Based on recent feedback, there will be a new Pinochle release coming out soon introducing Expert tables. The Android release should start rolling out tonight and the Apple update will hopefully come out over the weekend.
The Expert tables will be exclusive for players with a rating of 100 or higher, and players with a high rate of abandoning games will be ineligible. The goal of this is to incentivize better game play and discourage people from abandoning games. We want to create a better experience for serious players but still welcome newcomers and encourage new players to earn their way up towards the expert level.
These changes are experimental and may require some tweaking as everyone adapts. This may result in slightly longer wait times as our players will now be divided between more tables. Hopefully, we can quickly balance this out.
If these changes are effective we will follow suit for the Cutthroat tables as well in the near future.
Please share feedback, or any questions or concerns.
How do you get back eligible? Several of my abandoned games were completly unitentional.
Moon
@Moon Please try back in a couple days. It's based on frequency of recent penalties but will reset after a few days if no more instances.
It's been 4 days now.
