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Agree those are the top 3 I look at usually Kumo... although even defense could be artificially raised given enough of that 'grind' spirit and some friends/alt not too bothered about their army.

The one that bothers me most though is Trade... I could easily bounce my own trade score from outside the top 100 up to the top spot in just 1 day and obviously it would not reflect the actual amount of genuine market participation I had had with other players.


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I think I have noticed that when I capture a city I don't get a "bump" in my research score for research already completed in that city.  So it's possible that people who capture a lot of cities, particularly those with a bunch of research completed, will end up with lower scores.

My research ranking is still higher than my population ranking, but I expect this is a reflection of the fact that my account has rather less population than do most accounts of its "age."  I've completed research in two of my seven cities and am getting closer on some of the others.
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I can't be bothered with grinding at things like quests. Imo, the only important rankings are research, population, and defense (not in that order). If someone is high in all three of those, then they are, imo, a force to be reckoned with...
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I'm not sure but I think people can get more than the score obtainable from max. research in 10 cities by destroying/losing cities after doing research in them. Guess that is just another thing to be thrown in the 'scores shown are totally unrepresentative' bag if it's true. Kudos to anyone who is bothered to grind away building+razing a city just to get to #1 score though lol... personally I'm not bothered grinding at magic, diplos, quests, trade etc. for artificial score though obviously some folks are.
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I'm pretty sure it's total research points.  Although it could be some sort of complex % research completed sort of thing.  Would be hard to tell the difference.
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it could be just the number  finished research ( regardless of how much they cost )
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Originally posted by wouterverbraak wouterverbraak wrote:

What is the formula used to determine the technology ranking?

Wild guess, research points spent in finished researches.  Please say if that theory fits what you see, I'm too lazy to check it over five towns.
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What is the formula used to determine the technology ranking?
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Perhaps trade score should include a formula that takes into consideration not just the amount of goods/gold traded, but also the number of different partners.
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Originally posted by Ander Ander wrote:

Calculating the ratio against the top player's score allows just one person to skew up the whole ranking system (Trade Rank 1 - we never see that guy in the market. Nobody else's trade score matters much because of the same reason)
Trade scores are being reset

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/rank-vs-score-what-can-we-learn-about-progress_topic1930_post20060.html#20060
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