With this new patch, we’ve introduced a new core feature: Ranked Seasons. Each month, an in-game tournament will begin. Each Player with start with the same value of Elo and it will change depending on your win/lose ratio. Elo is the points System we are using for the ranking. Each player will be assigned a rank, that changess every 500 points. There are currently 5 different ranks: Apprentice, Master, Hero, Demigod and God.
At the end of each season, players will receive a reward depending on their position on the ranking. At the beginning of each season, score will be rebooted, and everyone will start from scratch. For you, curious people, here’s a little bit of info about “Elo”. The Elo System was originated in the 60s to rank chess players, in points and in a rank class. Nowadays it is used in various sports and games and there are different variations. How it works on Rise of Titans? Every player starts with 1000 points. Whenever you lose, you transfer 5% of your points to the winner. Or what’s the same: when you win, you gain 5% of your opponent’s points.
But hey! I’ve been winning my past plays and my score isn’t increasing! This is rigged! *angry face* Don’t worry, this has an explanation. One of the variables of the scoring formula is the number of matches you’ve played. Your current score is multiplied by [number of matches] x 10%. That’s why, even though you start with theoretically with 1000 points, your Elo is 0:  [Points] x ([Matches played] x 10%) = Elo Points = 1000 Matches played = 0 1000 x (0 x 10%) = 0 Elo If you play 1 match, you multiply your score by 10%, so you have 100 points, and so on until you play 10 matches. Then, Elo shows 100% of your rank score:  1000 x (10 x 10%) = 1000 Elo Why we do this? Because is a good system to showcase improvement and growth on players, and to have a more variety of ranks in the game instead of having a bunch of players with middle ranks. We want to reward your consistency on the game. We hope this will help you understand a bit more how all the system works. It’s a simple system but it can be confusing to figure it out. If you have any questions about the ranking system, please feel free to ask any question and we will happily answer!