said:

This will be largely addressed in the next few patches. State Rewind.

This should have been addressed before you threw a tournament. Sorry man, but it means without a shadow of a doubt in order to be anything but on the bottom of the light mech grouping you have to play 1 chassis.

[Bryan Ekman]

Ryokens leap, on 22 February 2013 - 10:46 AM, said:

Someone doesn't get frustration based sarcasm, or is just towing the company line. The 3L hunter/killer ECM "anomoly" has been a problem since ECM was released. I guess quick cash dashboard garbage has a greater influence on game play hence the priority.

Ouch? Was that necessary?

Ravens will enjoy some indirect nerfing in March with some new server improvements. Looking forward to seeing the impact.

[RowanE83]

Raven 3L
Trebuchet 3C
Catapult A1
Stalker 3H

[hammerreborn]

Bryan Ekman, on 22 February 2013 - 10:50 AM, said:

Ouch? Was that necessary?

Ravens will enjoy some indirect nerfing in March with some new server improvements. Looking forward to seeing the impact.

Seeing you seem to be watching this thread I have a sorta offtopic question about the tourney. How much will games played weigh results? Would the person who put in 500 games doritos and mountain dewing it all the weekend but doing average have a significantly higher ranking than a above average person only able to do 50-100 games because they have a nagging wife who tells him he has to take her to the movies instead of blowing up mechs?

Not that I fall into the latter or anything >.>

Edited by hammerreborn, 22 February 2013 - 10:53 AM.

[Sug]

Regarding 3L's I am having a BLAST killing them in my TBT-7M with 2 ppcs and 3 ssrms.

It's sadistic glee I tells yah.

[Joe Kid]

shintakie, on 22 February 2013 - 10:44 AM, said:

Splatcats will almost assuredly take the heavy top spot. Even with its fairly bad performance on Alpine, overall it completely outclasses all the other mechs in its weight bracket.

I would agree with you if damage was a factor to this tourney but it isn't. All good pilots will know to stay 270m away from splatcat and gauss it to the head. Plus a splatcat is now priority target number one, and is focus fired more than any other mech. Won't help in this tourney, IMO.

[hammerreborn]

Joe Kid, on 22 February 2013 - 10:53 AM, said:

I would agree with you if damage was a factor to this tourney but it isn't. All good pilots will know to stay 270m away from splatcat and gauss it to the head. Plus a splatcat is now priority target number one, and is focus fired more than any other mech. Won't help in this tourney, IMO.

But kill ratio does matter, and nothing says HAHA KILLSTEAL than a splatterpult

[Krinkov]

The ranking uses the new ELO system to figure out who the winner is. This contest is to get people out testing the new system as lone wolves because that has been the most trouble for them so far. You are helping them get a larger data set. Quit complaining and have some fun.

[Sug]

hammerreborn, on 22 February 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

How much will games played weigh results? Would the person who put in 500 games but doing average have a significantly higher ranking than a above average person only able to do 50-100 games?

Impossible to tell because they didn't give the equation for Class Rankings just:

For the Light, Medium, Heavy, and Assault Champion challenges we are using an aggregate score that weighs Win/Loss Ratio, Kills, Kill Assists, Capture Assists, Spotting Assists, and Games Played.

I assume that they will use Games Played to normalize scores.

[Bryan Ekman]

hammerreborn, on 22 February 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

Seeing you seem to be watching this thread I have a sorta offtopic question about the tourney. How much will games played weigh results? Would the person who put in 500 games doritos and mountain dewing it all the weekend but doing average have a significantly higher ranking than a above average person only able to do 50-100 games because they have a nagging wife who tells him he has to take her to the movies instead of blowing up mechs?

Not that I fall into the latter or anything >.>

It does not carry a high weight. Just enough to help make a better average score over greater matches weigh better than a player who comes in, plays 10 of the best matches ever and walks away.

Yes that was a brutal run on sentence..

[Sug]

Bryan Ekman, on 22 February 2013 - 10:55 AM, said:

It does not carry a high weight. Just enough to help make a better average score over greater matches weigh better than a player who comes in, plays 10 of the best matches ever and walks away.

Yes that was a brutal run on sentence..

Ty for the answer.

Yeah I tried to edit that sentence in my quote.

Edited by Sug, 22 February 2013 - 10:57 AM.

[Joe Kid]

hammerreborn, on 22 February 2013 - 10:54 AM, said:

But kill ratio does matter, and nothing says HAHA KILLSTEAL than a splatterpult

So True, you have won me over. Splatcat it is!

[Hawkeye 72]

hammerreborn, on 22 February 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

Seeing you seem to be watching this thread I have a sorta offtopic question about the tourney. How much will games played weigh results? Would the person who put in 500 games doritos and mountain dewing it all the weekend but doing average have a significantly higher ranking than a above average person only able to do 50-100 games because they have a nagging wife who tells him he has to take her to the movies instead of blowing up mechs?

Not that I fall into the latter or anything >.>

I second this question. I cannot play for a few more hours and most certainly won't be able to play until the last minute of the competition. From what I have seen this won't be the case, but some extra reassurance would be nice

Edit: Ninja answered. Thanks Bryan

Edited by Hawkeye 72, 22 February 2013 - 11:00 AM.

[Steel Will]

My prediction? A weekend of immense frustration for newbies, casual players, people trying to level their TBT's, and anyone not dropping in RVN-3L's or Splatcats. Have fun everyone.