Had a question on GW

[Ozball]

Here is some details that Sirrian posted around the time Guild Wars was introduced:

@Sirrian

What are we switching to?

We’re switching to a simpler system. Simpler solutions are almost always better… they tend to have less exploits, and are easier to maintain. It still has a couple of trade-offs, which I will mention below.

Basically, at end of every week, each bracket will attempt to do the following:

Rank 1 guild climbs 2 brackets
Ranks 2/3 climb 1 bracket
Ranks 4-7 stay put
Ranks 8-9 drop 1 bracket
Rank 10 drops 2 brackets

That is a little different in the top 3 brackets (because we wanted to make bracket 1 a big deal):

Bracket 1… there are no promotions (obviously) and only rank 9-10 guilds will be demoted to Bracket 2
Bracket 2… only the top 2 guilds will promote, but the bottom 3 guilds will demote as normal
Bracket 3… only the top 2 guilds will promote, but the bottom 3 guilds will demote as normal

(basically, we’ve removed any interaction between bracket 3 & 1 to stop any shenanigans of guilds trying to drop into bracket 3 for an easier shot at the top… you want bracket 1? you have to place first or second in bracket 2)