Warriors,
Dekaron is all about competitiveness and challenges. The Rising is no exception. In the short time since A31 was released we've been honored to play alongside some of the most prestigious guilds in the history of Dekaron.
What Dekaron has always been missing is a skill rating system -- similar to that of popular match-based games such as League of Legends, Fortnite, Overwatch, etc.
For the first time in the history of Dekaron we've revealing a competitive skill-rating system for both individuals and guilds.
Season 1 Schedule
February 4th - February 20th
February Rankings will no longer be calculated after February 20th at 11:59PM server time, but you may continue to enjoy DK Square / Draco Battle.
IMPORTANT: Guild Rankings
All characters MUST be guild members within 24 hours after Siege.
After 24 hours, each guild's members will be locked into the ranking system.
Guild rankings will begin 24 hours after season starts.
In future seasons, guild member lock may be changed and will be announced if so.
DK Square / Draco Battle Skill Rating (SR) System
The skill rating system is a complex algorithm that takes into consideration many factors and provides a "skill rating" for each player that participates in DK Square / Draco Battle. Skill rating is adjusted after every match depending on performance.
**Penalties & Abuse**
There will be a 0 tolerance policy for abuse.
Anyone found attempting to cheat the SR system will be
Immediately disqualified for two seasons or permanently based on severity.
HWID & IP Banned from any competitive game mode (DKS, Draco, Zuto, upcoming Colosseum, etc.)
In certain cases, the entire account will be banned.
Guilds will be penalized when one of their members is disqualified for abuse.
If a guild receives too many penalties, the entire guild may be disqualified from the rankings for two seasons.
THIS IS THE ONLY WARNING WE WILL PROVIDE
How is SR Calculated?
There are many things that are taken into consideration for SR calculation. We cannot reveal every factor or the entire algorithm to prevent abuse attempts, but we will describe most of it.
Placement Matches *Important*
Skill Rating is only calculated after the character has participated in at least 7 DK Square matches. Win/lose does not matter as, just the participation.
Factors Considered:
Kills (points determined by the rank + level of the killer vs killed)
Match win/lose
Match duration
Objective Activities (stone destroys/communication)
# of members in the match
Final score variation (example: Miseria beating Richez by 9000 points will be weighted less than Misera beating
Richez by only 1000 points)
Penalties
Disconnections will result in a SR penalty.
Killing the same character over and over will start negatively affecting score
Factors Specific to Guild Skill Rating
The Guild Skill Rating is a bit more complex in that it uses two algorithms. The first one is the same as the character performance algorithm above. The second algorithm is the "Overall Guild Performance" algorithm.
Overall Guild Performance Algorithm
We can't go into detail -- but this algorithm makes macro-level considerations in contrast to the character specific algorithm.
Examples:
How the guild is performing overall in DK Square
How much a specific guild is contributing in DKS matches they participate in (normalized)
Guilds that don't attack their own members despite being on opposing teams are negatively impacted by this scoring.
Skill Rating Qualification Requirements
In order for the algorithm to be able to qualify for a skill rating, a character must:
Complete at least 7 "placement matches" ( this means
Be at least level 210
Guild-Specific Qualifications
For guilds, the requirements are the same with one additional requirement:
Guild must have at least 15 qualified members.
Guild members must be in the guild on the first day of the season in order to be considered. Otherwise, their scores will not count toward the guild score!
Skill Rating (SR) Disclaimer
The first season is a trial of the ranking system. We reserve the right to tweak the algorithm if we deem it necessary. Although we have tested it for a few weeks -- we tested it without people participating in DKS/DB knowing that their rankings were being calculated.
If we adjust the algorithm, we will update the version here. Additional information on what was modified may or may not be noted.
Rewards
Who gets rewards?
Character Rewards - Top Class Ranking
Since each class is different, rewards will be distributed by the top ranker of each class at the end of the period.
Character Rewards - Top 15 SR
This reward will be sent to the top 15 characters ranked.
Guild Rewards - All members
All guild members of the guild that have been members of the guild since the first day of the season will receive the rewards.
Season 1 Rewards
The first season is a trial of the ranking system. We reserve the right to tweak the algorithm if we deem it necessary. Although we have tested it for a few weeks -- we tested it without people participating in DKS/DB knowing that their rankings were being calculated.
Top Class Ranking: 7,000 coins to the first place ranker of each class, 4,000 to second place.
Top 15 SR:
Top 1 - 10,000 coins
Top 2-3 - 7,500 coins
Top 4-10 - 5,000 coins
Top 10-15 - 2,500 coins
Guild Rewards
Guild rewards will not be sent during the first season. This is because the guild score algorithm is less mature than the character ranking algorithm -- and we may need to tweak it. We don't want to risk being unfair if the algorithm needs to be tweaked.
How to View / Search Rankings
Rankings Page
Filtering / Sorting
You can filter by character name, class, or guild by using the filter buttons
Similarly, the sort button will sort by ascending
Placement Count
By filtering for your character name, you can see the number of placement matches completed/remaining.
Additional Information
Skill Rating Calculation
Technical Details
The way the system works in technical terms is using a machiene learning model that analyzes factors listed above.
The factors are then ran through an "adjustment" algorithm that assigns weights to the different factors.
Future Improvements/Changes
We may adjust the weights of different factors as we see needed. Any changes to the algorithm will be applied universally and not targeted toward any specific individuals. This is the first time something like this is created for Dekaron, so adjustments may be needed.
FUTURE Season Rewards
Top Class Ranking
Unique pair of wings for each class in top 1 (timed) + coins
Top 15 SR:
Unique wings depending on the rank.
Guild Rewards:
Unique emblem