The pre-season is soon over! For the first time since Faeria's Early Access release, we will be resetting the Ranked ladder at the beginning of May.

GO Faeria Clash Champions

Firstly, let's take a moment to congratulate the Top 3 finishers in last weekend's GO Faeria Clash tournament.

• 1st: Kingdannz  Winnings: $2,500  
• 2nd: Lifecoach Winnings: $1,500  
• 3rd: Kerith Winnings: $1,000  

We loved watching this tournament! Overall, we consider its success to have exceeded our expectations. The finals proceeded smoothly, due largely in part to the flexibility of our players and tournament administrators. We eagerly look forward to our next big competition, and of course are taking into consideration all feedback gathered in regards to future format changes or tournament structuring. Good games!

Introducing monthly ladder seasons

Speaking of competition, we'd like to begin working on Ranked play incentives to keep the ladder fresh and exciting. With this in mind, we will now begin setting back player Ranks on the ladder on the first Monday of each month, starting next month. The current Ranked season, which has lasted a few months now, will become known as the "pre-season." Therefore, the first ladder reset, and beginning of Season One will take place on: Monday, May 2nd at 12:00pm (Noon) CEST. The reset will work as follows: Every player's hidden Elo rating will be preserved. This means the hard work you put in each month will not completely be erased, and will prevent newer players from being matched against veterans at the beginning of a season. Remember, God ranks are sorted by player Elo rating, so if and when you breach back into the God rankings you will still be placed relative to this value. Player Ranks will be set to the following numbers:

• Current player rank → Rank after each reset Ranks 20 to 25 → Rank 25 Ranks 15 to 19 → Rank 20 Ranks 10 to 14 → Rank 15 Ranks God to 9 → Rank 10

For example, this means that if you were God rank this season, after the reset you will start again at Rank 10. If you played no games in Season One and remained at Rank 10 you would be moved to Rank 15 in Season Two. Of course, we wouldn't want to go forward with this in future seasons without rewarding you for your efforts. The goal of this system is to give a sense of achievement to players each month, as well as provide fresh incentive to keep playing. We know there is no better way to do this than implementing a system of rewards based on where you finish.

Ranked Rewards

The current pre-season will offer no rewards. However, we will be generating a full list of all God ranked players after the first reset, so your legend will not be forgotten. The following rewards will become available starting in Season One and on: Players achieving these ranks will receive the following rewards at the end of a season. Rank 20 or better

• 1 Pandora Ticket

Rank 15 or better

• 3 Pandora Tickets
• A unique Seasonal Card Back (Yes, card backs are coming. We didn't add the ability to see the opponent's hand for nothing!)

God Ranks

• 5 Pandora Tickets
• We have a very special plan for the highest ranked Gods at the end of each season. It's too early to reveal anything at this point, but we don't think you'll be disappointed. We will be providing a very big incentive to stay at the top of the God rankings. More info to come on this soon.

It goes without saying that we will be monitoring this new system closely, and are open to all player feedback regarding these upcoming changes. We'd like to thank all of our players very much for participating in the pre-season, and hope to see you in many seasons to come. Thanks for reading. Let us know what you think by visiting our forums! -The Faeria Team

[ 2016-04-27 15:31:24 CET ] [ Original post ]