Ptahhotep said: Players would still be able to gain an advantage by joining immediately before the close of a sub and hoping that the bracket they join is not full when the sub closes.
JSP869 said: Ptahhotep said: Players would still be able to gain an advantage by joining immediately before the close of a sub and hoping that the bracket they join is not full when the sub closes. That is correct. There would still be that advantage over anyone in your bracket who joins over 24 hours late after the first sub closes. That's not really any different to the way the system is now though. If you get lucky with a Flip you can join a new or somewhat fresh bracket near the end of the sub, get in your full 7 clears, and when the sub ends you'll have a huge points advantage over everyone joining afterwards.
HoundofShadow said: How do you determine placement?
Ptahhotep said: JSP869 said: Ptahhotep said: Players would still be able to gain an advantage by joining immediately before the close of a sub and hoping that the bracket they join is not full when the sub closes. That is correct. There would still be that advantage over anyone in your bracket who joins over 24 hours late after the first sub closes. That's not really any different to the way the system is now though. If you get lucky with a Flip you can join a new or somewhat fresh bracket near the end of the sub, get in your full 7 clears, and when the sub ends you'll have a huge points advantage over everyone joining afterwards. The difference is that under the current system players looking for this advantage are spread out across the slices and have to allow time to complete all of their clears. Under your system they would all be trying to join in the last minute before the sub closes. All those players trying to join at once is likely to overload the servers.