Congratulations to all of the winners of Season 6!
Better matchmaking experiment
During season 6, we did a 2 week experiment to try matching you with opponents from the same league (or not so far off).
There is no magic here: having better opponents always means waiting longer, so it created longer waiting delays.
The objective was successful in that the vast majority of the tables gathered people from the same league. We got some very interesting feedback from you during these weeks. It seems that the longer delay discouraged a lot of you, and that this experiment had to stop. Since then, the Arena has been just like it was before.
However, we are still not satisfied with the Arena matchmaking, and we plan to do another experiment during a future Arena season. Again, there is no magic: it will mean that you will be able to play less games, but with more appropriate opponents. However, contrary to this experiment and following your feedback, we will try to make sure the waiting time is predictable, so that the wait is less painful.
(to be continued...)
Arena Formats & Gurus
At the beginning of the latest season, we introduced a new way to handle the Arena formats (the settings for each Arena game).
Now Arena formats are decided by a group of experimented players for each games: the Gurus.
This is a great success and we would like to thank all Gurus for their participation, suggestions, and votes!
With over 333 games in the Arena, the Gurus chose:
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to keep the current arena format for 235 games.
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to set a new format for 82 games.
The 11 other games unfortunately have invalid winning suggestions.
Important: Arena suggestions must clearly write which game options must be set (ex: "Expansion X: Yes"), and they must be options that already exist. Otherwise we are forced to set the suggestion as "invalid" and the current format will be kept for the next Season. If a suggestion is not clear enough, we recommend all Gurus to downvote it so it is not selected.
If the format changes for your game, you should see it in your newsfeed soon.
Thanks to the Gurus, we wish that the new Arena settings will be appreciated by most of you!
Arena Reputation Limit
A lot of you suggested that we limit the Arena to players with a good reputation to avoid "quitters" n the Arena.
This is an excellent suggestion, as in the Arena you cannot choose your opponents.
Starting this season, Arena is reserved to players with a Karma higher than 60.
We hope that this will contribute to making the Arena more enjoyable for everyone.
Important Reminder: Recent Games Are Not Included in the End of This Season.
All games published (= out of Beta) less than 1 month before the end of a season are not included in the end of the season (no trophies, no relegations).
** Season 7 is NOW Launched. **
The new Arena is going to be opened in a few hours.
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 points 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!
第 7 季:新賽季&新功能!
祝賀第 6 季的所有獲獎者!
更好的配對實驗
在第 6 季中,我們進行了為期 2 週的實驗,試著把你和同聯賽階級的對手配對(或階級差異很小)。
這裡沒有神奇魔法:擁有更好的配對總是意味著等待更長的時間,因此它造成了更長的等待延遲。
目標是成功的,因為絕大多數的遊戲桌都聚集了來自同一聯盟階級的人。
在這幾週內,我們從你們那裡得到了一些非常有趣的反饋。
更長的延遲似乎讓你們很多人氣餒,這個實驗不得不停止。
從那以後,競技場就和以前一樣了。
但是,我們仍然對競技場匹配不滿意,我們計劃在未來的競技場賽季中再做一次實驗。
再一次,沒有神奇魔法:這意味著你會玩到較少的場次,但有更合適的對手。
不過,對於此實驗且根據你們的反饋,我們將試著確保等待時間是可預測的,從而減少等待的痛苦。
(未完待續...)
競技場格式和大師
在最新一季開始時,我們引入了一種新方法來處理競技場格式(即競技場的遊戲設置)。
現在,競技場格式交由一群經過實驗的玩家決定:大師們。
這是一個巨大的成功,我們要感謝所有大師的參與、建議和投票!
在競技場超過 333 種遊戲中,大師們選擇了:
- 為 235 種遊戲保留當前的競技場格式。
- 為 82 種遊戲設置了新格式。
但不幸的是,另外 11 種遊戲並未取得有效的格式建議。
重要提醒:競技場建議必須清楚地寫明有哪些遊戲選項是強制設定的(例如:“擴充 X:是”),並且它們必須是已經存在的選項。
否則我們會被迫將該建議設為“無效”,而把目前的競技場格式保留至下個賽季。
如果某個格式建議不夠明確,我們會對所有大師推薦將該建議投倒讚(降低評價),以免被選中。
如果你的遊戲競技場格式發生變化,應該會在的動態摘要中快速看到通知。
感謝大師們,我們希望新的競技場設置會受到你們大多數人的讚賞!
競技場聲望限制
很多人建議我們將競技場條件限制為聲譽良好的玩家,以避免在競技場中遇到那些 “常退出” 的人。
這是一個很好的建議,因為在競技場中你不能選擇你的對手。
從本賽季開始,競技場僅接受聲譽 60 以上的玩家遊玩。
我們希望這將有助於讓每個人都更加享受競技場。
重要提醒:最新的遊戲將不會包含在賽季末的結算中。
所有在賽季結束前 1 個月內發布的遊戲(= 脫離Beta版)都不會包含在賽季結算中(沒有獎杯,不會降級)。
第 7 季現正推出。
新的競技場將在幾個小時內開放。
關於降級的一些解釋
每個賽季結束時,在獲勝者被授予獎勵後,你將會被降級。
某些自定義降級規則可能出於某種原因而作用於遊戲上(例如:我們決定減少聯賽階級數量),但一般來說會發生以下情況:
- 對於有 6 或 5 個不同聯賽階級的遊戲,所有玩家降低 3 個階級。
- 對於有 4 個不同聯賽階級的遊戲,所有玩家降低 2 個階級。
- 對於有 2 或 3 個不同聯賽階級的遊戲,所有玩家都降 1 個階級。
- 對於所有遊戲和所有聯賽階級,你的競技場點數重置為 1、AES(“Arena Elo”)重置為 1500。
願好運與你同在!