- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Clarkosaur
Bungie and Microsoft are both making vague claims about this system having some magical ability to determine your "true" skill level and vaguely suggesting that your performance in-game somehow affects your rank. But if you read Microsoft's own material on how Truskill works, this appears to be a bunch of BS. The system actually still only considers whether your team won or lost in team games. Just like Halo 2. Unless Halo 3 uses some modified version of Truskill, nothing you do in the game affects your rank. Only what place you finish in the game. And in team games, you can only finish 1st (if your team wins) or 2nd (if your team loses). Nothing else is considered. I don't know what the true explanation is for all the apparent anomolies that people are experiencing, but according to Microsoft's material on Truskill it has nothing to do with your performance in the game.
Here is a link to a thread I participated in on this topic. The thread author links several articles from Microsoft in the Original post. Some of them are technical in nature and quite confusing, but they explain how Truskill works, and it does not consider any aspect of your in-game performance. It only considers the final outcome. Again, this is how Truskill works, perhaps Bungie can clarify if Halo 3 uses some modified version which does consider in-game performance.
Edit: The IGN article listed in this thread is actually incorrect in its explanation. The Microsoft articles all support my explanation above.
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13708394&p ostRepeater1-p=1
dont mean to be rude dude, and its not like I know either, but I dont see why your mad unless you've had this same thing happen. I've gone down in level in matches that I've won. not that I have a bad attitude about it, but like everyone else I'm just curious why.