Yeah, it's largely meaningless taking that data just from reset night when most maps are queued. They also were running a bonus event to further skew the data (no idea why you would want that for a test).
To clarify, the matchmaker uses activity data from the previous 30 days, not reset. Matchmaking happens before reset.
A quick follow-up here regarding the removal of the outnumbered pip bonus.
Looking at the sources of pips, outnumbered is a small percentage (7%) of overall pip gains compared to ranks and placement, despite the fact that outnumbered is a huge bonus (+5). The changes outlined in the blog (+2 baseline pips) are intended to provide more players, more pips, in more scenarios.
As other posters have mentioned, it's worth keeping in mind that the entire point of World Restructuring is improving population balance across match ups. The ability to benefit from Outnumbered exists to the degree that it does currently because population isn't balanced as well as it could be. We're experimenting with this change now because the goal is that world population balance will improve with World Restructuring, meaning that the outnumbered bonus will be even more difficult to benefit from in the future.
And, I know this is hard to believe (trust me, I get it), but if we don't s...
Read moreWould've been nice if they at least made a comment about EU WvW issues that lasted the entirety of last Sunday. Not a big deal though.
We're still working on that! News soon.
Removing outnumbered pips is a huge kick in the teeth to pip gain - +1 to base pips is great, but it still doesn't address the fundamental issues with the rewards. Hopefully they look at this more.
We're going to focus more on rewards after World Restructuring is wrapped up. These were some 'low hanging fruit' adjustments we could make in the short-term without disrupting World Restructuring efforts. :)
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