Let me understand- Trophy math confusing

[Kerridoc]

I should have linked this thread earlier:

[Primer] Basic explanation of Trophies or Where do Trophies come from and why do I lose them?

New Subject [Primer] Basic explanation of Trophies or Where do Trophies come from and why do I lose them? OLD Subject [Elo Primer] Where do Trophies come from? [Typist: “See, when a mommy trophy and a daddy trophy…. “ grabs computer away from The Typist Ahem.] Trophies in Empires use a method called the Elo rating system. The system is named after physics professor Arpad Elo. It originally designed for use in chess tournaments staring in 1960, so it has been fine-tuned for over 57 years. =…

There have been a few proposals for basing raids on TP, which I think is folly. The most interesting rewrite of the raid matching system was this:

Trophies & Permanence - a rewarding PvP system with more depth and climb incentives idea (even without extra loot)

Due to the new updates there’s plenty of discussion about the trophy system. I would like to pick your mind about one thing that stands out to me as severely missing and - perhaps - a way to remedy a lot that is plaguing the E&P raid system. And that is permanence. An actual climb that you set out on and continue over the course of X months; the feeling of PROGRESSION. Right now it goes as follows: gain trophies to cross a threshold open a better chest see your rank for 5 seconds see your n…