I'm just a bit worried about some specific cases like on BHB with the "Moneybags" award : that means player might try to get as many coins as possible regardless of their hero, so we might get a Thrall or Xul trying to get and hold all the coins. While it's not impossible to succeed, it's not really improving the teamplay. Hopefully the lack of real reward won't make player too stupid.
Yep. That's a risk and we'll be watching for issues. I think between not having concrete rewards tied to the awards and not being able to guarantee the award even shows up that match (there's a decent pool of possible awards now and more coming in the future), it should dis-incentivize people from playing specifically to win an award at the detriment of the overall game.
If we find that's not the case, though, we'll make adjustments.
That's pretty sad actually. Given that many games are lost by simply having the worst player on your team, good players are often punished in with the bad.
End-of-game rewards should provide MMR & rank point adjustments, so bad players fall faster and good players raise despite bad luck in teammates.
That's really a different consideration and something that we're looking into as well.
While the awards are intended to call out good play, most of the awards are too specific to be that useful as a measure of overall skill in the entire match. MVP being the possible exception.
Just to make sure: there is no tangible reward for earning any spot on the celebration screen or gathering commendations from fellow players, right? No XP, no Gold, no portrait. Just Nexus Brownie Points.
Exactly the case. We don't want to over-incentivize chasing the awards. They're just intended as a celebratory moment at the end of the match to call attention to the great, individual players.
BlizzTravis
Yep. That's a risk and we'll be watching for issues. I think between not having concrete rewards tied to the awards and not being able to guarantee the award even shows up that match (there's a decent pool of possible awards now and more coming in the future), it should dis-incentivize people from playing specifically to win an award at the detriment of the overall game.
If we find that's not the case, though, we'll make adjustments.
BlizzTravis
That's really a different consideration and something that we're looking into as well.
While the awards are intended to call out good play, most of the awards are too specific to be that useful as a measure of overall skill in the entire match. MVP being the possible exception.
BlizzTravis
Exactly the case. We don't want to over-incentivize chasing the awards. They're just intended as a celebratory moment at the end of the match to call attention to the great, individual players.
Ravinix
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