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Subject: In depth explanation of the Halo 3 skill ranking system.

Posted by: HLR BENDERBALL
My problem is the complete opposite, I keep losing but keep ranking up. Really starting to piss me off. In the last 25 games I am lucky to have placed 4th in 5 games, the remaining are 5th or 6th. I am ranked 10th now, since this losing streak I started ranked 6th. I either get in rooms where I am the lowest rank, or, in a rooms with sandbaggers (ie ranked 2-4)and they just clean the room.

The worst of it is that I can't get more than 5 kills and just keep getting my ass handed to me, no fun.
That's caused by the fact that you don't actually start at 1, you start at 25. You are ranking down, but your sigma is dropping. High sigma is what makes your higher rank look lower. You'll just have to take the losses until your rank gets low enough.

  • 02.21.2010 11:38 AM PDT

i'm willing to fight for world domination... are you?

thank you for this, i am one of the "complainers" about this stuff, thank you for finally shedding some light on this subject.

  • 02.22.2010 9:26 PM PDT

Michaels the name.

NICE

  • 02.23.2010 9:57 AM PDT
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Ima real gutta -blam!-

well i read the whole thing and i have to say that i honestly believe you because halo 3 was the first game i had and when i first stated playing on the ranked system,i immediately ranked up because i never lost a game.thanx for the new insight.

  • 02.23.2010 11:26 AM PDT
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Hello everyone.

Okay, so my friends and I have won 50 out of 52 games, we have 50 exp. On here, it says we have 49 exp. You can add me, and look at my service record there, it's 50 exp out of 52 ranked matches.
That's issue number one.
Issue number two,
We've won 50 games out of 52, and we're level 10 in team slayer. Explanation please?

  • 02.23.2010 11:59 AM PDT

Bungie.net is always 1 game behind. At least when it comes to exp.

As for your levels, that's a known issue. Try playing some games alone, the party up again.

  • 02.23.2010 12:06 PM PDT

thnaks, man, awesome post, i was having alot of trouble figuring out how it worked, but knowing it was on a curve w/ uncertainty instead of a more straitforward system pretty much covered it for me...thnak you stats in math b! and thank you poster who no longer exists!

  • 02.23.2010 6:38 PM PDT

i have the same problem, nd mutoid log's rite, bungies a game behind, dnt worry though it wont affect anything, whatever exp you have on you service record when you check it on your 360 is you exp, no less (its also late in changing armor)

[Edited on 02.23.2010 6:42 PM PST]

  • 02.23.2010 6:41 PM PDT
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Very nice post man... still really really confusing abd i still dont understand why the things happen they way they do but I glad to have taken the time to read it lol

  • 02.25.2010 12:58 AM PDT

Yes, this has helped me understand the Halo 3 True Skill system but then it also lets me know that it's a bad system.

[Edited on 02.25.2010 1:35 AM PST]

  • 02.25.2010 1:21 AM PDT

Wow that was really good. But i dont like the trueskill system at all. They shoukda just stuck with how good you played in-game

  • 02.26.2010 4:13 AM PDT

H2E was entirely dependent on the result too. K/D didn't effect anything in Halo 2 either.

  • 02.26.2010 5:32 AM PDT

~Bump\~

Great read, very informative, i will be looking out for more of your posts.

  • 02.26.2010 3:59 PM PDT

iTz CraZyy!

Yeah i love how you get into so much detail to inform the reader so they know what there doing,
thank you and this is why i think ppl create new one months to rank up really fast


~ iTz CraZyy

  • 02.27.2010 12:02 AM PDT

Its just a game.

Could someone explain this for me?
I was a grade 3 lieutenant, my next promotion was at 400 exp or skill 20.
I get skill 20 in SWAT and i'm still a grade 3 lieutenant and my next promotion is now at 600 exp or skill 30.

Shouldn't i be a grade 4 lieutenant now?

-edit-
Nvm, it upgraded just now

[Edited on 03.01.2010 8:33 AM PST]

  • 03.01.2010 8:30 AM PDT

omg ive been focusing on a good k/d ratio the whole time,and objectives second.ty

  • 03.02.2010 8:12 PM PDT

Great post, cleared up a lot of confusion, thanks.

  • 03.05.2010 10:43 PM PDT

Does anyone have any theories regarding the effects on rank due to quitting a match?

  • 03.07.2010 2:05 PM PDT

Quitting changes nothing. Your team loses, you lose. Your team wins, you win. And quitters lose to all non-quitters in FFA.

  • 03.07.2010 3:22 PM PDT
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Like this?

  • 03.07.2010 3:57 PM PDT

So a quit tallies up to be the same as a loss in the previously mentioned formula for ranking up, in addition to a negative exp penalty?

  • 03.07.2010 7:26 PM PDT
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bump

  • 03.13.2010 5:13 PM PDT

Thank you so much for posting this and helping EVERYONE in the halo community.

  • 03.16.2010 10:36 AM PDT

"She is starting to damage my calm."

Yes thanks for this explanation. Too bad it's a bunch of math and I don't understand it.

  • 03.16.2010 7:30 PM PDT

Lol, so good luck to those who can't get 50's. Good luck...

  • 04.10.2010 10:17 PM PDT