SE4 Rating System

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Gozra:
And just a thought now that we have a Ratings system won't that affect in some way how players play in a game? The situation I was thininking about is when a much higher rated player takes on severl 'lower' rated folks and they gang up on the higher rated player. The reason I mention this is because I have seen it happen and that situation gets old fairly quick for the higher rated player. OTOH oh well thats the way the Space Empire crumbles.

Just an observation

It's a good observation. I would hope it wouldn't happen like that and that positioning in the game would be what dictated what players did. Certainly, if the 2 highest rated players in the game are across the map from each other, it's difficult for them to gang up on, say, you if you are beside one of them.

Also, notice that I mentioned (well, if I didn't mention it, I meant to... ) the best situation to play a rated game under was one-on-one. But, I didn't want to prohibit multi-player games. One must make the decision about whether to have a multi-player game count toward one's rating when one enters such a game. So, playing a rated game is entirely up to each person.

Thanks for mentioning it, however.