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

Posted by: Barzma
Sucks that he got deleted. His name was Robert Paulson!

win
Posted by: Cowleyad
... His name was "Robert Paulson"!

double-win

[Edited on 05.26.2010 9:07 PM PDT]

  • 05.26.2010 9:05 PM PDT

i dont understand what he meant by sigma...or anything.next time put it in a form anyone could understand

  • 05.28.2010 8:16 PM PDT
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im hardcore at life.

could you explain to me how i just went down a lvl by winning?

  • 05.29.2010 11:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: THExDR1ZZLE
could you explain to me how i just went down a lvl by winning?


Maybe you have quit before (-1 exp),won the match and then u lost your level (the level that you've lost when you quit the past match).

Ranking system register the negative exp and level after 2 matchs
quit 2 matchs = -2 exp
quit 1 match and loss 1 = -1 exp
quit 1 match and win 1 = 0 exp

  • 05.30.2010 11:18 PM PDT

"No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected."
- Master Chief Petty Officer John-117

Well this ranking system is complete and utter bull-blam!-! Why should only wins and losses determine my skill? Anyone else play ranked SWAT? I do. It's awesome. But what you're saying is that even if i have a perfection medal and I'm the MVP, as long as I happened to be on the losing team, my skill will suffer. That means that the skill of the other players on my team determines MY skill. Does anyone else see something wrong with this?

  • 05.30.2010 11:36 PM PDT

Posted by: GUINEAsaurisREX
Well this ranking system is complete and utter bull-blam!-! Why should only wins and losses determine my skill? Anyone else play ranked SWAT? I do. It's awesome. But what you're saying is that even if i have a perfection medal and I'm the MVP, as long as I happened to be on the losing team, my skill will suffer. That means that the skill of the other players on my team determines MY skill. Does anyone else see something wrong with this?

So many people see it the way you see it that it is being corrected in Reach.

  • 05.31.2010 1:33 AM PDT

Posted by: Ali The Shorty
i dont understand what he meant by sigma...or anything.next time put it in a form anyone could understand


Maybe you should learn how to read.

In the simplest terms, Sigma affects the speed of which you rank up or down.

High sigma, faster ranking in both directions, Low sigma, slower ranking.

Posted by: THExDR1ZZLE
could you explain to me how i just went down a lvl by winning?


The number is not always perfectly upto date. Can be multiple games behind.

  • 05.31.2010 1:43 AM PDT

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K The ranking system is -blam!- like really. Is it because I lost so much that I go down very eaisily? Like lets say I have my 47 back in LW. I win 5 in a row in 1st place. No 48 yet then I get 5th and 6th and I derank to 46. My SIGMA is very low it seems. Not taht I care because Reach is coming !

  • 06.08.2010 1:33 PM PDT

THE RANKING SYSTEM IS -blam!- BROKEN!!! BUNGIE JUST NEEDS TO GIVE UP AND SELL THE RIGHTS TO A DEVELOPER THAT WILL NOT -blam!- THE HALO SERIES UP AS BAD AS THEY HAVE!! I HOPE SOMONE SNEAKS INTO EVERY WORKER AT BUNGIE'S HOUSES TONIGHT AND BRUTALLY RAPES AND KILLS THERE CHILDERIN AND LOVED ONES!!! -blam!- BUNGIE

  • 06.10.2010 3:02 AM PDT

Posted by: Nephilim713
K The ranking system is -blam!- like really. Is it because I lost so much that I go down very eaisily? Like lets say I have my 47 back in LW. I win 5 in a row in 1st place. No 48 yet then I get 5th and 6th and I derank to 46. My SIGMA is very low it seems. Not taht I care because Reach is coming !


Sigh...

The levels of your opponents have a large affect on the ranking system.

When you are level 47 in a playlist, you RARELY go up against people who are a higher level then you so you do NOT rank up as fast.

When you lose at level 47 you are losing to people with lower skill levels then you which ranks you down faster.

Posted by: its me ur her0
NERDRAGE!!!!!!


That sums that post up.

  • 06.10.2010 4:54 PM PDT

Hey whats up i am a bungie.net member now!!!!! but i dont know how to link my gamertag.

Dude, seriously speak English I didn't understand anything about what you just said.

  • 06.10.2010 7:53 PM PDT

Hey whats up i am a bungie.net member now!!!!! but i dont know how to link my gamertag.

Maybe because your a -blam!-.

  • 06.10.2010 7:57 PM PDT

Hey whats up i am a bungie.net member now!!!!! but i dont know how to link my gamertag.

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SUCK IT BUNGIE MAKE IT EASIER TO GET RECON BECAUSE ITS NOT THAT UNIQUE ANYMORE SO JUST HAND IT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE GOOOOD

  • 06.10.2010 8:00 PM PDT
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could this be why i keep getting matched up with skill ranges of 45-50 even though i'm a corporal with a skill of 10?

  • 06.11.2010 12:17 PM PDT
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maby it depense if you bring a party and someone in that party is higher lvl or a[n] outrageous guess but maby bungie reconized your skill in multiplayer but that's a 7% chance could also be that ranking lvls or say some1 was a corpral grade 1 hacked/modded and got a 50 or some1 bought it and it was forged than I guess you would be group around your skill lvl and preferable players or grade....
Posted by: Femme
could this be why i keep getting matched up with skill ranges of 45-50 even though i'm a corporal with a skill of 10?

  • 06.11.2010 12:26 PM PDT

High skill has no affect on the matchmaking system Femme.

  • 06.11.2010 12:26 PM PDT

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I am doing very good almost getting 1st place all the time. so lets say I get a 48 how long till 49? then if I rnk up really slow why do people rank up fast. Is it because Im a brig grade III and lost too many times?

  • 06.12.2010 5:11 PM PDT

The more games you play in a certain playlists makes you level slower in that playlist (EXP has nothing at all to do with the skill levels, it is purely coincidental)

And I don't know why it needs to be said over and over and over and OVER again but the levels of your opponents matters alot.

When you are level 47-49, you are almost always going up against LOWER skill leveled opponents so trueskill expects you to win so when you do win, it doesn't mean much, if anything to trueskill.

To rank up faster, beat opponents who have higher skill levels then you.

p.s best way to get similar skilled players is to use the "close skill" function in preferences.

  • 06.14.2010 2:19 PM PDT

Has life ever felt like a really bad sitcom?

So, basically if you play matchmaking every once in a while, thus increasing Sigma, you have a chance to earn more points, which is a little ironic, but if you lose battles instead of winning them, you'll decrease your points faster. If you play solidly, on the other hand, it will take longer to earn points, but it will also take longer to lose them, so in the end it depends on you; if your impatient you'll probably do the first thing I mentioned, if it's vice versa, well then vice versa.

[Edited on 06.15.2010 2:50 PM PDT]

  • 06.14.2010 3:23 PM PDT

Has life ever felt like a really bad sitcom?

Domenic, you do realize that by saying that it just shows off how bad you really are, and your first post also points out that you're not all that smart and that the only reason you even using the forum is because you get to become a member when you have a gold account, not because you want to use the forum for it's actual purpose which is to supply us with information and to give bungie feedback.

P.S. oh yeah, please don't try to insult me because, trust me, it won'y work and you'll probably make yourself look like a bigger fool than I already made you look like.

  • 06.14.2010 3:32 PM PDT

Colonels are bad. o wait





If you're still flaming someone for their rank & they keep responding at this point in H3, you're getting trolled hard.

Posted by: GUINEAsaurisREX
even if i have a perfection medal and I'm the MVP, as long as I happened to be on the losing team,



Impossible.
Although I agree.

  • 06.14.2010 4:34 PM PDT

Has life ever felt like a really bad sitcom?

Yes and that person would probably be you, her0, also I hope you relize anybody who spells their name with numbers is a total noob. And if you hate bungie so much why are you a member of their website?

  • 06.14.2010 4:47 PM PDT

Posted by: ForfeitDiablo
So, basically if you play matchmaking every once in a while, thus increasing Sigma, you have a chance to earn more points, which is a little ironic, but if you lose battles instead of losing them, you'll decrease you points faster. If you play solidly, on the other hand, it will take longer to earn points, but it will also take longer to lose them, so in the end it depends on you; if your impatient you'll probably do the first thing I mentioned, if it's vice versa, well then vice versa.


What the, I have no idea what you are trying to point out or even if you are trying to point something out with that post.

Posted by: ForfeitDiablo
Yes and that person would probably be you, her0, also I hope you relize anybody who spells their name with numbers is a total noob. And if you hate bungie so much why are you a member of their website?


Use the quote button dude, its to the left of the submit button.

  • 06.15.2010 2:28 PM PDT

Has life ever felt like a really bad sitcom?

sorry, I'm stupid

Use the quote button dude, its to the left of the submit button.

  • 06.15.2010 2:52 PM PDT

Clean organization, Straight forward communication, Reliable example(s) / Real life stories,

Professionally put well done!

If possible might I add,

If you, [or the wonderful force that drops highly treasured intel ;)] could report a more in depth explanation of relevance for Variable K , The appreciation would be immfathomable to myself and the Halo 3 / Bungie, production "follower", community.

-Great work.

  • 06.16.2010 2:41 PM PDT