Guild Wars 2

Ah, now I finally found what I was looking for…

Due to the increased deviation and volatility combined with fewer total worlds, there shouldn’t be a “Glicko hell” again for a little while.

It’s not yet determined what approach we’ll use for Glicko data for guest worlds when world links are changed, in the case that a guest either becomes a host or goes solo.

Anet, you guys basically created the glicko hell of T4 with CD when you turned that server up with a 2 month old frozen rating that didn’t reflect its quad-server status. Then trying to fix it by adjusting CD’s rating upward so it rolled T3 developed a widening gap between T3 and T2, which in turn expanded when new server links were made without a reset of deviation and volatility.

Until you address how glicko rating is fixed at server linking time, the band-aiding is going to dig a deeper hole.

Chris said you guys did not determine an approach yet. You need to determine one now. You need to also perform some sort of reset of Glicko data at the formation of new teams. Please avoid these issues in the future.

agreed. linking without some form of glicko reset when servers are re-linked is useless

All great and factual points Chaba.

+1 for this. Doesn’t help that each new linking is effectively a whole new server, old ratings does not reflect this properly.

+1. Glicko baggage from the previous links should be left at the station.

+1 Agree on every thing said above. This needs to be done right away so its ready for next re-linking.

ANET has had 4 years to figure out server balance and how to use glicko effectively for WvW matchmaking.

They have failed miserably.

Not only that, they are actually more incompetent now with WvW matchmaking than they were at release. Amazing.