the rankings update

[gabzpiano]

when will you explain to us how the new ranking stuff is calculated, like the battle rating, prosperity? im ranked pretty high in my realm so i'm not complaining just curious

[Lepus_magnus]

battle ratting 1 49   Military Points  28    honor 35   ................. position 18... for example, doesn't make sense to me. Please explain... without even fighting being so high?

[Lepus_magnus]

sorry, battle ratting: 1497...

[mustique]

http://prntscr.com/9u54ry seems like they now give players high military rank for hitting independent city and for killing mosquitos and flies because there is no logical explanation. i guess more mosquitos you kill you become a great military player in imperia now

[Angela]

Hello, here is some more information, now also available in the glossary of How to play menu:

Rankings and leagues are standings of all players in one realm according to specific criteria, divided in six categories:

Economy, Military, Technologies, Buildings, Imperial reach and Great people.
The rankings are updated every 20 minutes and display: username, player level, medals (if there are any), alliance and category-specific information. There is also a gear icon which offers different actions such as sending a private message and checking on the player on the Global map.

Ranking cannot be used for military interactions such as attack and espionage – theses are executed via Global map only.

How many leagues are there?

There are six leagues:
Wooden - no limitation
Iron - 500 players
Bronze - 300 players
Silver - 200 players
Golden - 100 players
Platinum - 50 players

League standings are updated every 24 hours.

How to advance to an upper league?

To advance into an upper league the player must meet a specific criteria, usually to gain enough of a given type of points. The type and amount of points required for each one is displayed in the league's icon tooltip.

How to gain points?

Economy - prosperity points are gained by increasing your empire's income and population, population growth and Happiness.
Military - battle rating is gained by winning attacks versus players, NPCs cities and barbarian camps. You lose battle rating by losing attacks versus them. It is an Elo rating system where the stronger the opponents you defeat are the more points you get. On the contrary if a weaker opponent defeats you, the weaker he is the more points you will lose. All players start with a battle rating of 1000.
Technologies - technology points are gained by finishing civil or military technologies.
Buildings - build points are gained by finishing civil or military buildings.
Imperial reach - you are ranked based on your imperial reach and the number of provinces, colonies, vassals, trading posts and military posts you own.
Great people - you are ranked based on the age of your oldest great person.