This past weekend there was a BIGMOON BASH, where Beasties got fired up to play and coaches around the world could challenge each other for a limited time!
This Bash was an "Open" format where any Beastie was allowed. In the past we've had major balance patches between open bashes, so each one has had a different meta. This time around we've been letting the meta sit and develop without updates to see where things settle. Let's take a look!
👑 Top-Scoring Players
- Scy (The World-class Tacos) | Bash Score: 2892
- Score (The Jamming Ballers) | Bash Score: 2880
- Dino (The Raging Tides) | Bash Score: 2868
- Astra (The Tiny Girls) | Bash Score: 2860
- Bolimar (The Crimson Angels) | Bash Score: 2844
- Parranah (The Cosmic Friends) | Bash Score: 2844
- N/A
- Kaz (The Raging Blazes) | Bash Score: 2840
- Stardust (The Starbound Dinosaurs) | Bash Score: 2820
- Zonk (The Exploding Enigmas) | Bash Score: 2788
- AshleyETA (The Musical Girls) | Bash Score: 2772
- Darc Tech (The Arcane Robots) | Bash Score: 2748
- Boolerex (The Giant Flowers) | Bash Score: 2744
- MochaTeehee (The Hello Fishes) | Bash Score: 2724
- Arc Tech (The Arcane Machines) | Bash Score: 2680
- Theta (The Cosmic Cryptids) | Bash Score: 2668
- Knight (The Newborn Lights) | Bash Score: 2632
- Mateobow (The Violet Waves) | Bash Score: 2576
- Kaybee (The Shining Wings) | Bash Score: 2572
- NukFur (The Soggy Dreamers) | Bash Score: 2572
- N/A
- Mistle Thaw (The Wrong Squad) | Bash Score: 2536
- Nalathni (The Tiny Dragons) | Bash Score: 2496
Congratulations to the top-scoring players! I see a few new names quite near the top of the list - very exciting to see new competitors rising up! Arc Tech is keeping me on my toes by scoring high with two accounts again, so once again I've added an extra user to the rankings here. I think the biggest upset here is The Raging Blazes scoring so high. Aren't they, like, the worst team? The Beastieball League will surely be launching an investigation into this dubious result.
The median Bash Score this time was 1876. A touch lower than the previous Bash again - likely because we have lots of new coaches still jumping in. A couple players reported scoring much-much lower than they expected this time around, in a way that appeared erroneous. We're still inspecting that issue to see if it is genuine and what steps we can take to make sure it doesn't reoccur.
📊 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!
With a regular tide of old players leaving and new players joining in, it can be hard to pick apart what is actually rising to the top at the highest level. Internally we maintain more metrics on different Beasties' performance, though. I mentioned in a past update that Beastie performance is overall more even than it's ever been and that stand-out performances are harder to see without more data; that's still true, although with a few Bashes of data we're now starting to see a few things pop up that are suspect for balance tweaks.
We have a number of ideas cooking in the background, but our plan for now is to hold back balance changes for a bit longer while we take some more time to refine our ideas. I know some players will be disappointed since we've set the precedent for balance changes coming very frequently. For the next Bash, we'll try a theme that may mix things up a little bit.