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Mariou
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2017-07-18 03:14:00
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This is a topic that are a lot of players complain about. On my server there is not a single one who reached Six paths and i dont think that this will change in closer future. I'd highly recommend to just dont do ranked arena if you are not one of the top players on your server, otherwise you will loose too many matches that you cant climb up anymore and you will have a big - score, which is another thing i dont understand. Why is it a thing that you can go below 0? For me is arena just something I get my arena points each day and close it until next day. Would be very nice if something would change in arena.
The rumor is, arena matching is not based on rank but based on a combination of level, power and your current score.
Now, I don't know if this is true, but let's say it is.
If you can't go below 0, then you c*e a 0 score account to bump another account to say 4(whatever the maximal match range is), and use the 4 to bump another to 8(and as the 4 loses, use the 0 again to get it back to 4) and then 12 and so on. Therefore, through a dozen or so alt, you can get a char to six path. And this dozen or so alt doesn't even need to be from one person, it can be a collab between an entire group, server or even cross server basis so that every real player gets to six path easy.
On the other hand, if you can go below 0, then the 'first" account will soon become obsolete as it can no longer be matched with the next link. Now, you could raise more 0s, as that's what account starts off at. however, due to the level&power restrict, a newly made account might strain or cause a link to be decoupled on that front instead.
So overall, by having no score floor, it makes it much harder to use alts to get other accounts to high rank.
Of course, this is all my guess and is based on something that I'm not sure is true. However, it's about the only rational reason I can come up with.
That said, there is still the streak-climbing method, which I believe is still possible.
This is why while I would support a change in reward structure, as discussed above, I will not support removal of negative score UNTIL there is significant evidence that shows that it serves no actual purpose or a way to serve said purpose better without the punishing mechanics currently in place.