9th Trials - Rules

[majofa]

Spoiler for Previous rule change:

Some small changes have been made regarding event bonus points.

The number of possible bonus points from War has been slightly reduced, from a maximum of 7 down to a maximum of 6.

A small number of bonus points are also now available for members of the top 3 Brawl teams.

EDIT: these changes have been reverted. Instead, a small reduction (-1) in bonus points will occur for those on different War teams to the Element they are trialing for.

In other words, Trialists competing for mastership in an Element they fought for in the most recent War will receive full bonus points, as detailed in the original post. Trialists competing for mastership after fighting in a different War team will receive the -1 point reduction.

As an example to make things extra clear, if Player A competes as a General for Team Light in War, and his team wins in first place, and Player A then enters the Trials of Light, he will receive the full 7 point War bonus.
If Player B competes on Team Aether as a Soldier, and comes in third place, and then enters the Trials of Darkness, he will receive a 2 point War bonus, instead of the 3 points he would receive if he entered the Trials of Aether.

Please let us know if you have any further feedback on this rule change.

A small number of bonus points is still awarded to the top three teams in the most recent Brawl.

^That is a bad rule - this is my feedback.

[RootRanger]

Will there be a Grandmaster battle if I win the Trials of Fire?

[Vangelios]

If Deuce defend  master title, then yes.
Or if deuce loses title and you win vs me, then you will be grand master.

[Zawadx]

This doesn't apply to me, but the -1 reduction for participating in trials of an element you were not on the team of during the previous war doesn't make much sense to me, since there are a decent number of players that were drafted to teams that they didn't necessarily want to be a part of.

The rules have been changed to remove this reduction. Thank you all for your feedback regarding this, and if you feel like there are any other bad rules, please feel free to suggest changes.
ftr, the reason we went through with this penalty was because we believed that 1 final battle upgrade wouldn't amount to much. But I suppose it was unfair. Hopefully the new rules will be a better reflection of a player's deserved merit from War.

Will there be a Grandmaster battle if I win the Trials of Fire?

As Vange said; if deuce manages to defend and you win Trials of Fire, there will be a Grandmaster battle. If either of you loses Trials, the Grandmaster title will go to the other. If both of you fail to win, there might be no Grandmaster for a while; TrOs will provide a ruling if that matter comes to pass.

[deuce22]

What if I decide to apply for another element and win master of that element, do I keep my title or battle for it if Root wins fire?

[Higurashi]

You would keep your title and duel Root if he wins one as well. I don't intend the GM title to be tied to an element, but rather to your achievements as a Master-General.

[Vangelios]

What if I decide to apply for another element and win master of that element, do I keep my title or battle for it if Root wins fire?

If you lose the title you lost grand master title, and Root no be master of fire then can't a duel to be grand master.

[Zawadx]

What if I decide to apply for another element and win master of that element, do I keep my title or battle for it if Root wins fire?

As Higs said.

Vange, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but this is a ruling for the Admins and TrOs. Please don't say anything that might make people think otherwise :/

[Vangelios]

What if I decide to apply for another element and win master of that element, do I keep my title or battle for it if Root wins fire?

As Higs said.

Vange, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but this is a ruling for the Admins and TrOs. Please don't say anything that might make people think otherwise :/

ok not problem, I just do not understand why deuce can win another trial and continue GM and why Root need only be master of fire to try be GM.

[Higurashi]

Because he led Fire to victory.. just as deuce led Aether to victory in order to get his title. If deuce wants to lead another element to victory, he's free to do so, but he'd only keep the GM title if he won. I mean, it's all pretty obvious.

[Vangelios]

first of all...

Spoiler for Hidden:

Thank you

Seemed to me, war + master to be GM, but when you is GM the status change because the GM was victorious with your team like general and master, make sense more or less, anyway deuce in another trial would be nice to see.

[dawn to dusk]

What if I decide to apply for another element and win master of that element, do I keep my title or battle for it if Root wins fire?

but you would never do that

...

right?