Season 1 and Season 2
On each graph, points are on the Y-axis, and squadron position on the leaderboard is on the X-axis. Both scales are logarithmic.
As Season 2 was a half-length season, the grey line on the graph compares Season 3 with Season 1. As in the previous two seasons, a "Power law" distribution provides a reasonable approximation for squadron performance. As before, stats are for PC only as I only have an account on that platform - I'd be very interested to see similar graphs for the other two.
Anti Xeno (105 pages)
Winners: Anti-Xeno Initiative (3rd time) with ~21% of all points and 229 members
Anti Xeno sees a general increase in activity compared with Season 1, especially outside the top 10. This may reflect there being rather more Xenos to be Anti towards in the bubble than there were during Season 1, or it may just reflect more squadrons having had time to form up compared with season 1.
Combat (668 pages)
Winners: \\ Dark Enterprise // with ~2% of all points and 296 members
There's an increase in Combat-related points, especially in the fight for 2nd and 3rd place trophies, compared with season 1, but a bit of a drop-off below place 100. Total estimated activity is stable.
CQC (75 pages)
Winners: CQC Discord (3rd time) with ~17% of all points and 25 members
The winners are slightly higher than in Season 1, while most other squadrons are scoring lower than the same-placed squadron, for about a 20% drop-off in overall activity.
Exploration (746 pages)
Winners: Distant Worlds 3 with ~3% of all points and 417 members
A bit of a change at the top here as Distant Worlds 3 beats the other four DW squadrons to first place. As Distant Worlds has spent most of this season in the stationless void beyond Sag A*, of course, the total points are way down on normal both at the top, and across the board from members of other squadrons, for a 30% decrease in total activity. Of course, most of that activity is just being deferred to the Season 4 leaderboard, when these explorers will get back to inhabited space and sell up.
The total number of squadrons is up around 25% compared with Season 1, which with Exploration being the hardest leaderboard to completely avoid scoring on, may give a good impression of the use of the squadrons feature.
Powerplay (40 pages)
Winners: Aisling Wing Command with ~14% of all points and 31 members
Another win for an Aisling squadron this season. Total activity is up considerably on Season 1, especially in the top 100 places, for around an 80% rise in total activity.
Trade (688 pages)
Winners: \\ Dark Enterprise // with ~3% of all points and 296 members
Dark Enterprise pick up their second trophy of the season here, with a score that would also have seen them win Season 1. The rest of the leaderboard is more subdued, with all squadrons outside the top 5 around 40% down in points from their Season 1 equivalents. With mining being by far the fastest way to earn trade points, this may reflect most people already having enough money by now, with an estimate of around 5 trillion trade credits earned across this season - barely more than half that of Season 1.
As predicted when the Season 1 results came out there's quite a difference between the various types of leaderboard, with the Exploration, AX and CQC leaderboards being consistently won by the "that thing you were doing anyway, have a leaderboard for it" squadrons. Powerplay is similar, but split between the 11 powers there's more change in the top places. Trade and Combat are much more varied in the top places, and Exploration once DW2 is over and returned will probably drift to the same sort of place (though the DW2 squadrons will likely continue to do well as their members set out on new trips of their own)
On each graph, points are on the Y-axis, and squadron position on the leaderboard is on the X-axis. Both scales are logarithmic.
As Season 2 was a half-length season, the grey line on the graph compares Season 3 with Season 1. As in the previous two seasons, a "Power law" distribution provides a reasonable approximation for squadron performance. As before, stats are for PC only as I only have an account on that platform - I'd be very interested to see similar graphs for the other two.
Anti Xeno (105 pages)
Winners: Anti-Xeno Initiative (3rd time) with ~21% of all points and 229 members
Anti Xeno sees a general increase in activity compared with Season 1, especially outside the top 10. This may reflect there being rather more Xenos to be Anti towards in the bubble than there were during Season 1, or it may just reflect more squadrons having had time to form up compared with season 1.
Combat (668 pages)
Winners: \\ Dark Enterprise // with ~2% of all points and 296 members
There's an increase in Combat-related points, especially in the fight for 2nd and 3rd place trophies, compared with season 1, but a bit of a drop-off below place 100. Total estimated activity is stable.
CQC (75 pages)
Winners: CQC Discord (3rd time) with ~17% of all points and 25 members
The winners are slightly higher than in Season 1, while most other squadrons are scoring lower than the same-placed squadron, for about a 20% drop-off in overall activity.
Exploration (746 pages)
Winners: Distant Worlds 3 with ~3% of all points and 417 members
A bit of a change at the top here as Distant Worlds 3 beats the other four DW squadrons to first place. As Distant Worlds has spent most of this season in the stationless void beyond Sag A*, of course, the total points are way down on normal both at the top, and across the board from members of other squadrons, for a 30% decrease in total activity. Of course, most of that activity is just being deferred to the Season 4 leaderboard, when these explorers will get back to inhabited space and sell up.
The total number of squadrons is up around 25% compared with Season 1, which with Exploration being the hardest leaderboard to completely avoid scoring on, may give a good impression of the use of the squadrons feature.
Powerplay (40 pages)
Winners: Aisling Wing Command with ~14% of all points and 31 members
Another win for an Aisling squadron this season. Total activity is up considerably on Season 1, especially in the top 100 places, for around an 80% rise in total activity.
Trade (688 pages)
Winners: \\ Dark Enterprise // with ~3% of all points and 296 members
Dark Enterprise pick up their second trophy of the season here, with a score that would also have seen them win Season 1. The rest of the leaderboard is more subdued, with all squadrons outside the top 5 around 40% down in points from their Season 1 equivalents. With mining being by far the fastest way to earn trade points, this may reflect most people already having enough money by now, with an estimate of around 5 trillion trade credits earned across this season - barely more than half that of Season 1.
As predicted when the Season 1 results came out there's quite a difference between the various types of leaderboard, with the Exploration, AX and CQC leaderboards being consistently won by the "that thing you were doing anyway, have a leaderboard for it" squadrons. Powerplay is similar, but split between the 11 powers there's more change in the top places. Trade and Combat are much more varied in the top places, and Exploration once DW2 is over and returned will probably drift to the same sort of place (though the DW2 squadrons will likely continue to do well as their members set out on new trips of their own)
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...says the bloke who has no interest in squadrons but was just passing and saw some pictures..
