NUB modification (in Changelog)

In a move sure to please nobody for obvious reasons, the NUB has been reduced by about 15% to better account for the inherent ease of climbing the early PR ranks by selecting your opponents wisely.

This was retroactive for active NUB-holders; in other words, given an existing NUB "old_rate" and a duration it has been active "time_used,"

adjusted_rate = old_rate * ~ 0.85
time_left = 120 days - time_used
new_rate = (120 days * adjusted_rate - time_used * old_rate) / time_left

On the contrary - I'm pleased!

Meh.

Now it'll just take 15% as long to pass me. ;)

Its a great start. I'm quite please this issue is being addressed

okay now bring back camping!!!
I like this change cause I'll be making money offa it NANA AL no beating me for you now !!! Finaly a game he can't beat me at

Came home and found my NUB to no longer be available! Oh well, it was running out the 20th anyway. Good change though.

GL, you are never satisfied. *smile*

Thanks, Jonathan.

there goes 30% of my NUB gone.

Shoudn't my NUB be 120.7 and not 112?

no.

Your's is lower do to a retroactive fix Tormentor.

I still say length over strength.

retroactive fix?

I just can't see how 142 x .85 comes out to 112.94 something something which is shown in forge.

look, dude

read the second half of the post

if you can't follow the math then accept that I can and quit making yourself look stupid

Tormentor,

Look at this line:

new_rate = (120 days * adjusted_rate - time_used * old_rate) / time_left

Your rough estimate ( in case you really need helps in Math, i will simplify for you)

new rate=(102*old_rate) - [(120-time_left) * old_rate] /time_left
=old_rate ( 102 - 120 + time_left) /time_left
=old_rate (time_left -18)/time_left
=old_rate * [1- 18/time_left]

120.7%  = 142% * 0.85
68 days = 120 days - 51 days
104.9% = (120 days * 120.7% - 51 * 142%) / 69 days

As I see it your new NUB is bigger then what the equation says it should be, so I would consider your current rate a gift if anything.

*69 days = 120 days - 51 days

Now this is great, this month changes have been really great. =)

I hate it...i quit... :P

This is excellent. You're fantastic, Jon.

This reduces my NUB to 100%, and I'm glad. Finally BA isn't quite so expensive....=) Only a little while longer to plug it before it runs out and the forging cycle begins!

Oh wow oddbird, I didn't notice ba cost dropped till you mentioned it:You may purchase up to 576 BA for $632 apiece. You have $163,622.
Dropped by 80 cb nice :)

LOL @ YNM

With the BA cost though, it's relative, so what does it matter??

Ya, lol
Your BA price dropped but so did your rewards..

still useful if you plan to forge. =) That is, if you plan to forge and spend BA to make the work faster. Simply trying to get as much MPR as I can now before the day my NUB is gone.

missed this change but I think it will bring better balance for everyone :)