- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I recently created a new account for halo 3 with the purpose of see how high and how fast i could get my skill to go up in TS. Of course, it was slow and frustrating, and my friends dismissed it as "oh, the system is broken." I decided to do a little more research into the system and found this post. I read the first few pages and the last few pages ( i dont want to read all 62 pages, which means that if this topic has already been discussed, im sorry) of this forum, and it clearly explains my problem. I can't skill up quickly because i win every game. For the first time player and for the long term account, i think the trueskill system is perfect, but it really makes no sense when you look at an experience like my new account. Here is what i've been dealing with....
My friend and i both start a new account, our skills are 1. I should note that of the two of us, i am the more skilled player.
We play 21 games together, win every single one, 14 of them steaktacular. our skills both move to 6...
we lose our 22nd game, my skill goes to 5, his stays 6... we call it a night.
next day, i join up with him to find that he has played another whole pile of games without me, and lost most of them. His skill has gone down to 5 same as me
we go on another winning streak of 25 to 35 games
now heres the part that kills me.... my skill went up to 9, his went up to 36..... ????
Now im not going to sit here and say the system is broken, because i truely do not beleive it is. On Laztaru, my first and long term account, my skill 37 or something, and refuses to move but i think it accuatly describes my playing ability. I get placed in fun and challenging games, I rarely blow the other team out, and rarely get blown out. I would like to be able to hit that 40 for the extra star, but im not losing sleep over it, and i certainly have never complained about it.
It does seem strange though that inconsistency make your skillups faster. I think if I'm sitting on a record with only one or two losses, i should be moving up faster then an account with many losses. Perhaps the skill system for halo should be modified so it does look at the ingame stats. When it sees a player like me, leading the team with 25 - 30 kills and dieing max twice per game at these low levels of 5 - 10, it should immediatly bump me up 5 or 10 and put me closer to skill 15 or 20 to stop that from happening, then if i start losing games it can ease me back down. As much as i love picking on newbs from time to time, thats not what i created my new account for.
Also, i think a perfection should automatically gain you at least 1 skill point. Nothing if more annoying then hearing that "perfection" at the end of a good game only to see that your skill stays below 10 and everyone else jumps 2 or 3 levels
Again, im sorry if this has already been discussed. Maybe someone could suggest a way for my to skill up faster, and hopefully that doesn't mean i have to go lose some games on purpose.