12-01-2007, 05:55 PM
That didn't take long...
Teams are already exploiting the personal rating requirements to obtain Arena Season 3 weapons.
1) Create a team at 1500.
2) Put some alts on it and tank the rating (to, say, 1400).
3) Get on your mains and win a bunch to get to 1550.
4) Get on your alts again and tank the rating back down to 1400.
5) Get on your mains and win a bunch to get to 1550.
6) Repeat steps 4 and 5.
End result is that your team is rated somewhere around 1500, but your personal rating on your main shoots all the way up to 1850. Even if your personal rating only goes up 2-3 points for a win near the end of this cycle, it's almost guaranteed points, and you get to 1850 and get your weapon.
I've already seen teams doing this on Stormrage. Met a mage last night who had the Season 3 weapon but had a highest team rating of 1555. He was *boasting* about it.
If you start thinking ahead, you'll realize that the Gladiator title will be worth even less this season because a similar exploitation system can be used to buff up your personal rating at the high end. Why fight teams rated 2300 when you can fight teams rated 2100 and move up? (Yes, there's a big difference between teams rated 2300 and 2100 in my experience.)
-Bolty
Teams are already exploiting the personal rating requirements to obtain Arena Season 3 weapons.
1) Create a team at 1500.
2) Put some alts on it and tank the rating (to, say, 1400).
3) Get on your mains and win a bunch to get to 1550.
4) Get on your alts again and tank the rating back down to 1400.
5) Get on your mains and win a bunch to get to 1550.
6) Repeat steps 4 and 5.
End result is that your team is rated somewhere around 1500, but your personal rating on your main shoots all the way up to 1850. Even if your personal rating only goes up 2-3 points for a win near the end of this cycle, it's almost guaranteed points, and you get to 1850 and get your weapon.
I've already seen teams doing this on Stormrage. Met a mage last night who had the Season 3 weapon but had a highest team rating of 1555. He was *boasting* about it.
If you start thinking ahead, you'll realize that the Gladiator title will be worth even less this season because a similar exploitation system can be used to buff up your personal rating at the high end. Why fight teams rated 2300 when you can fight teams rated 2100 and move up? (Yes, there's a big difference between teams rated 2300 and 2100 in my experience.)
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.