PvP Calculations seem to have been changed without any notification, the last 2 weeks of calcuations have been off based on pool sizes when they were extreamly consistant and as expected for the first 10 weeks or so. there are less Bracket 1 and Bracket 2 slots then we had BEFORE the change from 4 kills to 10 kill for DR for a pool size that hasn’t changed. Based on our calculations, The Bracket calculations have reverted to 1.8 values as part of the AV/Honor changes, when prior to that they were using the 1.12 values.
Edit: Expected vs Outcome
Expected: Pool size of 1100*0.003 = 3 Bracket 1 (rank 14) slots. (based on observations of the first 10 weeks of PvP) Same for BR2 and downwards
Observed in the last 2 weeks: Pool size of 1100*0.002 = 2 Bracket 1 (rank 14 ) slots (based on observations of the last 2 weeks of PvP) Same for BR2 and downwards.
As a result of the above changes, there are less Slots in the higher brackets then are expected for 1.12.
Edit 2: I should probably mention, this seems to be happening on all OCE servers. Not sure about US E/US W servers.
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??? How do you know there hasn’t been a player fall off on your sever?
Because we can see the standing of characters, we know that each week we have had at least a character at 1100 standing or below (more then 1100 in the pool but using this number because it corresponds to the breakpoints we are seeing at BR1/BR2)
Even if that wasn’t the lowest, based on RP gains of the top 4 standings, we know that we got 2 BR1 spots this week (and last week). When based on 1.12 numbers, we SHOULD have had 3. If we had significantly more then the 1100 then we would have had 3 instead. Point is, we have enough data to be able to predict RP gains, Rank gains, Based on bracket and pool sizes, it was consistent for 10 weeks. Then since the AV changes 2 weeks ago, has been different.
Edit: Worth noting, It was the Breakpoints that we feel have changed, yes the pool size can vary, but the breakpoints shouldnt. we should be able to tell how many BR1’s we will get based on pool size. If we know we have 1100 in the pool based on 1.12 numbers we know we should have 3 BR1’s (we have 2) if there are 1400 in the pool, we know we should have 4 BR1’s (there would be 3 with current numbers) Pool size can change, and the Bracket numbers change, but we can predict those changes based on the breakpoints. it’s the Breakpoiints that have changed in the last 2 weeks, These breakpoint changes are what i am reporting as a bug. They happened at the same time as a major change to the Honor System, i assume it’s something that was added/changed by accident.
I have noticed the difference as well.