This weekend we held the Starter REMATCH Bash! Players could challenge each other, representing their favorite starter Beastie. Before I share the results of this Bash, let's review the results from the first Starter Bash!
Back then, Kichik was declared the winner - by the narrowest of margins! Bildit was by far the most popular, and Kichik the least, but they made up for it with an impressive match record. How did things shake up in the sequel?
🏆 Final Results!
Axolati comes out on top this time! The match record between Axolati and Kichik was about as close as it can get - but Axolati's greater popularity was the tiebreaker this time. There were points during the Bash where Kichik's victory score surpassed Axolati's, but with Axolati's lead in popularity it was tough for Kichik to actually overtake them in the overall Bash Score calculation.
Bildit fans - and there are a lot of you! - I sympathize for the disappointing results in both Bashes. This time, the victory rate was more even between all Beasties, and that combined with Bildit's standout popularity made them a very close 2nd, so they came a lot closer this time. Before there are calls to give more buffs to Bildit in the next balance patch, let me just say: these statistics do not show the full picture of a Beastie's strengths. Bildit's family in particular demonstrates one of the largest divergences in success rate based on the coach, trait and plays utilized... in other words, in the right hands they are still easily among the best Beasties in the game. They may have struggled to get the top spot in this Bash, but you can be certain you'll continue to see them in fan tourneys and other high-level matches.
Hey, speaking of. Let's take a look at the coaches who scored highest this time around!
👑 Top-Scoring Players
- Satoros (The Diamond Ducks) | Bash Score: 3064
- Kim (The Happy Hearts) | Bash Score: 2976
- Arc Tech (The Arcane Machines) | Bash Score: 2972
- Darc Tech (The Arcane Robots) | Bash Score: 2888
- Astra (The Tiny Girls) | Bash Score: 2808
- Scy (The World-class Tacos) | Bash Score: 2776
- Ket (The Sea-faring Lovers) | Bash Score: 2760
- Skarme (The Feral Birds) | Bash Score: 2756
- Boris (The Rutile Lights) | Bash Score: 2704
- Valerie (The Radical Queens) | Bash Score: 2700
- Boolerex (The Evil Flowers) | Bash Score: 2684
- MochaTeehee (The Hello Fishes) | Bash Score: 2672
- Bolimar (The Crimson Angels) | Bash Score: 2640
- Knight (The Newborn Lights) | Bash Score: 2640
- N/A
- Vega (The Dancing Dragons) | Bash Score: 2628
- Litt (The Jamming Aliens) | Bash Score: 2600
- Dino (The Evil Hearts) | Bash Score: 2584
- Sakura (The Pure Breath Mints) | Bash Score: 2564
- Sparks (The Goofy Scoundrels) | Bash Score: 2544
- Charge (The Crimson Kings) | Bash Score: 2532
- Score (The Jamming Ballers) | Bash Score: 2528
The median Bash Score this time was 1892. For those keeping track, this is actually lower than before! - but it's likely owing to more casual and early-game players jumping in who recently picked up the game on sale. In general, it's really exciting to see more Bash participation. :) We're still cooking up lots of new features to support players interacting and participating in PvP, so I hope to continue growing the pool of active coaches.
As always, it's exciting to see a mix of new and returning coaches grab the top spots. It's an honor to see Valerie Stride herself participate in our humble tourneys here, taking a very impressive 10th place out of hundreds of participants. Actually, hey - aren't 3rd and 4th place the same person?! I guess if you play on multiple save files, it's possible... but since it took up someone else's spot, I'm listing 21 coaches this time.
📊 Beastie Usage Stats!
As has become tradition, we've collected a ton of data on Beastie usage during this event and we're happy to share that data with you for further investigation!
> Check out the STATS here!
As always, we'll be looking at these stats and more to assess how we can improve the balance of things in coming updates. We're aware that there are some Beasties and strategies attracting more ire than others right now, but after several months of frequent balance changes we'd like to let the current meta settle for a little while longer and see how players adapt to the current shape of things.
Statistically speaking, we're seeing fewer meta-destroying exploits emerge, and the performance of Beasties across the board has become a lot more even. That also means that it takes more time and data for us to actually see what's standing out in analytics. I'd encourage players to continue sharing their experiences and thoughts on what's feeling a little too good... or not good enough!
🙇 Thank you!!!
Running these events is always a blast thanks to all the players who build creative teams, play their best, and support one another in the community. I'm grateful to get to make this game and already looking forward to the next thing...