a detail example of benefits of controlling infamy

someone in ace I league had the potential to move to nightmare league but he chose not to, here is the benefit and how he manage his infamy
at the end of a league season just like today he drops or controls his infamy under 3000 maybe 2800-2900. when next season starts tomorrow he will be placed in a weak group of ace I made of weak players. then he managed to get his infamy straight to 3950+ but less than 4000 too secure his top 3 and most times no.1 position in his ace I group and not going to nightmare next season. at the end of that season he will drop his infamy to 2800 again. By doing this every season he can get up to 5 epic item pieces and 1 legendary item piece. If he chose to go to nightmare league he will only got 1 legendary item piece. So your league match teaming system is actually encouraging players to drop theri infamy to stay in ace I league and receiving so much more. as long as you let this happen where will be more and more players intentionally lose a match especially in the end of a season like today

 

I doubt you can consistently hit top 3 in your ace league by scoring 3950+. That would mean that only 1-2 people advance to nightmare from your group, and that is (or at least was) not the case.

You can probably pull it off like one season if you start in a low ranking ace 1 group. After that you’ll have 5-10 people advancing to nightmare every season, meaning you won’t finish top 3 and get the loot you’re after.

Edit: I didn’t see you planned to drop to 2800 again. It might work, but you’ll spend so much time below reward limit that I’m not sure it would be worth it. And you’ll probably only manage this (if lucky) like every other season. You’ll probably would be reported many times for intentionally losing too.

I’ll rather take the consistent nightmare reward + the nightmare battle bonus (which also is very good) - overall I bet NM come out ahead

 

the current teaming method in ace I is purely based on the infamy at the end of the last season so you drop enough infamy today you will face weak players in your season team tomorrow and yes there are many ace I teams won’t have anyone going to nightmare. a 3950+ infamy will secure your 1st place and the 2nd one may be just under 3900 and all top 10 rewards of ace I league are better than nightmares (nightmare top 50 excluded)

 

Yeah, I missed the part about dropping to low inf again every other round (on mobile), added an edit to my post above.

 

you still miss a part where I say some very potent players they can go to nightmare at any time if he would like to. starting from 2900 he only needs several winnings to go back to a point where rewards become normal again and the rewards are so obvious many epic item pieces

 

I see that, and I think it's possible, and would love to see someone pull it off consistently.

I just don't think it's very likely to do this consistently because of the 9 other people in the match, and the 100 other people in your league group.
3 things can ruin your plans:

• You win the matches you absolutely have to lose (just below nightmare - pushing you to nightmare for the next season ). Turns out it's a handicap match, or someone delivers a big torp right into the enemy group after you suicide. At ~4000 inf you often get pulled into matches with multiple 5k players where it often feels like you don't affect the match as much.
• A couple of rising stars make nightmare in your bracket - ex: someone got lucky, or bought their way up, or one of american maurauders many alts passes through.
• Someone have the same idea as you - and get closer to 4000 than you.

So, let's say you manage to pull this off 50% of the seasons. One season is 2 weeks, that's 2 months of carefully balancing infamy to gain 10 epic pieces - enough to build a single epic item.
If you care enough about the game to try this you probably play ~1000 matches per month. That's 2000 matches at a lower league bonus. Is it still worth it?

 

I did this exact move for 3 times in Ace. It works.

Realize that until your crew trainining is up most dps and aoe weapons arent hitting consistently hard enough for nitemare league.
Also your overall basd h.p. will be too low.

So staying in Masters and Ace until your ready is a good move.

With that said. Eventually this example player will get forced into nitemare.

His ship, weapons, etc will imorove to the point he will go over 4k.

At that position. It will be drastically more difficult to go back to Ace.

In this scenario i never said the player looses on purpose or goes afk from game to force loss.
I dont belive in either of those moves.

It is possible to ridr the infsmy wave up n down. But it means when u get within 3 games of nitemare. U have to stop playing. Or u could get paired with the likes of Me 3 games in a row. It wont matter if u float. I will carry your floating ship carcass to victory. I know many Nitemare players capable of winning 4vs5 all day.

So best to not get close to border if u dont want to go to next level.

Jaws

 

what if he has someone fleeting up for the same purpose to drop infamy at 3950+ and i have seen so many players season tops at 3990+ it is well managed

 

I don't think there should be extra league rewards for top 3 because it's too easily manipulated. If prizes were even by level it would be one less reason for purposeful infamy tanking. Your reward for doing well is getting the higher rewards in the next league you qualify for.

 

But it's not that easy to carry a 3 vs 5 if the guys are fleeted and dropping. Unless you are also fleeted I can't see a 3 vs 5 carry happening against anything more than a 4k infamy or below team