- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: TwoFaced1680
The TrueSkill system is actually supposed to be an improvement in this area. It allows for better players to rank more quickly so they have to play fewer games to get up high. I'm not sure if you played Halo 2 online but basically there was a set number of games you had to play to make it to your level. There was no way for better players to speed through the ranks. However, TrueSkill allows players to move pretty fast early on and even skip ranks.
I'm not sure I really agree here. There are a couple issues that have caused some people to rank slower then they should, but I don't think it's related to how fast Sigma drops. These issues are being looked at and will hopefully be fixed. Under normal circumstances I don't think people are getting stuck to early due to Sigma.
Fewer games, but still too many. Like I've explained, very often it feels like I'm that stepping stone for someone that hasn't yet reached their "tru skill". A few of my losses can be attributed to genuine good matches, but I still end up fighting a lot of people that get 20+ kills out of 50 in a match, suggesting that they are really above and beyond their supposed skill.
I don't think the starting position is a limitation of TrueSkill. I don't see why they can't set it up to start us at 25 or something like that. I think that would be a great idea (at least in theory). You are absolutly right though. 1's are always stepped on by every single person moving up. That is certainly a problem for the lower ranks. I honestly think this is doable under the current system. At this point I'm guessing it wouldn't be changed, but I think it could have been done that way.
Sure, TruSkill _could_ start at 20 or 25 or whatever and that would give more room for people to compare themselves to the average and prevent below average people from being treated like stepping stones all of the time. The fact it currently starts at 1 does seem like a limitation. Maybe not of the system itself, but definitely of its application.
Another interesting note is how so many people try so hard to level up, treating that as the endgoal in itself. People should work on improving their game and seeing their truskill reflect this, as opposed to merely trying to get their truskill up, perhaps artificially so.