That’s what we refer to as delta leaderboards. We’ve already had many discussions about this topic in the past. Feel free to read up on them. Here are a couple of well received summary posts:
There are several important interests that any future season should protect:
Do not devalue old wearables.
The reason that the appraisers valued the Aastonauts so high is because of their very rare and very valuable wearables. People invested a lot of money in those. They should be considered in one of the future leaderboards.
Give new players a chance to win BIG, even first place.
To onboard the masses, it is imperative that new players have a chance to win big, even first place in BRS.…
Delta
I’ve always been a strong opponent of delta leaderboards. They suffer from 3 major issues:
They produce too many ties.
They basically rugpull people who invested in high XP/Kinship Gotchis
If you didn’t invest in it, but obtained high XP/Kinship through work and dedication, your past contributions are devalued.
Kinship
There is no question that the Kinship leaderboard is broken, but it is the only play to earn leaderboard we have (XP is more of a “show up” to earn thing). So instead o…