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    Seems to me that Mirana is advocating for participation crowns rather than a reward for being the best.

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    I think if they wanted to put my combined chart in the game they should just go ahead and do that. Not try to hide it in the war chart lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Palem View Post
    I think if they wanted to put my combined chart in the game they should just go ahead and do that. Not try to hide it in the war chart lol
    War win chart was meaningless before because it was an isolated evaluation of kds across the server. Whereas everyone was 'graded' the same for land/nw/honor a kds WW points were decided essentially arbitrarily and independent of the server.

    The changes seem to be designed to remedy that so that your standing on other charts lends value to your war wins.

    It makes a lot more sense then the previous methods for calculating WW chart points imo.

    What's more - it incentivizes war kds to grow and encourages the idea that bigger kds are better. Mirana's arguments against this 'we don't mind growing but we don't want to wast the time' are frivolous, since you automatically grow through warring and if you don't want ant to take the time to fight the best why hold you deserve a crown?
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    I see both points. It seems to favor top kingdoms with more players and more coordination, and diminishes the achievements of smaller kingdoms. Top wars are not easy, but they are also usually with pump and CF involvement, whereas lower tier wars are usually more messy, less ability to pump (thanks to top kingdoms bottom feeding usually) and they aren't really able to grow like a top kingdom. I'm not sure what to think about this rule yet, but we'll have to watch and see. Top kingdoms shouldn't be penalized for doing well, but neither should lower tier kingdoms (for also doing well, ie winning wars).

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    @pillz I don't disagree. I do think there are much better ways of evaluating war talent though. Things that actually involve...ya know...warring lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodwitch View Post
    I would say worst change ever, but there are so many changes that could compete it's hard to single just one out.
    Giving war win points by nw or acre charts is just the next blow (after the honor changes) to the warring tier.
    Really doesn't matter though cause charts don't reflect anything really except for who can cheat the best, may as well add the war win chart to that list as well.
    Have fun with it. Now the top cheating whores wont have to cry cause they couldnt muster up enough wars to rank. one war will count as much as 3 competitive wars in the warring tier , giving them the needed points.
    Points also granted for honour and ww chart.

    Less outrageous ranting please.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bishop View Post
    Points also granted for honour and ww chart.

    Less outrageous ranting please.
    well I have learned that the only way to get an answers at all is by being loud and obnoxious. Apparently I wasn't even outrageous enough since I only got a half answer.

    figuring out gains mechanic, new spells, new ritual mechanic and science is all good and well but when it comes to charting the information how charts are computed should be available.

    And while it is great to know that honor and war win chart figure into the equation I still think that the direct comparison of size is far more relevant to a competitive war.

    Until now Palem's overall chart was exactly that. A chart where well rounded kingdoms would shine, the ones that do it all. The honor change(which is changed back at least a bit which I am thankful for) already changed that some. I fear this will further inspire kingdoms to use patterns and behaviors that do not make the game fun for everyone.

    p.s. for all the usual trolls, this isn't about me. This is a building age for us as we took on a bunch of new players, we won't be charting anyway. It's about the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodwitch View Post
    well I have learned that the only way to get an answers at all is by being loud and obnoxious. Apparently I wasn't even outrageous enough since I only got a half answer.
    Absurd. Who taught you such a thing?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodwitch View Post
    well I have learned that the only way to get an answers at all is by being loud and obnoxious. Apparently I wasn't even outrageous enough since I only got a half answer.
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    Did you read the age changes post? It's in there.

    WW Chart Chains - In order to incentivize conflict between top WW kingdoms, we have altered the formula to provide additional WW points (scaling from the current if the kingdom you war is outside of the top 50 for land, honor, NW, and warwins) to double the current points.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bishop View Post
    Did you read the age changes post? It's in there.

    WW Chart Chains - In order to incentivize conflict between top WW kingdoms, we have altered the formula to provide additional WW points (scaling from the current if the kingdom you war is outside of the top 50 for land, honor, NW, and warwins) to double the current points.
    Bart's gif should have been in response to this post.

    Quote Originally Posted by Goodwitch View Post
    And while it is great to know that honor and war win chart figure into the equation I still think that the direct comparison of size is far more relevant to a competitive war.
    What seems to indicate to you that direct comparison of size isn't being factored in? In some manner it must be, since I assume higher charted KDs receive fewer points from lower chartered KDs and vise versa. And while it isn't stated stated I imagine that rkdnw is still considered.

    But what is this thing about 'competitive war[s]'? What makes a war between two kingdoms ranked 60th and 56th more competitive or worth more points in a global chart than the war between the #1 and #2 kingdoms? The simple fact that the WW chart is a server-wide measure of performance means that it should be winnable by the best kingdoms on the server, not by ghetto trash. WW chart = old honor chart with honor becoming slightly more legitimate the last few ages (this age remains to be seen). And by that I mean, the WW chart is a worthless measure of who can better manipulate their size & get easy wars.

    Allowing the Honor and WW charts to be winnable by top kingdoms while they pursue land/nw crown is the best possible route for charts to take, since it encourages small kingdoms to improve instead of rewarding them for mediocrity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pillz View Post
    Bart's gif should have been in response to this post.



    What seems to indicate to you that direct comparison of size isn't being factored in? In some manner it must be, since I assume higher charted KDs receive fewer points from lower chartered KDs and vise versa. And while it isn't stated stated I imagine that rkdnw is still considered.

    But what is this thing about 'competitive war[s]'? What makes a war between two kingdoms ranked 60th and 56th more competitive or worth more points in a global chart than the war between the #1 and #2 kingdoms? The simple fact that the WW chart is a server-wide measure of performance means that it should be winnable by the best kingdoms on the server, not by ghetto trash. WW chart = old honor chart with honor becoming slightly more legitimate the last few ages (this age remains to be seen). And by that I mean, the WW chart is a worthless measure of who can better manipulate their size & get easy wars.

    Allowing the Honor and WW charts to be winnable by top kingdoms while they pursue land/nw crown is the best possible route for charts to take, since it encourages small kingdoms to improve instead of rewarding them for mediocrity.
    of course #1 vs #2 should get more points than 60th and 56th...but this system rewards #1 vs #40th as well(yea I know that it is highly unlikely that those two would be within range, but the point is that they could potentially war at the bottom of their declare range all age and walk away the winner just because they consistently warred in the top 50 and are ranked). Depending of course on how the charts are weighted in that system and if or how nw/land range comes into play exactly.

    I am against land dropping, bottomfeeder wars(though sometimes you really can't help it I have learned) and purposely staying small or with less provinces just to be able to win wars. But unless they fill kingdoms to 25 it's not always the kingdom's choice to have less provinces, there just aren't enough players yet.

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    It only rewards 1 vs 40 as well if 40 wins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zauper View Post
    It only rewards 1 vs 40 as well if 40 wins.
    so just to clarify...1 beating 40 wouldn't get double the points as 60 beating 54?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodwitch View Post
    so just to clarify...1 beating 40 wouldn't get double the points as 60 beating 54?
    Well, the points formula itself didn't change, so the base points generated remains the same (and is still modified by size). But assuming that the base points generated were the same, 1 beating 40 would not receive double the points of 60 beating 54 (assuming they were those ranks for all charts), but would receive a slight bump relative to 60 beating 54 (before the influence of the size modifier).

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    I don't see a problem with it, Mirana. That's probably not the response you want to hear! But you and I both know that warring KDs are actually pretty lame a lot of the time. Shaving is lame. Avoiding wars is lame. Fighting noobs KDs is lame. And, honestly, both your KD and mine do these things, because that's how warring level works. This should be discouraged - we all know that. I don't see an issue with encouraging KDs to fight the best competition they can.

    For once, I agree with Steel - new WW crown is essentially old Honour crown. I think it's a positive change.
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