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[CagBall]

Good eye CagBall...have you been stalking us? There are a few other little shout-outs spread throughout the game as well.

A bit. Nah, I just read the credits (People actually read them?!) to see who worked on the game. Noticed a quite few Ilvessuos in there too!

[CagBall]

The update is amazing. Brings an entirely new and fresh challenge to the game. Makes it so much more fun, and gives some added fun to the game that had been a little stale while grinding for parts.

However, it would be a shame to spoil this by not fixing the bugs that came with the update very quickly. It has made it impossible for a lot of people to play. More than 1/3 of recent reviews are commenting on the frame rate/lag issues, or the constant game crashes. This game is too good for 1/3 of people who download it to not be able to play.

Thanks for making this game incredibly interesting again. I look forward to working my way onto the Legends leaderboard!

Good post.

[joeloxford39]

Lost my first match, didn't realize you lost a star too. Oh boy, this is going to get interesting.

Getting smoked because I didn't upgrade the Speed bikes and Riptide. Ugh.

[ooswannyoo]

We have isolated most of the issues being reported and are working to fix them. Right now is a really hard time to get updates out (especially on iOS), but we are investigating the possibilities of a hot fix for these issues. I agree, it is a bummer to ship an awesome new feature and have it spoiled for some by bugs, but we are working on a very complex mobile game so these things can happen.

Regarding georgri's questions:

We attempt to match opponents of the same rank always. If this fails after a very short time limit we start to expand out search to +-1. It would be possible for a #25 to face a #2 theoretically, but this will most certainly not happen now that the system is so full of diversely ranked players.

Here is how stars/rank works:
Rank 25-20 = cannot lose stars or ranks
Rank 20-15 = can lose stars but not ranks
Rank 15-1 = can lose both stars and ranks.

How many are expected to make it? Good question! One of the great things about this type of ranking system is that it is not entirely dependent on the performance of the entire population, especially considering the release valve which is the Legends Leaderboard. Factor in the bonus star system (which gives you a better than 0-sum game if you have a 50/50 win/loss ratio), and there is a potential for quite a large portion of players to reach the Legends Leaderboard, especially with a longer season like we have going at the moment.

[KevinFaussadier]

You're rank 12, that's not bad for 5 days into the update. I have a few of the top people in trials on my friend list and they aren't too much higher than you. This means you may still be getting some of the best players in trials as opponents. It might be a good idea to stop playing for a couple of days to let them move up and then try again. You'll probably find easier opponents that way.

Will do

[CagBall]

Can I divert your "bug fixing" eyes to this thread please Mr Swan. http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...-Noooooooooooo

[timohthey]

Thanks for the fast reply ooswannyoo It's good to know that I can't be demoted, the seasonal rewards are guaranteed. So the legends leaderboard is more of a pride reward as opposed to a digital reward like blueprint pieces. I have also noticed a few issues with the game crashing or freezing, but nothing that's damaged my experience with Frontier too much.

Will there be any Christmas orientated content? Perhaps just a couple of festive bike skins on the loot wheel? I was talking to ghostIALIAS the other day and he had the idea of a sleigh paint job for the phantom, which seems like a really good idea. Just putting it out there

EDIT: Thanks for pointing me over to the uplay website, finally figured out how to alter my username! And I'm going to pimp the heck out of my avatar while my reach is global

[joeloxford39]

So basically here's what has to happen....

The best players make #1 say within the next 20 days. Then they stop playing so the rest of us can move to #1, because if they don't play then they won't be matched up.

[georgri]

Wow, thanks for the full answers! :-)
It's nice to know a large portion of players will be able to make it!
The algorithm of matching players also makes perfect sense. And explains why timohthey had to wait so long for matching.
A couple of questions bothering me atm:
- Do the chips replenish faster on higher ranks?
- What is the function (decreasing with time) for the rate of replenishing chips? I guess, it should be somewhat t/log(t).

[RogerLeeCN]

So basically here's what has to happen....

The best players make #1 say within the next 20 days. Then they stop playing so the rest of us can move to #1, because if they don't play then they won't be matched up.

they will play for chips to buy tracks?