Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25646419-20170606001054

This post is just quoting the Community Manager.

Quote taken from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TownofSalemgame/comments/6fi61l/state_of_ranked/

Hey everyone,

We recently fixed a bug in our ranked Elo algorithm that was unfairly taking away Elo from lower ranked players. This change has also created a scenario where our highest Elo players will, statistically speaking, only lose Elo in the long run until things balance out. We realize this creates an unfair scenario for the high ranking players and gives them little reason to continue playing ranked. We hear your worries and have come up with a solution that will hopefully please everyone. It would be unfair of us to revert the bug fix back to the old system because it punishes lower Elo players so we think the best solution is to announce the coming Ranked patch and we will lock Elo ahead of schedule for the end of what we will call "Legacy Season".

On June 20th all Elo will be locked in place for the end of Legacy Season. We will be giving out Legacy Season rewards depending on your Elo bracket. Ranked will then go into a temporary off season as we adjust the ranked role list, reset Elo and prepare for Season 1. Once Elo has been reset we believe the fixed algorithm will feel much better for all playing ranked matches. Additionally we will be keeping track of Career high Elo, Current Season High Elo and Current Elo. Match making will be done on current Elo but Season 1 rewards will be based on your Current Season Highest Elo.

For those of you who want to get to a higher Elo before the end of Legacy Season you have 2 weeks to grind it out! And for the high Elo players who don't want to drop Elo we hope that waiting 2 weeks for the end of Legacy Season is an acceptable solution.

Thank you everyone for your patience, suggestions and commitment to Town of Salem!

You can read the original post about the changes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/334230/discussions/0/1290691937728170057/

Check out the original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TownofSalemgame/comments/6fgsov/ranked_elo_changes/?sort=new 