Raids: fair or unfair?

[Gryphonknight]

@sopclod

In fact, I feel like one of the issues this game is slowly facing is that more and more players are slowly accumulating teams of 5* and becoming more equal. In other words, players are slowly bubbling to the top but the top itself isn’t changing. A few months ago I had 2600 cups, and there were lots of players over 3000. Now, with a stronger team, I can’t stay above 2400 and there’s usually 3 or players, if that, above 3000.

This is Elo rating deflation ( Note 1) and players who stopped deliberately messed with their trophies to get a zero rating for filling their Wanted: Heroes mission chest. Depending on what arena you are competing in, is is more deflation ( Diamond ) or player’s fighting for trophies ( Silver ).

The next big spike in Elo rating deflation would be Alliance Wars ( ascension items ) and the return of retired HotM like Alberich, Athena, Ares, Hel, etc. Hopefully the Devs roll out retired HotM in a gradual way like the limit of two Alliance Wars per week.

Based on the Wanted: Hero mission chest rewards so far, a lot of people are still deliberately dropping down one arena. Example from Platinum to Gold.

Note 1 )

@Gryphonknight

==Elo rating deflation==

Whenever the players get access to more powerful teams, the game will experience Elo rating deflation.

For example when the Devs added the Barracks, players that did nothing lost Elo rating and those who maxed out their troops the fastest got (temporarily) a large increase in Elo rating.

This creates a temporary race to see who can max out the new advantage first. But eventually it will settles down as all players gain the new advantage. New players will have something else they need to increase their rating. So new player Elo ratings will tend to be lower, and increasing their rating will take longer than before the change.