Is there any smart reason that arena leaderboards take into account win boosts?.
Surely the fairest and most accurate reflection would be to use base XP? Just seems that people who have played the longest and have the most boosts spare will always finish above us newer people? Just doesn't seem fair way to score the leaderboards
Posted Jan 10, 2022, 11:22 AM UTC · edited
I don't think WG use the same definitions of "fairness" and "accurate" as normal people. In their thesaurus, both these (and most other words) can be replaced with "monetization" 😉
It should be base xp. Shouldn’t count boosters and first win bonuses. The system is extremely flawed for sure.
And given that's coming from a player who is pretty much a shoe in for a top 5 finish every arena, then you just know it's a flawed system.
Although, given how good you are, I'd expect you to still be top 5 every season anyways👍
Fair doesn't line WGs pockets with cash
It's idiotic, but it's a conscious pay to win decision they've made.
I only wish there was an option to see a non boosted leaderboard values for everyone, even if the boosted ones would be the ones that actually rank you for the arena rewards.
Yeah there isn't really a measure of skill in the game as such. I don't like win rate at all because the more lines you grind this obviously gets damaged vs a person who bought the Alabama and has played 500 games in just the Alabama
The only way I could think of is some sort of rating system that takes average scores,wins,kills per game and equates that to a skill rating number
wowsbuilds.com rating is based on quite a few things, not just wins.
should be base XP and should be your first ten battles. Not just grinding out 10 20k xp games.
I would much rather use boosters on ships that have a need for them. If it was for anything other than base xp then a xp booster plus another would have to be used.
I think that the xp is needed as that give a potential for the player to convert to gxp, which means $$$$$$$$$$.
Most of the people that score high on the leader board do not do so because of boosters but because they 1.) either play absurd amounts of games to achieve high scoring games or 2.) play in triple divisions of unicum or super unicum players and constantly smash their enemies for wins huge base XP earnings.
While I agree that the game should ideally use base XP it wouldn't change a thing about how the leaderboard would look like imho.
I’ve not bought anything, played 3 games on the last day and finished ranked around 1200(top 10%). I just save the best XP boosters for Arena. I don’t mind the grind on the TT ships.
It definitely isn’t a level playing field, but you aren’t required to pay to win at Arena.
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I mean there is a hall of Fame for starters but ok? 🤷♂️ And always a toxic loser like you on every reddit post jog on and try an actually contribute something intead of trolling 🤡
You’re being an unnecessary jerk man, this is not uncommon opinion nor is it ridiculous. He’s not whining, just asking a fair question. Why the insane gatekeeping? I made it to the top 1% this season, but I too hate the fact that I need to waste xp boosters to get there. It sucks.
Rough day at the office?
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Encourages people to buy premium ships, time, and boosters.
Well I did think this, but seems a pretty low level to stoop to, buy your way up the ranked leaderboards sigh, wish id started ships when it came out I fear I'm joining towards the end like what they did with world of tanks 😟
Well, we still don't have paid consumables or ammunition so we're still miles ahead of the predatory mess that WoTC has become.
Oh god, premium rounds I forgot all about them 😂😂 tanks that literally shot snowballs unless you got premium shells 🤮
Don't say it too loudly!!!
I have quitted WoTC early last year (still have 200+ premium days) but the paid consumables or premium rounds you mention were obtained by coins so not much of a difference from the maintenance costs to run a vehicle. And the ranked events (especially with tier X), in which by default you had to use these in order to have the best possible performance, were printing tones of coins and the milestones were much more worthy than the arena events.
Exactly the reason Im not a big arena fan. Have to log on daily and grind with boosters to get the high rewards. No thank you