Change the raids, give top players new motivation

[Gryphonknight]

@Oliz

possible cups that could be lost or won in any raid is reduced by a factor of say 10, in the case of 50 cups for example >> becomes like just 5

At least with live PvP, many MMOs go in the opposite direction with large conditional increases in K-Factor for new Seasons and lower arenas.

@Gryphonknight

Conditional K-Factors

Live PvP usually uses conditional K-Factors

Season start

The first 30-50 battles of the Season, K-Factor is double

Example
1st Battle of the Season for Player A, Empire’s K-Factor would be 122

Players are usually very active at the start of a new Season.

Lower arenas

In lower arenas, K-Factor is increased +25% to +100%

Example
Bronze arena has K-Factor +100%

1st Battle of the Season for Player A, Empire’s K-Factor would be 244 in Bronze arena.

1000th Battle of the Season for Player A, Empire’s K-Factor would be 122 in Bronze arena.

Elo’s math was never designed for teams/ heroes of such large variation in strength. It still works surprisingly well.

But MMOs had to find other ways to adapt the math to their situation. Especially since building up a Rank #1 team often takes years, even with periodic catch up events.

Adjusting K-Factor based on arena helps deal with the unreliability of Elo’s rating when players are squished together at the bottom, helps with Elo rating deflation when new power ups are introduced ( troops, Barracks, Classes, Costumes, etc. ) and helps with players returning in large amounts when an update comes out for a game.