Coalitions, alliances and other minor changes

We went through a lot of topics on the forums and distilled out a few ideas that would be quick to implement. Here's what we've done so far:

1. Removed win/loss ratio from profiles and coalitions. Added 'games won' and 'games abandoned' (%). This should hopefully encourage people to play the game to the end or at least surrender. Note that people will still be leaving games no matter what penalties we come up with. Just focus on maps and scenarios that don't require every player to be present - then leaving won't be such a huge deal.

2. No surrender in solo games, only abandon. Solo games wouldn't add to 'games played' stat nor to the 'games abandoned' percentage in profiles. This would make farming a bit harder and allow map/scenario makers to test their creations without fearing for their stats.

3. Players are now allowed to play in the Beginners room until rank 5 (including 5). Additionally, ranks 0-3 are no longer allowed to play in the Main room. This would prevent newbies from being horribly slaughtered and stop guest alts from starting scenarios in the Main room.
UPDATE: Beginners room is now for ranks 0-4, Main room for ranks 3+

4. 'Allow alliances' option changed to 'maximum alliances' - now you can specify exactly how many alliances players are allowed to have (0 option is also included). Default is 3. This should discourage alliance-spamming and make alliances more strategic.

5. Coalitions:
- Only coalitions that have played a CW (or registered) in the last 90 days are listed in the index, similar to the players list. Other coalitions are available under a "show all" link.
- Players now receive double SP in CW.
- Seasons now have 20 games, with the last 20 games counted (as opposed to first 10 previously).
- The significance of competence is now much lower. CP gained/lost now ranges between 50 and 100 (used to be 1-100). Meaningful competence ranges between 0.75 and 2. Anything below counts as 0.75, anything above counts as 2.
- Latest CWs will be shown in player profiles (coming soon)

6. Completing each chapter in the tutorial now gives SP and exiting the tutorial is counted as a victory. This would only work for rank 0, though.

Ivan | 04.10.2013

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The Tactician ConstellationDivided المشاركات: 4108 من: مصر	04.10.2013 - 07:21 The Tactician All hail ivan and amok! ---- We are not the same - I am a Martian. We are not the same - I am a... divided constellation? تحميل... تحميل...
Comrade In Arms المشاركات: 210 من: الأردن	04.10.2013 - 07:24 Comrade In Arms Great Updates..Thank you. ---- † In GOD We Trust † تحميل... تحميل...
Lemonade Strategy - None المشاركات: 1464 من: غينيا الاستوائية	04.10.2013 - 07:38 Lemonade Very good upgrade. AW took a big step forward and I hope you'll implement a 3vs3 league soon ---- "War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means." ― Carl von Clausewitz تحميل... تحميل...
Madara المشاركات: 998 من: USA	04.10.2013 - 08:52 Madara Incredible I love it! تحميل... تحميل...
The Taliban المشاركات: 147 من: ليبيا	04.10.2013 - 09:21 The Taliban R.i.P UN تحميل... تحميل...
Meester Veni Vidi Vici المشاركات: 3256	04.10.2013 - 09:24 Meester تحميل... تحميل...
pupbenny The British Empire المشاركات: 139 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 09:32 pupbenny Great, Thanks! :D تحميل... تحميل...
nonames المشاركات: 1325 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 09:42 nonames R.i.p UN and ally fags. heh. تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 09:59 Xenosapien WOOOOOOOOOOOOT! LETS ALL TRAMPLE ON UNS DEATH! تحميل... تحميل...
Ld. Dark Knight تم حذف الحساب	04.10.2013 - 11:20 Ld. Dark Knight تم حذف الحساب This is brilliant, good job! تحميل... تحميل...
Fockmeeard Stalins Martians المشاركات: 718 من: USA	04.10.2013 - 11:55 Fockmeeard WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW. تحميل... تحميل...
KYBL Optimates المشاركات: 1458 من: USA	04.10.2013 - 12:15 KYBL Rest in Hell, UN games ---- تحميل... تحميل...
Grimm المشاركات: 1345	04.10.2013 - 12:56 Grimm Well done! ---- Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me? Snaky: Well...looks like we're...looks like we're shy one horse. Harm.: You brought two too many. تحميل... تحميل...
Safari Victorious Secret المشاركات: 2545 من: النمسا	04.10.2013 - 13:34 Safari Very useful update ---- تحميل... تحميل...
raetahcodeupon V I K I N G S المشاركات: 651 من: إسبانيا	04.10.2013 - 13:51 raetahcodeupon This update have important negative consequences to the game. A big part of the activity that used be in Main Room is now in Beginners Room. Main room used to have triple of games, now Beginners room have double or triple games than Main room. ---- I dont understand why people says that Full Package is too expensive: http://imageshack.us/a/img854/6531/fzhd.png "I... Feel a little dead inside" -Gardevoir تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 16:09 Xenosapien Revert 3-5 change! Or make main room the default. تحميل... تحميل...
Ivan (مشرف) Squirrels! المشاركات: 2238 من: فنلندا	04.10.2013 - 16:16 Ivan (مشرف) كتب بواسطة raetahcodeupon, 04.10.2013 at 13:51 This update have important negative consequences to the game. A big part of the activity that used be in Main Room is now in Beginners Room. Main room used to have triple of games, now Beginners room have double or triple games than Main room. We have a lot of ranks 0-5, don't we? Let's wait a bit and see, we might have to lower the limit to rank 4. تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 16:26 Xenosapien كتب بواسطة Ivan, 04.10.2013 at 16:16 كتب بواسطة raetahcodeupon, 04.10.2013 at 13:51 This update have important negative consequences to the game. A big part of the activity that used be in Main Room is now in Beginners Room. Main room used to have triple of games, now Beginners room have double or triple games than Main room. We have a lot of ranks 0-5, don't we? Let's wait a bit and see, we might have to lower the limit to rank 4. Is the default for 3-5 the beginner room? If so, I think this is the main cause. تحميل... تحميل...
Ivan (مشرف) Squirrels! المشاركات: 2238 من: فنلندا	04.10.2013 - 16:28 Ivan (مشرف) كتب بواسطة Xenosapien, 04.10.2013 at 16:26 Is the default for 3-5 the beginner room? If so, I think this is the main cause. Good point, I'll just try to set the default to the Main room for ranks 4 and 5 (rank 3 still can't play in Main). EDIT: done. تحميل... تحميل...
The Taliban المشاركات: 147 من: ليبيا	04.10.2013 - 17:03 The Taliban كتب بواسطة Ivan, 04.10.2013 at 16:28 كتب بواسطة Xenosapien, 04.10.2013 at 16:26 Is the default for 3-5 the beginner room? If so, I think this is the main cause. Good point, I'll just try to set the default to the Main room for ranks 4 and 5 (rank 3 still can't play in Main). EDIT: done. well, i actually like that begginers is full of low ranks, the number of quits has decreased by 500%. begginers room has 30 players now and like 40 games up. Main Room has like 60 players and like 30 games up. تحميل... تحميل...
The Tactician ConstellationDivided المشاركات: 4108 من: مصر	04.10.2013 - 17:09 The Tactician I see much better quality in gameplay, even though i am rank 5 and supposed to play in beginner, i play in main with much less wf first turn and ally fagging ---- We are not the same - I am a Martian. We are not the same - I am a... divided constellation? تحميل... تحميل...
Fockmeeard Stalins Martians المشاركات: 718 من: USA	04.10.2013 - 17:11 Fockmeeard Here's something that came to mind. If a player sets up a private game and wants his low rank friend to join, will the low rank be able to play the private game in the main? If he can't then you should probably adjust the settings to let any rank join a private game regardless of which room it's in. تحميل... تحميل...
The Taliban المشاركات: 147 من: ليبيا	04.10.2013 - 17:45 The Taliban كتب بواسطة Fockmeeard, 04.10.2013 at 17:11 Here's something that came to mind. If a player sets up a private game and wants his low rank friend to join, will the low rank be able to play the private game in the main? If he can't then you should probably adjust the settings to let any rank join a private game regardless of which room it's in. nope. don't overthink it. i see many ways of this getting exploited to farm sp. تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	04.10.2013 - 17:47 Xenosapien ^That player can just join as a guest, he will be able to teach/play, shouldn't have much of a problem against a newbie, makes it more even for them as well . تحميل... تحميل...
raetahcodeupon V I K I N G S المشاركات: 651 من: إسبانيا	04.10.2013 - 18:18 raetahcodeupon كتب بواسطة The Taliban, 04.10.2013 at 17:03 كتب بواسطة Ivan, 04.10.2013 at 16:28 كتب بواسطة Xenosapien, 04.10.2013 at 16:26 Is the default for 3-5 the beginner room? If so, I think this is the main cause. Good point, I'll just try to set the default to the Main room for ranks 4 and 5 (rank 3 still can't play in Main). EDIT: done. well, i actually like that begginers is full of low ranks, the number of quits has decreased by 500%. begginers room has 30 players now and like 40 games up. Main Room has like 60 players and like 30 games up. Remember that the number of players that you see in the lobby are exactly that. Players in the lobby or in the main chatroom. Players of games are not counted. By the way today I was 4 hours connected. And in those hours main room had between 10 and 20 games. And beginner room around 30 games. Maybe I was in the gamein a wrong time to play. ---- I dont understand why people says that Full Package is too expensive: http://imageshack.us/a/img854/6531/fzhd.png "I... Feel a little dead inside" -Gardevoir تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	05.10.2013 - 07:20 Xenosapien I have noticed a significant decrease in players in the main room. The backbone of atwar are these rank 4 and 5s, who play occasionally but not seriously. تحميل... تحميل...
EndsOfInvention المشاركات: 598 من: UK	05.10.2013 - 07:58 EndsOfInvention The changes are good, but we need to encourage ranks 4 and 5 to play at least a bit in main room. I like raetahcodeupon's suggestion about more sp for ranks 4 and 5 playing in the main room. ---- تحميل... تحميل...
Ld. Dark Knight تم حذف الحساب	05.10.2013 - 09:15 Ld. Dark Knight تم حذف الحساب كتب بواسطة Xenosapien, 05.10.2013 at 07:20 I have noticed a significant decrease in players in the main room. The backbone of atwar are these rank 4 and 5s, who play occasionally but not seriously. For now yes but in the long run players in the main room would increase massively تحميل... تحميل...
Ivan (مشرف) Squirrels! المشاركات: 2238 من: فنلندا	05.10.2013 - 11:32 Ivan (مشرف) كتب بواسطة EndsOfInvention, 05.10.2013 at 07:58 The changes are good, but we need to encourage ranks 4 and 5 to play at least a bit in main room. I like raetahcodeupon's suggestion about more sp for ranks 4 and 5 playing in the main room. Changed Main to 3+ and Beginners to 0-4. تحميل... تحميل...
The Tactician ConstellationDivided المشاركات: 4108 من: مصر	05.10.2013 - 11:41 The Tactician كتب بواسطة Ivan, 05.10.2013 at 11:32 كتب بواسطة EndsOfInvention, 05.10.2013 at 07:58 The changes are good, but we need to encourage ranks 4 and 5 to play at least a bit in main room. I like raetahcodeupon's suggestion about more sp for ranks 4 and 5 playing in the main room. Changed Main to 3+ and Beginners to 0-4. like this its just right. No more changing. ---- We are not the same - I am a Martian. We are not the same - I am a... divided constellation? تحميل... تحميل...
The Taliban المشاركات: 147 من: ليبيا	05.10.2013 - 11:51 The Taliban كتب بواسطة Ivan, 05.10.2013 at 11:32 كتب بواسطة EndsOfInvention, 05.10.2013 at 07:58 The changes are good, but we need to encourage ranks 4 and 5 to play at least a bit in main room. I like raetahcodeupon's suggestion about more sp for ranks 4 and 5 playing in the main room. Changed Main to 3+ and Beginners to 0-4. Ivan, 0-5 was ok. The quality of the games had increased by a lot. the only people complaining is ranks 6 that want to farm ranks 4-5, ranks 5 will get annihilated by ranks 8+ تحميل... تحميل...
EndsOfInvention المشاركات: 598 من: UK	05.10.2013 - 12:00 EndsOfInvention كتب بواسطة The Taliban, 05.10.2013 at 11:51 كتب بواسطة Ivan, 05.10.2013 at 11:32 كتب بواسطة EndsOfInvention, 05.10.2013 at 07:58 The changes are good, but we need to encourage ranks 4 and 5 to play at least a bit in main room. I like raetahcodeupon's suggestion about more sp for ranks 4 and 5 playing in the main room. Changed Main to 3+ and Beginners to 0-4. Ivan, 0-5 was ok. The quality of the games had increased by a lot. the only people complaining is ranks 6 that want to farm ranks 4-5, ranks 5 will get annihilated by ranks 8+ Getting annihilated is educational in my opinion. Anyway, they can keep changing it to decide what works best. ---- تحميل... تحميل...
Xenosapien Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2102 من: UK	05.10.2013 - 12:15 Xenosapien ^I think it was fine just changing default to main room for optional rooms. تحميل... تحميل...
Hugosch BiteMe المشاركات: 2219 من: هولندا	17.10.2013 - 03:29 Hugosch Sorry for my very late reply. This is a good update! Especially the coalitions! Stalins Martians congrats with being the new #1 ---- Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence. تحميل... تحميل...
OneGodOfWar المشاركات: 5 من: فرنسا	17.10.2013 - 12:26 OneGodOfWar :banger2: تحميل... تحميل...
Columna Durruti Inglourious Basterds المشاركات: 6899 من: كوستاريكا	25.10.2013 - 08:28 Columna Durruti Excellent upgrades! Thnx. ---- تحميل... تحميل...
b0nker2 Stalins Martians المشاركات: 2398 من: UK	03.11.2013 - 10:16 b0nker2 ''4. 'Allow alliances' option changed to 'maximum alliances' - now you can specify exactly how many alliances players are allowed to have (0 option is also included). Default is 3. This should discourage alliance-spamming and make alliances more strategic'' This can only work correctly if you also add a disable game changes button as suggested elsewhere. تحميل... تحميل...
Capt. Corsair تم حذف الحساب	06.11.2013 - 18:07 Capt. Corsair تم حذف الحساب I like the changes(ranks 3+only allowed in main)But i would like to add, ranks 3+ IS the issue, noob hosts are generally smart enough to kick ranks 3-, so, Instead, I think you SHOULD MAKE IT SO ONLY RANKS 5+ ARE ALLOWED IN MAIN. THIS WOULD FIX EVERYTHING. تحميل... تحميل...
Columna Durruti Inglourious Basterds المشاركات: 6899 من: كوستاريكا	06.11.2013 - 18:44 Columna Durruti ---- تحميل... تحميل...
General_Battier المشاركات: 2	22.11.2013 - 14:10 General_Battier I was just wondering, if i have a friend that is a rank 1, how can i get him to play with me if im a rank 6? تحميل... تحميل...
AlexMeza تم حذف الحساب	08.12.2013 - 13:05 AlexMeza تم حذف الحساب كتب بواسطة General_Battier, 22.11.2013 at 14:10 I was just wondering, if i have a friend that is a rank 1, how can i get him to play with me if im a rank 6? Well no one answered you so.. No you can't. Make an alt or tell him to get to rank 3 and play on main room. تحميل... تحميل...
TizzoPazzo المشاركات: 1 من: إيطاليا	13.04.2020 - 05:40 TizzoPazzo I am premium and I opened a new match, but the alliances are not allowed. We usually play in 4. How so? How can I unlock the option on World Map? تحميل... تحميل...
Croat Paradox المشاركات: 7243 من: كرواتيا	13.04.2020 - 05:51 Croat كتب بواسطة TizzoPazzo, 13.04.2020 at 05:40 I am premium and I opened a new match, but the alliances are not allowed. We usually play in 4. How so? How can I unlock the option on World Map? It should be already unlocked by buying premium and should be possible for any map, including world game. Try clearning cache and relogging into game, maybe then it updates you the feature. If not, contact a Moderator or Admin ---- تحميل... تحميل...

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