Congratulations to all of the winners of Season 5!
New feature: Games Gurus
As you know, there is always plenty of discussion about the Arena settings: why is this option enabled? Why 3 players and not 4? And so on...
We used to tell you to use forum polls to propose and vote for the best Arena settings. However, only a few of you were actually taking part in the votes, and some of you were not even aware of their existence.
As a community-based website, we would like to find a community-based solution for this: the Game Gurus.
If you are one of the most active players for game X, you will now be a member of a a group called "X's Gurus." If you are Guru for a game, you can see it on the "Community" page.
As a key member of the community, being a member of this group is going to give you you special powers. For now, the only special power you have is "propose & vote for the next Arena settings." More powers will come in the future- but this news is about Arena so let's stick to this for now. 🙂
At the end of the new Season, the suggestions & votes will be taken into account when upgrading the Arena settings: the best proposition for each game will be applied to the corresponding game.
This feature is new and certainly has some defects, but we are going to see what happens and let it evolve until it reaches this objective: to make sure the Arena settings fits your needs.
Yet another improvement for turn-based Arena
Following your feedback on the last season, we improved the end of the Arena Turn-based again.
Some reminders: At the end of a season, for turn based games that did not "finish in time," the player who consumed the most time will lose the game (all the opponents will be winners).
At the end of Season 3, we stopped all turn-based games in progress, and a lot of you were frustrated by this. For the end of Season 4, we did things differently, allowing you to finish the game (despite the fact that Arena points were recorded).
However, some of you were frustrated because it allowed some players to make a "final bump" in the Arena ranking, at the very end of the season by gaining points following wins using the timeout of turn-based.
This is the reason we made the following adjustment for the end of this season:
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The rule remains the same: player who consumed the most time during the whole game (= player who is the most responsible for the delay) loses the game, and his/her Arena rank will be modified accordingly.
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The other players will not gain/losee any Arena points.
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The game itself can continue in training mode. It means that you can finish the game if you want to, or leave it without penalty if you do not want to.
With all the changes made and tested during the past 4 seasons, we think that we now have a good solution for turn-based Arena. 🙂
Important reminder: recent games are not concerned by the end of this season.
All games published (= out of Beta) less than 1 month before the end of a season are not concerned by the end of the season (no trophies, no relegation).
** Season 6 is NOW launched. **
The new Arena is going to be opened in a few hours.
Some Arena configurations have been updated:
Terra Mystica: Base game map / Landscape off
Stone Age: 4 players
7 Wonders new format is: 4p (winter) - 3p (spring) - 4p (summer) - 5p (autumn) => 4 players this seasons
Kalah: 6 stones (following a poll)
Tokaido: Crossroads active
Tarot: players=5, Bonus=Poignées + Misères, Minimum bid=Guard
Unconditional Surrender: USSR 1941
Welcome To: advanced
Go: Big Komi
Medina: Players=3, Fountain=enabled, Tea tiles=enabled, Merchants on lower tiles=enabled, Neutral Rooftops=disabled
Nautilus: Domain card visible
Hailclue: Turbo mode
Letter Tycoon: 2 players
We try to follow everything and to catch all of your suggestions / polls: sorry if we miss something. The new "Game Gurus" feature will certainly make the Arena settings evolution way better for Season 7. 🙂
Some explanation about: relegations
At the end of each season, after winners have been awarded, you are relegated.
Some custom relegation rules may have been applied to a game for some reason (ex: we decided to reduce the number of leagues), but in general here is what happens:
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For games with 6 or 5 different leagues, all players are decreased by 3 leagues.
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For games with 4 different leagues, all players are decreased by 2 leagues.
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For games with 2 or 3 different leagues, all players are decreased by 1 league.
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For all games and all leagues, your number of Arena point is reset to 1, and your AES ("Arena Elo") is reset to 1500.
** It's up to you to find the way to the elite!
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May the odds be ever in your favor!
競技場第 6 季:現在是大師時間!
恭喜第 5 季的所有優勝者!
新功能:遊戲大師
你也知道,總是有很多關於競技場設定的討論:為什麼啟用此選項?
為什麼是 3 個玩家而不是 4 個呢?
之類的...
我們曾經告訴你使用論壇意見調查來提議和投票選出最佳競技場設置。
然而,你們當中只有少數人真正參與了投票,你們中的一些人甚至不知道它們的存在。
作為一個基於社群的網站,我們希望為此找到一個基於社群的解決方法: 遊戲大師 。
如果你是 X 遊戲中最活躍的玩家之一,那麼你現在將成為名為“X 的大師”的團體成員。如果你是遊戲的大師,你可以在“社群”頁面上看到它。
作為社群的重要成員,成為該團體的成員將賦予你特殊的權力。
目前,你擁有的唯一特殊權力是“為下一個競技場設置提議並投票”。未來將會有更多的權力出現——但這個消息是關於競技場的,所以讓我們先忠於這一點就好。
新賽季結束時,升級競技場設定時會考慮建議和投票:最佳提議將應用於每個遊戲。
這個功能是新的,當然有一些缺陷,但我們會看看會發生什麼,讓它發展,直到達到這個目標:確保競技場設置符合你們的需求。
回合制競技場的另一改進
根據你們對上一賽季的反饋,我們再次改進了回合制競技場的結束。
一些提醒:在賽季結束時,對於沒有“及時完成”的回合制遊戲,消耗時間最多的玩家將輸掉比賽(所有對手都是贏家)。
在第 3 季結束時,我們停止了所有正在進行的回合制遊戲,你們之中有很多人對此感到失望。
在第 4 賽季結束時,我們做了不同的事情,讓你可以完成遊戲(儘管競技場積分已被記錄)。
然而,你們中的一些人感到沮喪,因為它讓一些玩家可以為競技場排名做“最後的衝刺”:在賽季末玩回合制故意超時以贏得積分。
這就是我們在本賽季結束時進行以下調整的原因:
- 規則保持不變:整場比賽中消耗時間最多的玩家(=對延誤比賽負有最大責任的玩家)輸掉比賽,他的競技場排名將相對升降。
- 其他玩家不會獲得/失去任何競技場積分。
- 遊戲本身可以在訓練模式下繼續。 這意味著如果你願意,你可以完成遊戲,或如果你不想,也可不受懲罰地離開遊戲。
重要提示:新推出的遊戲在該賽季結束前不算。
所有在賽季結束前不到 1 個月發佈(= 測試版結束)的遊戲都和賽季無關(沒有獎杯,沒有降級)。
第 6 季現已推出。
新的競技場將在幾個小時內開放。
一些競技場設置已更新:
神秘大地:基本遊戲地圖/景觀關閉
石器時代:4人
七大奇蹟 新格式是:4p(冬季)- 3p(春季)- 4p(夏季)- 5p(秋季)=> 本賽季 4 名玩家
Kalah:6 塊石頭(根據民意調查)
東海道:十字路口活躍
法國塔羅牌:玩家=5,獎金=Poignées + Misères,最低出價=Guard
Unconditional Surrender!:蘇聯 1941
歡迎來到:高級
圍棋:大貼目
Medina:玩家=3,噴泉=啟用,茶磚=啟用,較低瓷磚上的商人=啟用,中立屋頂=禁用
Nautilus:域卡可見
冰雹:渦輪模式
Letter Tycoon:2 名玩家
我們嘗試關注所有內容並獲取你的所有建議/投票:如果我們遺漏了什麼,很抱歉。 新的“遊戲大師”功能肯定會讓第 7 季的競技場設置進步得更好。
一些關於"降級"的解釋
在每個賽季結束時,獲勝者被授予後,你將被降級。
某些自定降級規則可能因某些原因應用於不同遊戲(例如:我們決定減少階級數量),但一般情況下會發生以下情況:
- 對於有 6 個或 5 個不同階級的遊戲,所有玩家下降 3 個階級。
- 對於有 4 個不同階級的比賽,所有玩家下降 2 個階級。
- 對於有 2 個或 3 個不同階級的比賽,所有玩家都下降 1 個階級。
- 對於所有遊戲和所有階級,你的競技場積分重置為 1,您的 AES(“Arena Elo”)重置為 1500。
願幸運女神永遠眷顧你!