First, I don't really care about ELO ratings. I am just here to play. But that said, they do seem flawed in this game.
For games where skill and strategy are concerned it makes sense. But Farkle is almost entirely luck. Total dumb luck. The level of strategy is incredibly low. For instance, I have seen people beat me very quickly with a few rounds with more than 2000 points each. Yes it happens. That is fine and I get it. But when losing to say a new player who gets really lucky, my ELO plummets. One time it dropped 25 after one loss. I won the next game against someone with a similar ELO and it went up 7. So for every loss I need to win 3 or 4 games to break even. On a game that is all fluke that seems pretty ridiculous. But I have also lost to people with an ELO of 0, and mine goes down maybe 10. Sometimes it just appears to make no sense.
I am here for a few fun games, so honestly I don't really care - but ELO essentially is a luck meter for this game, and less an indication of skill.
For games where skill and strategy are concerned it makes sense. But Farkle is almost entirely luck. Total dumb luck. The level of strategy is incredibly low. For instance, I have seen people beat me very quickly with a few rounds with more than 2000 points each. Yes it happens. That is fine and I get it. But when losing to say a new player who gets really lucky, my ELO plummets. One time it dropped 25 after one loss. I won the next game against someone with a similar ELO and it went up 7. So for every loss I need to win 3 or 4 games to break even. On a game that is all fluke that seems pretty ridiculous. But I have also lost to people with an ELO of 0, and mine goes down maybe 10. Sometimes it just appears to make no sense.
I am here for a few fun games, so honestly I don't really care - but ELO essentially is a luck meter for this game, and less an indication of skill.
