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Two days before the end of the season, a single victory in gladiator still grants URU 2.

That’s how low BG participation is.

Participation in GC has been steadily decreasing from the highs of when Radiance was first introduced (the points required to be in any specific tier for tiers below Mysterium have steadily dropped). I think what you are experiencing is exactly that "zero sum game" problem when there aren't any new players coming in.

It will be interesting whether the introduction of "Unranked mode" might cause another precipitous drop, as now players can just opt for the less stressful unranked matches to fulfill the daily objectives. I think even if a point decay system is introduced to try to discourage camping, I don't think that there will be any change in commitment level of diehards vs dilettantes.

this GC meta nodes are also awfull lot of champs that have multiple immunities draft no counter and they ending with 100% health… its not the players its the nodes that frustrated me always the same over and over again regen/powergain meta’s

I can’t imagine because past 100 points I only faced whales bigger than me, that couldn’t progress in a zero sum game. That’s my point. F2P and smaller accounts need to be incentivized to play BG or it’s unplayable for the paying customers.

16 r4 , now imagine the struggle for free2play just for those 10k radiance

I agree, it’s really stressful to earn those milestones. In the first few days, the Gladiator Circle is full of whales, and by the time they move up to higher ranks, the deadline has already passed.

One alternative could be to allow players to earn those points throughout the whole month instead of having a deadline. This would help many people reach at least 100 points, or even better…

Another alternative would be to make the 20k milestones achievable after a certain number of victories in the Gladiator Circle, rather than relying on the current points system. For example:

• Earn 10k Radiance if you win 10 times in the Gladiator Circle.
• Earn another 10k if you win 20 times in the Gladiator Circle.

This change would help smaller accounts a lot.

ELO decay is planned but how does it solve the zero sum game of a few hundred players and no new blood pushing points from below?

Thats good you love battlegrounds with your "small deck of 16 r4s". Personally, Personally i feel battlegrounds getting worse and worse and obvious its a whale game mode. Im not the skilled player and dont have nowhere near 16 r4s…..i have 2 r4s. I usually get to gc and maybe 30-70p but thats ab it and forget the week1 and week2 radiance. I get to gc end os season and thats fine…but damn i find it more and more difficult to play that game mode and enjoy it. Most of fights i face Legends, dont always mean good player i know, but then i see roster and prestige which often are 3-10k above my prestige and many times worst champ is a r2 7* so they have plenty of options against me. I usually dont forfeit but recent seasons i do it alot. 20-30 matches easily and its obvious difference between spenders and non-spenders is bigger than ever. And it pisses me off that i use elders and energy to basicly get bullied. Naah man…battlegrounds is maybe fun for YOU but for me its opposite and its a game mode im thinking of stop doing if its keeps this way.

there is a very easy fix for this

give 100 radiance for every completed match- and less competitive players

I’m talking about unique IDs playing.

I’m fighting the same few hundred people in a zero sum game and no one is progressing because no weak players are pushing points from below.