Well Ryan posted this in the scoring suggestion thread but I thought it should probably have its own thread as it is really big news. I'll shut up now.

Originally posted by Ryan:
"I'm going to be testing a new rating adjustment system maybe tomorrow.

The rating adjustment will be two fold: a Domination adjustment, and a Longevity adjustment.

The Longevity adjustment is the same as the current adjustment.

The Domination adjustment is based on how you rank measured by the maximum amount of territories you've had at the time you're knocked out. Maximum is for first for taking all territories making the first place get the most points for longevity and domination. This also reduces the number of points gained from a player with only 2 territories but comes in second.

Also, there will be a domination adjustment for winning and a decrease for loosing. So really this adjustment system is threefold but I'm bundling this winning/non winning in the domination category to simplify things.

So, for example, if first place gets +40 rating now, in the new system he will get:

L: +40
D1: +40
D2: +40
divided by 3 = +40

Suppose second place had a maximum of 4 territories coming in last:

L: +20
D1: -20
D2: -7
divided by 3 = -2

And a player who came in 3rd, but 2nd for max territories would get:

L: +10
D1: +20
D2: -7
divided by 3 = +7

These are just rough numbers and I will test this on a test server first but their aim is to make a rating adjustment that rewards 1st place more, eases the loss for 6th and 7th due to bad luck, does not reward small allied countries as much.

I'll let you know when a test server is up. "