Archive for July, 2009
More Scoring Changes
by Xxav on July 9, 2009, 2:05 am, under World of Warcraft
I’ve made a few more significant changes to the scoring system that will reward guilds more from progress rather than quantity of achievements. The site is called guildprogress.com after all 
- See http://wow.guildprogress.com/US/Ysondre/Exodus/score for the latest scoring schematics ( or your own guild’s scoring breakdown page ).
A new algorithm is now being applied that grants a percentage of the above values based on kill order. This algorithm is NOT applied to minor achievements. It is roughly as follows:
- World 1st – 100%
- World 4th – 90%
- 18th – 80%
- 76th – 70%
- 326th – 60%
- 1385th – 50%
- 5884th - 40%
- 25000th – 30%
Special thanks to Wasserjunge for coming up with the algorithm. Thanks for the feedback so far!
Slight Rankings Tweak
by Xxav on July 7, 2009, 4:05 am, under Site Updates
I made a slight change to the way the rankings are done so you may notice some slight shuffling. The method in which kill dates were being prioritized had a minor flaw to it which was giving slightly less points than intended on kills that less of the population had completed.
I am also pondering changes that might place more emphasis on progress rather than quantity and dates. Unlike other guild progress sites, we do not simply rank based on who is further into the content. Completion dates and and minor achievements also factor into our scoring.
Would you like to see more emphasis placed on who is further in progression? Or keep it how it is with dates and minor achievements playing a role in determining the rankings? An extreme example would be: Should a guild who was formed yesterday and has completed all the content be ranked higher than a guild who has achieved world firsts on every kill yet has failed to defeat the last boss? Hmmm….
