Brackets.

Ohboy

Nop has 250 max brackets I think. 

babar3355

Ohboy said:

babar3355 said:

Sarahschmara said:

It's not terribly intuitive @Kinesia and D3 hasn't done a great job explaining how it works. 

It makes sense to cap the brackets at 3000, and it makes sense that there are more than 3000 platinum players... but it seems that there are no longer reliably more than 6000 platinum players. 

There used to be a third platinum bracket that could be joined very late in the event, rewarding more prizes for less effort although this wasn't used competitively since the coalitions need every possible ribbon in their squabbles for the top ten. But it was a good "trick" for high level players on holiday from their regular group. 

It's difficult to tell how many players are left (especially since they removed the event counters), but it seems safe to say that there are less than 6000 active platinum players and this exploit/gamble is no longer a viable option. 

I was on vacation for the last HoD and didn't join until Monday morning.  I was around #575 when I joined with 4-5 hours left on Monday.  I don't think many people joined after me.  Pretty safe to assume that the Platinum tier is now around 4000 or less players.

Seems like decent evidence that we have seen significant attrition if we used to fill up two full brackets plus some spillover.  Especially considering how many people have moved up to the platinum bracket since that point.

I was in the second bracket. Did you see me on your list? 

I don't remember seeing your name, but I just looked to see what top place was and was surprised that someone had max points for the event. I recognized his name but can't remember what it is.  If you remember I could try to verify. 

It would seem very surprising that 3 brackets opened up quick enough to have players with max points in each one, but I hope that's the case.  I don't want this game to die.  I just fear it will if they don't make the end game more enjoyable.

shteev

A case study then: I entered HOR 40 minutes before the end, and played 6 games. I missed out on a booster and 40 crystals from progression, but I came 28th and got an HOU rare.

It seems to me like I got prizes disproportionate to the effort I put in.

No, I did not check the brackets before I leapt in. I never do.

Ohboy

babar3355 said:

Ohboy said:

babar3355 said:

Sarahschmara said:

It's not terribly intuitive @Kinesia and D3 hasn't done a great job explaining how it works. 

It makes sense to cap the brackets at 3000, and it makes sense that there are more than 3000 platinum players... but it seems that there are no longer reliably more than 6000 platinum players. 

There used to be a third platinum bracket that could be joined very late in the event, rewarding more prizes for less effort although this wasn't used competitively since the coalitions need every possible ribbon in their squabbles for the top ten. But it was a good "trick" for high level players on holiday from their regular group. 

It's difficult to tell how many players are left (especially since they removed the event counters), but it seems safe to say that there are less than 6000 active platinum players and this exploit/gamble is no longer a viable option. 

I was on vacation for the last HoD and didn't join until Monday morning.  I was around #575 when I joined with 4-5 hours left on Monday.  I don't think many people joined after me.  Pretty safe to assume that the Platinum tier is now around 4000 or less players.

Seems like decent evidence that we have seen significant attrition if we used to fill up two full brackets plus some spillover.  Especially considering how many people have moved up to the platinum bracket since that point.

I was in the second bracket. Did you see me on your list? 

I don't remember seeing your name, but I just looked to see what top place was and was surprised that someone had max points for the event. I recognized his name but can't remember what it is.  If you remember I could try to verify. 

It would seem very surprising that 3 brackets opened up quick enough to have players with max points in each one, but I hope that's the case.  I don't want this game to die.  I just fear it will if they don't make the end game more enjoyable.

I think I has max points and you would have remembered my name lol.

So 3 brackets then. 

Szamsziel

I had max on hour. So I think there was at least 3 brackets

Sarahschmara

That's actually reassuring news @Szamsziel

babar3355

@Ohboy Perhaps.. I just looked at the first place guy and noticed 273 points about 3-4 hours before the event ended.  When I saw how many points he had I didn't bother playing.  I am pretty sure there was only one perfect score at that time, so if you played your games fairly early then I suspect you are correct.

fiirst

I am in the same bracket with @Szamsziel

but not sure whether there is 3rd bracket or not in HoD

Kinesia

With NOP it's not actually the size of the brackets I was wondering about, needed to be more specific.
It seems like it has a max of 1 charge. So it's the one that if you miss time you _really_ miss a chance to play.

Ohboy

It has a max charge of 3 and starting charge of 1. Like all other events, it allows you a 2 charge buffer off the starting line.