Best Of

Here's a video with a breakdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6sFIVb4HI

Weak Spot Description: Increase any Raid Fervor gained from missions by 6 for each Weakness or Taunt Debuff active on the defender, max 30.

Noteworthy Events:
0:10 Prompt Complete: Dex - 0 Weakness Present, 1 Fervor gained (CORRECT). 1 Fervor total present.
0:18 Weakness Added (now 1 stack)
0:19 Prompt Complete: Light attack, 1 weakness present, 6 Fervor gained (INCORRECT) 7 Fervor total present
-----NOTE: Should have gained 1 Fervor for the prompt completion AND 6 for having 1 weakness)
0:21 Weakness Added (now 2 stacks)
0:22 Weakness Added (now 3 stacks)
0:23 Weakness Added (now 4 stacks)
0:25 Prompt Complete: Knockdown, 4 weakness present 6 Fervor gained (INCORRECT). 13 Fervor total Present
---- FERVOR GAINED should have been as follows:
1 for a complete prompt
6 for each weakness (4) for a total of 24
25 Total Ferver gained for the knockdown prompt with 4 weakness. That's a whopping difference of 19 fervor. It's like they're only counting 6 max instead of 30 max?

This should be enough proof that this is not working correctly.

I don't want to do a breakdown of the rest of the video. The bug is right here, in living color.

*please do not judge my skill issues*

Hey all. I understand the risk aversion from the group of players currently playing high tier war. I would just ask you all to give it a chance. Right now we only have it planned for one season, we don't have it penciled in for any future seasons at this time. Let's give it a try and see how it goes.

You say nobody is asking for changes to AW, but actually lots of players are asking for changes to AW. The people playing in T1 are the survivors of the current system, which is a very small part of the player base. As someone else in this thread mentioned, this might be better for lower tier alliances. If that's the case, we might end up in a future where top tiers play the existing format and lower tiers play this one. This is just an example, but nothing is set in stone yet.

So again, give it a chance and if it doesn't work, we won't bring it back. Part of trying to make the game more exciting means we have to be able to experiment now and then.

I understand the thought process for a change, but if you’re going to do an “experimental season” you should lock the war ratings. We have worked very hard and a very long time to get into t1 based on the rules you set forth. We should not have to face losing our war rating or kicking our less talented players just to stay where we are. You say it’s just one season, but it can have major decision ramifications due to roster size and talent that isn’t a problem under the current system.

I have a lot of sympathy for players below Valiant trying to engage with Battlegrounds, and indeed we are looking at options to create a more casual environment so they can match with other accounts with similar strength outside of the competitive experience.

However, as a Valiant player playing on the Gladiator's Circuit, you are always going to eventually run into accounts stronger than your own. How you deal with that will determine how successful you are in Battlegrounds. If you have a deck of mostly R3s, you shouldn't be forfeiting to anybody. Yes, you are more likely than not to lose to an equal skilled player with a row of R4s, but it is definitely not guaranteed. And skill and strategy can often overcome a single rank differential in champion power. The best Battlegrounds players in the world are those with the most skill and the most experience in the various matchups, for the most part they aren't the players with the biggest accounts.