[Request] Change default/starter's elo (1337)
I play on a Clan Arena server using QLstats on a daily basis. The system works decently, but there is one HUGE flaw.
About 33% of games are ruined because teams are not well-balanced. The reason behind this is the new players' ratings are absurdly high.
Most new players play like they have more or less 800 elo. However, I can imagine setting the default elo to 800 would make it too difficult for new players to raise their rating, and it may also impoverish the balance of games in which good players with new accounts join.
My proposal is to lower the default rating of 1337 to 1000 as I believe this is a good compromise.
About 33% of games are ruined because teams are not well-balanced. The reason behind this is the new players' ratings are absurdly high.
Most new players play like they have more or less 800 elo. However, I can imagine setting the default elo to 800 would make it too difficult for new players to raise their rating, and it may also impoverish the balance of games in which good players with new accounts join.
My proposal is to lower the default rating of 1337 to 1000 as I believe this is a good compromise.
I think in most cases a brand newbie is more like 700 elo, so 1000 seems to be a relatively fair middle ground.
Can you please, please, please look into this? Not only is it ruining so many matches for everyone else, but the new players who come in at 1337 get stomped even worse when their team is getting destroyed. That only drives them away from quake even quicker.
BTW, you created a slew of additional problems with the 900 starting, now we have a bunch of very good players creating new accounts so they can start off at 900 and rape on elo capped servers. you wanna talk about throwing off balance? put a guy that is 2k elo on a <1700 server with a 900 elo...ya that fixed nothing...its worse than ever.