Guild Wars 2

A easy way to give all severs a chance in the seasons is a Handicap system similar to bowling leagues.

There is a theoretical max amount of points that can be gained by a sever if they held all of the control points.

So if you take 80% of those points and set that as your based handicap. Then avg the points gained per match for each server hen subtract that from the base 80% that will give each server their automatic points.

Example:
For easy math we will use 1000 points as theoretical max

Max point 1000
base handicap 800 (80% of 1000)
Server A: Avg 200 Handicap would be 600
Server B: Avg 400 Handicay would 400
server C: Avg 850 Handicap would be 0

So at the start of the match up each server would start at 0 points complete the match then there handicap would then be added into there final numbers and that would decide placement in the match up

The higher avg severs would take longer to catch up in points but would still have the edge since there on avg score more points and the lower avg servers would start ahead but at the end of the match have a score that can complete with the higher avg servers

All servers would have (and all sever should have) a chance to place 1st and win that golden dolyak.

Please remember what i’m suggesting is a handicap system not necessarily the above. I’m sure there are better numbers to apply to this.

This is the best solution. It works in golf too.

The glicko system worked fine in this regard prior to league matches. I thought we got handed the league because ppl were bored of playing the same matches ad nauseum, right?

not a bad idea!

EDIT: For some reason I thought this was the Collaborative Development thread. Apologies for not being entirely on topic.

Who cares about the points?

If you can’t get any further than your spawn tower and are constantly fighting 1v10, does it really console you that at least you’re doing okay on points because of some handicap?

If you’re going to just give points away like that, then you might as well have no points at all.

The reason we have points is to give a purpose to all the fights and seiges. They aren’t an end in themselves, they’re just a tool to give structure to the fights.

The problem is that most fights and seiges are horribly unbalanced, and no amount of smudging and fiddling the points and saying manically “you’re all winners!” is going to make constantly losing 1v10 any more attractive to the average player.

The glicko systems did not work fine. that system matches you up against the other servers close to you in score. so as a result we fought the same hand full of servers over and over. What i’m suggesting will let all servers be matched up against each other.

any one who wants to have a chance to win the prize at the end cares about points. what i’m suggesting does not give away points it puts every server on the same level. The points will still add structure to the matches because the amount of points you get from the handicap will just even the playing field not eliminate it

Also with all severs on the same level i would think that alone would encourage players to transfer to other servers to lower wait time to get into wvw.

There is big money in both golf and bowling that uses this kind of system it works.