- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: sesquipadelian
i suspect that my response to learning that the ranks would be reset was similar to yours: shock and frustration. i do not mind my ranks much, and they move up and down depending on the quality of the teammates that i choose, but i thought that restarting the ranks would make it harder to find good matches.
now that i have thought about it, i am not afraid that it will be tough to find balanced competition. all of will start from a low rank, and instead of racing up against inferior competition, many of us will find other good players in matches at low ranks. we will all be able to level up naturally, and, if what bungie states is true, we will not bump into as many cheaters along the way. so, the worst that will happen is that we may level up more slowly since we will face higher odds of being matched against superior players. but, this is hardly a problem, it just means that we may lose more fair games than we would otherwise. but, at the same time, we may win more fair games than we would otherwise.
plus, since all of the mm players will be starting from level 1, at least for a while, it should be much easier to find matches since the player population will be spread across fewer ranks. there will be ten tons of players within an acceptable range of ranks, so, no matter how quickly a person races up, they should still be able to find challenging matches. and the faster a player moves up, the more likely he will be to match similarly skilled players (since few will be able to level up that quickly). so, even while we are at lower ranks, we will still have a decent shot of having balanced matches.
i have left out quite a lot of details about how ranks being reset will affect us, and i am being unusually optimistic, but i think and hope that the ranks being reset will not be much of a bother. i only want to play balanced and competitive matches, and the rank reset should only interupt that slightly in the short run, and, if things work as planned, then in the long run we will all be able to play at our natural ranks and do so without having as many matches ruined by cheaters.
what do you guys think?
Really nice, well thought out thread, bud.
I completely agree. I will be so hyped to have a clean sheet and start completely over. There isn't going to be as much cheating? Fine with me. The one bad thing I think you forgot to mention is that since you start over at level 1 you can be matched up with anyone. Your teammates could have been a level 14 Legit or someone who was really good and a high level legit before the stats reset. Once you level higher I don't think you will run into that problem as much, but I think starting out will be a bit difficult no matter how high you were before the stats reset.
[Edited on 04.10.2007 10:43 AM PDT]