When will 24 hour matches end?

#1 - Sept. 13, 2012, 1:31 a.m.

The match that ends Friday September 14 is scheduled to be our last 24 hour match.

The match that starts on Friday will be 1 week in length. We anticipate having week long matches for a couple weeks before switching to the 2 week format.

We are switching to a 1 week schedule so we can continue to let the ranking formula adjust server rankings faster than every 2 weeks, and it will hopefully help people get acclimated to the cadence of a longer match.

EDIT: Should have mentioned that we have been resetting the matches at 4:00PM PDT (11:00PM UTC), but we are considering changing that to 5:00PM PDT (12:00 AM UTC) to align with our achievement reset times.

#3 - Sept. 13, 2012, 1:41 a.m.

Unsure how long we’ll run them right now. Thats why I only said a couple weeks

The 24 hour matches were good for getting servers into initial ranking brackets, but it does significantly change how people approach the game and we’re hoping the 1 week matches will make people feel a little better about investing significant resources into their holdings.