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

i finally get it now. i was rly confused bcause i read something that said skill will increase if u get a lot of headshots and stuff. now i kno its basically based on wether you win or lose, and who u win or lose against.

  • 05.21.2008 4:15 PM PDT
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thanks

  • 05.27.2008 7:46 AM PDT
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yeh im about to give up on going for a 50. i understand the system. i've read the microsoft trueskill website over and over.

fact of the matter is i KNOW im better then almost every player i come up against. yes sometimes theres a round where a legit general wipes me all over the board but its rare.

i know your supposed to play with people you dont know to rank up faster and all this jazz but this is a social game people like to play with there friends so its kind of shisty that since me and my 2 buddies are really good we cant rank up together. ive been stuck at a 13 in team slayer for a few days now and i only lost maybe once or twice in the last few days. if you look at my record you can see im well deserving of at least a 45.

my new gripe is that besides not being able to rank up most of the teams i come up against just flat out quit from us beating on them and then i dont get exp or rank as if i didnt just murk out a team something rediculous like 20-4. its really dissapointing. maybe i should cop out and buy a general account like everyone else i have lost motivation on earning it on my own.

  • 05.27.2008 8:52 AM PDT

Thanks for explaining the -blam!-est ranking system in online gaming. Seriously good work, but bungie, WAAAAY to hard. This is exactly why Im a captain grade 3.

  • 05.27.2008 1:25 PM PDT

It took Jesus 3 days to spawn, even CoD 4 doesn't lag that bad!!!

-{ N.London }-

this explains halo 3.

It should be in the rules that you read this before you post anything

  • 05.28.2008 7:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: xo boy tartz ox
yeh im about to give up on going for a 50. i understand the system. i've read the microsoft trueskill website over and over.

fact of the matter is i KNOW im better then almost every player i come up against. yes sometimes theres a round where a legit general wipes me all over the board but its rare.

i know your supposed to play with people you dont know to rank up faster and all this jazz but this is a social game people like to play with there friends so its kind of shisty that since me and my 2 buddies are really good we cant rank up together. ive been stuck at a 13 in team slayer for a few days now and i only lost maybe once or twice in the last few days. if you look at my record you can see im well deserving of at least a 45.

my new gripe is that besides not being able to rank up most of the teams i come up against just flat out quit from us beating on them and then i dont get exp or rank as if i didnt just murk out a team something rediculous like 20-4. its really dissapointing. maybe i should cop out and buy a general account like everyone else i have lost motivation on earning it on my own.


Mixed party & same players is your most recent problem...you were ranking up fine before you did that. What sucks for you is your sigma is likely dropping, even as you are winning. You may have stalled yourself a little permanantly by doing that. I tested that out on a Test Account of mine (I'm a legit 45ish in Team Slayer)...I was ranking fine until a buddy of mine and I started playing together. We were going pretty much undefeated but barely ranking, just like you. Now I need 3 wins for a rank, even though my win/loss ratio is really good. I suspect the reason is because my sigma was dropping even though I was winning.

Change up your teammates and you will be ranking up every 2-3 wins I suspect.

  • 05.28.2008 4:30 PM PDT
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Excellent work - give yourself a raise.

  • 05.28.2008 5:15 PM PDT

RyderBS

Very well put together. Thought id give you a bump

  • 06.01.2008 2:30 AM PDT
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bump

  • 06.01.2008 2:50 AM PDT
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I am going to bump this to prevent anymore threads on the ranking system for now anyway lol

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  • 06.02.2008 6:34 AM PDT

I aim to please!

You know you are addicted to Halo when you get to 3rd period and scream "I F****** hate this map!"

what if i have RRoD and sent it in and not played for 2 weeks and have not played ranked team slayer, does this mean that my sigma will increase as I wait for my xbox to come back?
(one week has passed and it has felt like an eternity without it)
also, thanks for explaining how the ranking system works

[Edited on 06.02.2008 7:31 AM PDT]

  • 06.02.2008 7:29 AM PDT

Its Gametime [ARC]

awesome thanks

  • 06.02.2008 8:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: Terminate4421
what if i have RRoD and sent it in and not played for 2 weeks and have not played ranked team slayer, does this mean that my sigma will increase as I wait for my xbox to come back?
(one week has passed and it has felt like an eternity without it)
also, thanks for explaining how the ranking system works


No. The general rule of thumb is you cannot increase sigma.

  • 06.02.2008 3:01 PM PDT
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you need to create a section on what happens after i tie, i had a streak of 2 going, won 3 more games against even skilled players and tied once and went down (ps i didnt go up after the 5 wins.)

  • 06.02.2008 6:37 PM PDT
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Thanks man that was very informative; it would be cool if somebody from Bungie.net would put there two cents in just to back you up, or add anything you might have missed. Either way keep up the good work.
I hope you make another informative post sighting some other thing we need to know more about.
JOITO

  • 06.02.2008 9:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: FR0ZEN IN TIME
you need to create a section on what happens after i tie, i had a streak of 2 going, won 3 more games against even skilled players and tied once and went down (ps i didnt go up after the 5 wins.)


Ties are tough to gauge, but the same principles apply. Tieing someone with low sigma and a higher rank should help the system get greater confidence in your skill...which unfortunately sometimes drops your rank temporarily.

  • 06.03.2008 3:37 PM PDT
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Aha! Finally I understand why I am not a level 50 ;)

  • 06.04.2008 3:19 AM PDT
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"profitted the community" said abungie will get you recon and my friend you do get it.YAY can i ahz a cookie

  • 06.04.2008 4:51 PM PDT
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Thanks! Really helped.

  • 06.05.2008 3:16 AM PDT

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" -Albert Einstein

Wow, extremely in depth!~

  • 06.05.2008 6:20 AM PDT
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what about tieing games how is the exp (towards ranking up) distributed?

  • 06.05.2008 8:54 AM PDT
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40 DOLLARS?!?!

god forbid bungie should make it simple lol... im cemented in my 3 highest playlists because the first few weeks the game came out i didnt take ranked as seriously as i should have... I thought it was like win 1, go up 1... at higher levels, win 5-10, go up one...etc. Im done with trying to rank up until a new hopper comes out like sniping... there ranking system is why i switched to other games

  • 06.05.2008 9:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: RsL sIcKwIfFiT
in other words, if you have more then 200exp, try boostting.


No EXP is not relevant.

  • 06.05.2008 12:21 PM PDT