Board Game Arena

I played more than a few games and lost all, I should be getting some progression anyway, not get stuck on rating 1, since the game takes such a long time. This needs to be fixed or it totally discourages investing time in the game.

That's how elo works. It's a measure of your skill, not an "experience" score. Play a couple more (ranked) games, and even if you lose you'll get some achievement, but in order to increase your elo you need to win.

CarotideEtude wrote: ↑20 April 2025, 14:18 I played more than a few games and lost all, I should be getting some progression anyway, not get stuck on rating 1, since the game takes such a long time. This needs to be fixed or it totally discourages investing time in the game.

I'm confused.

You played 3 games. What exactly were you expecting to happen that was different from what actually happened?

I will say, arena "scoring" / ranking needs some tweaking. Not sure what the solution should be, but being able to lose indefinitely and stay platinum is silly. And on the other end, if I lose one game when I'm almost into elite league and my rank gets set back to platinum 1 is frustrating. Especially when the player is bronze level but has 500+ elo rating. It's better once you are in elite, since it's more like elo.

CapitalDecay wrote: ↑20 April 2025, 21:47 I will say, arena "scoring" / ranking needs some tweaking. Not sure what the solution should be, but being able to lose indefinitely and stay platinum is silly. And on the other end, if I lose one game when I'm almost into elite league and my rank gets set back to platinum 1 is frustrating. Especially when the player is bronze level but has 500+ elo rating. It's better once you are in elite, since it's more like elo.

I agree, but, arena IS optional. For most of my games, I don't care for it. I also don't like the matchmaking algorithm or however it's done (For Arena, I mean).

I also don't agree with locking a player's Elo at 100 once it gets to 100. A loss should result in Elo loss.

> I also don't agree with locking a player's Elo at 100 once it gets to 100. A loss should result in Elo loss.
I think this is mainly to allows you to continue playing arena once you unlocked it no?

> if I lose one game when I'm almost into elite league and my rank gets set back to platinum 1 is frustrating

You need to change your settings to only play people near your rank, the impact of loss is only ~3

From the FAQ - https://boardgamearena.com/faq?anchor=f ... arenaworks

When you win a game in Arena mode, you gain Arena points. You gain 3 Arena points when beating an opponent from the same league, 2 points when beating an opponent from league N-1, 1 point for beating an opponent from league N-2, and so on (and the same for higher leagues).

When you lose a game, you lose Arena points. However, you cannot go below 0 points.

(Note: If you play a 3+ game, the number of Arena points you get is divided by the number of opponents. So beating 5 opponents from the same league brings you 3 x 5 / 5 = 3 points).

FrankJones wrote: ↑20 April 2025, 19:40

CarotideEtude wrote: ↑20 April 2025, 14:18 I played more than a few games and lost all, I should be getting some progression anyway, not get stuck on rating 1, since the game takes such a long time. This needs to be fixed or it totally discourages investing time in the game.

I'm confused.

You played 3 games. What exactly were you expecting to happen that was different from what actually happened?

Welcome to the generation that was raised in competitions where the 29th placed player also received a medal :p

Skill issue

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