Loss Streak Changes (Destiny)

by EffortlessFury , Friday, June 29, 2018, 11:57 (2416 days ago) @ Xenos

I understand the argument, but I don't agree with it unless the first loss hurts more now than it did before. If it doesn't then the potential outcome of the next game is always better than the old system. It looks worse in hindsight, but you don't actually fully control your wins or losses, so in reality, it is actually better for EVERYONE. Let me explain:

The real way you evaluate the system is how the NEXT game will affect you. If you lose the same points for the first loss as you do now then the new system is ALWAYS better for the player than the old system. The average number of points you gain is higher now than it was before, without exception. Either your loss streak reduces the number of points you would lose, or you can gain more points because you stay on a winning streak.

Looking at it in hindsight it looks like "oh hey, if I hadn't won THIS game but had won THAT game instead I'd be way better off!" makes no sense because you can't move wins and losses around.

It doesn't matter what the old system was; the system as evaluated internally has an issue.

A win/loss ratio doesn't care about order. Streaks for consistent good play throw the first wrench into the score being any sort of representation of your win/loss consistency, but seeing as it is simply rewarding good behavior, that just means higher scores for consistently good players. Still a decent reflection.

Then we throw in loss streaks. Still applies the same concept of dramatic decrease in score for consistent failures. Shitty, but still a mirror of the above concept.

Changing the losses to a reducing scale alters the meaning of the score dramatically. Order now matters greatly. A win interrupting a loss streak used to mean the next game you lost took away less points than had you continued to lose.

This isn't about looking forward at the games you are about to play, it as about what your score represents after having played them.