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[PoohPuss]

What are the exact conditions for aquireing sponsors?
How do I sign a contract with one once I have the option?
Do I get notified somehow that a new sponsor is available, or do I have to check some display after every game I play?

[Bombast]

You get notified. It is Eli gated, I believe, or perhaps WLR restricted.

[PoohPuss]

Bombast, on 18 April 2018 - 09:27 AM, said:

You get notified. It is Eli gated, I believe, or perhaps WLR restricted.

What is "Eli gated"?
What is "WLR restricted"?

[Grus]

meaning you have to win more than lose and have a high enough "gitgud" skill rating to acquire.

[Bombast]

PoohPuss, on 18 April 2018 - 09:38 AM, said:

What is "Eli gated"?
What is "WLR restricted"?

Sorry, meant Elo.

Elo is you rank score relative to the playerbase, and is based not only on you winning, but who you beat (The better the people you beat, the more your Elo goes up). WLR is Win lose rate, and that's kind of self explaining.

[Warning incoming Humble Dexterer]

After a bad start I climbed "OVER 9000 !!!" ranks in 2 days, landing me in the top ~5% players as my WLR ~doubled...

So a huge amount of progress rate over a short time does nothing for a low end player : A very high Elo/SSR is a huge part of the equation (mine is only ~1700).

Don't get your hopes up for even a single sponsor, and have fun instead : Odds are that chasing for a sponsor is more interesting then getting one.

[Yondu Udonta]

[color=#CCCCCC]
Sponsors become available to players based on their performance in the Solaris matches. Sponsors provide extra C-Bill and ACC rewards (on top of the Patron base payouts) per win. The list of Sponsors available will update based on the player's Elo change within a 24hr period. The better player performs in 24hrs, the higher the chance that they will have more sponsors (maximum of 10) for the next day's set of matches. Unlike Patrons who are contracted with a player for a set amount of time, Sponsors can be gained AND LOST purely based on performance. Lose too many matches in a 24hr period and the player will find their sponsors jumping ship.[/color]

-copied off patch log

You do not need to sign any 'contract', they just appear and you get bonuses, but the bonuses aren't much so it doesn't really matter if you have sponsors.

[Scout Derek]

Yondu the Ravager, on 21 April 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

You do not need to sign any 'contract', they just appear and you get bonuses, but the bonuses aren't much so it doesn't really matter if you have sponsors.

Initially they won't help much, however, the higher your rank is (leveled by earning Accolades), the more rewards you get. So in the long run they will be helpful.

[Rhialto]

It's like the richest people always make more money so only the best player always get more... so weak people can't enjoy extra bonus.

Edited by Rhialto, 21 April 2018 - 11:15 AM.

[Yondu Udonta]

Rhialto, on 21 April 2018 - 11:13 AM, said:

It's like the richest people always make more money so only the best player always get more... so weak people can't enjoy extra bonus.

Oh sorry bout that, we shouldn't be rewarding superiority, rather we should be rewarding mediocrity.

[Monkey Lover]

Rhialto, on 21 April 2018 - 11:13 AM, said:

It's like the richest people always make more money so only the best player always get more... so weak people can't enjoy extra bonus.

From what i seen the bonus is so small it doesnt really matter.

[Villainy]

Yondu the Ravager, on 21 April 2018 - 08:51 PM, said:

Oh sorry bout that, we shouldn't be rewarding superiority, rather we should be rewarding mediocrity.

While I would agree in real life, this is a V I D E O G A M E. It's supposed to ultimately be fun and rewarding by function.

[Vxheous]

Villainy, on 22 April 2018 - 03:37 AM, said:

While I would agree in real life, this is a V I D E O G A M E. It's supposed to ultimately be fun and rewarding by function.

It is rewarding...when you win. Just because it's a video game doesn't change the fact that better performance = better rewards.

[Rhialto]

Surprise, I got a sponsor with 22 wins and 12 losses in Div 6 so there is hope!

[The Lighthouse]

I have 4 sponsors (max I got was 6), and the percentage is so goddamn small they hardly matter. That Vindi guy who currently holds no.1 on leaderboard said cbill bonus with 10 sponsors is like 5%. So yeah.

I think this is purely based on W/L ratio. I actually lost sponsors as my ELO was up as my W/L ratio got lowered, playing against similarly skilled players. And ranking does not make any differences too, otherwise as I ranked up I should had more sponsors, not less.