KILLER QUEEN BLACK RANK RESET AUTUMN 2021
In February of 2021, the Liquid Bit team pushed out the first rank reset and MMR update since Killer Queen Black’s launch in 2019.
We are excited to announce that the second-ever rank reset will be taking place on Monday, Nov 22, 2021, starting at 9 am pacific time.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
We’re expecting that online play will be down for at least 3 hours. When play is resumed, your rank will be reset and you’ll be fighting for your hive to get that obsidian icon by your username once again.
We’ll keep you posted on the progress via our Twitter @killerqueenblk.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE MOST RECENT ALGORITHM
The current revision of the ranked point distribution was roughly done in 2 phases:
1. Determine which team was expected to win and use this to determine points won/loss between teams.
2. Distribute these point gains/losses amongst team members.
Step 2 looked at the role (Queen always got a swing of won/lost points more than a Worker) and MMR (your skill from highest to lowest would influence your gain/loss respectively). Based on community feedback, player base, and what we can reasonably accomplish, we have changed step 2.
Starting Monday, November 22, 2021, we will evenly distribute gains/losses amongst the teams in step 2. The team expected to win will still determine points lost/gained. However, every member on the same team will receive the same gain/loss from the amount in step 1.
The algorithm will no longer factor in who was playing Queen or an individual’s MMR. For example, if Gold gains 40pts and Blue loses 40pts, Gold team members gain 10 each and Blue team members lose 10 each.
LET’S GO!
We believe this update is an improvement to the point distribution for all players and will not introduce any unfairness. Based on feedback, we look forward to scheduling regular rank resets, tweaking as needed, and celebrating our leaderboards!
Killer Queen Black’s original algorithm was developed with the help of P3 Analytics. You can learn about our rank and matchmaking process in dev post category of Liquid Bit’s website.
