Addon for Skirmish rating?

[Bop]

Thanks - I think if WoW still uses the ELO system then they probably do something similar to the USCF's sliding K-factor (that would account for the 96 rating wins at the start).

However whilst I was researching it, I came across this:

Not sure if that's true.

I'll hopefully start work on the addon sometime after 6.0 but I can't promise anything as I'll also be busy updating all my twinks' gear and getting ready for WoD release.

Yeah, Blizzard transitioned to a "Perceived Rating" formula back in Wrath. I don't think that's necessary for an Arena Rating addon to be successful, however. The "perceived flaws" in ELO are extremely subjective. Frankly ELO is the best system, because ELO is more accurate at a lower amount of games played - There doesn't need to be an extensive "honing in" on the player's actual rating.

Any help that I can give, whether it's in information, time, or donations, let me know. This is something that would interest me greatly.

Of course, we will need to see exactly how skirmishes are going to be when WoD is launched - currently F2Ps do not scale to 29, which makes it kind of rough for us.

Thanks for considering this project

~Bop of Mok'nathal

 

[Pattern]

I just want to chime in and say that I too would also be willing to donate, and/or help with anything I can regarding this add-on, Skrims were my favorite part of twinking back when we had them, I can only dream of how fun this is going to be once again and would like to extend any amount of effort needed to get an add-on up.

 

[Aelobin]

The best way to help would be coming up with ideas and feedback (and eventually testing).

- What's your opinion on it being completely insecure? That would mean anyone could cheat if they wanted to and there would likely not be any leaderboard or reward system (like the dragons in Epeen) because of that.
- Does anyone who is familiar with programming have any ideas how an open source project could be hack-proof? I doubt it's possible
- If there was a reward system for certain ratings (or maybe even fake arena points earned each week), what could the rewards be?
- Should there be any kind of level detection or should people just accept that if they're playing at an inferior level then they'll have a lower rating?
- Should it have a separate (possibly unique) interface? Or just be part of (or similar to) the default arena UI?
- Should it be a "closed system" where it stores estimated ratings for every opponent you face based on previous arena outcomes or should it try to communicate with other versions of the addon? Again, this would be vunerable to cheating and it probably wouldn't be able to send data cross-faction without getting overcomplicated.
- Will ratings be permanent or would there be seasons like in the real arena system where they reset every so often (either X weeks or inline with the real arena seasons)
- Should it not change any ratings if the teams are too far apart? I doubt there's any matchmaking in skirmishes so there's a chance you could end up with some pretty uneven games.

And a question for anyone who has tried skirmishes on the PTR: Was there any MMR displayed at the end of the game?

Also, I'm considering renaming it (again xD). Epeen was kinda funny but wasn't exactly a "serious" name and Skirm just sounds kinda meh. Things I'm considering atm are "Unrated" or "OverRated" but I'm open to suggestions.