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

You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking... what? That you might escape the coming fire? Your world will burn until its surface is but glass!

nice work
but ive been at a true skill level of 5 from October lol

  • 07.22.2008 2:33 PM PDT
Subject: Yea only one problem it dosent work all the time!

this is sick

  • 07.23.2008 10:40 AM PDT
Subject: In depth explanation of the Halo 3 skill ranking system.
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cool thank you

  • 07.23.2008 11:51 AM PDT

>>Lets play catch! These light up Blue when you Throw it! *Throws*
>> I got it! I got it! Hey, why is it stuck to--- *BLAM*

That was...Somewhat helpful actually, Thanks..... I hate it when I do good and don't go up, but in one game go down... Ehhh.. I can Deal with it, but my brother goes crazy and shuts off the xbox >_<

  • 07.23.2008 7:06 PM PDT

Not even Chuck Norris can beat the San Jose Sharks.

Your explination is a bit too complicated for me to understand but it's better than no explination. Maybe sum it up in a nutshell.

  • 07.23.2008 8:24 PM PDT

wow

  • 07.24.2008 1:26 AM PDT

very nice.....

  • 07.24.2008 2:16 PM PDT

Posted by: The Last Flight
Your explination is a bit too complicated for me to understand but it's better than no explination. Maybe sum it up in a nutshell.


Sum it up in a nut shell?

Thats really is actually.

If you win you go up in rank. If you loose you go down in rank.
The more games you play the more accurate the game is able to determine you rank. Making it harder or easier to rank up or down.
Winning lots of games make it easier, loosing lots of games makes it harder.

  • 07.25.2008 5:53 AM PDT

I see you seeing this!

How does the FFA system work? For example, if you finish 2nd or 3rd do you still move up?

  • 07.27.2008 6:22 AM PDT
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Lets say im a 45 with 200 games played, but im a recruit. Will I level up faster because I have 0 xp, or will I level up slower because I have a lotta games played?

Also, how come i've quit out of a bunch of lone wolves matches, and I ranked up to a 4 when all i've done is quit out.

  • 07.27.2008 6:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: reformedcreed
How does the FFA system work? For example, if you finish 2nd or 3rd do you still move up?


Depends what level you are and your opponents. Like if you finish second and everyone is a higher level, than that counts more than placing third and you are the highest level of the group. Placing first or second is almost gauranteed to rank up. For third, it takes a lot more games as the ranking system does not see you "destroying" or "losing", hence you probably stay the same rank.

  • 07.27.2008 6:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Tigersfan x
P.S. You can has Recon.


Agreed.

  • 07.27.2008 7:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Accidentus
*Saves thread*

I will now post this everytime someone makes a new thread whining "WAHH I JUST WON THREE GAMES AND DIDNT RANK UP, THE SYSTEM IS BROKE"


just because the system is working as intended does not mean it isn't crap

[Edited on 07.27.2008 11:22 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2008 11:12 PM PDT

Posted by: Noodie5
The ranking system doesnt work and this post is wrong. It comes down to Wins and Losses. You can go plus 2000 in every loss, and your going to drop. Period.
Well, that is exactly what the OP says as well as 500 other posts in this thread.

  • 07.28.2008 5:41 AM PDT

Posted by: Bigpunisher7
Lets say im a 45 with 200 games played, but im a recruit. Will I level up faster because I have 0 xp, or will I level up slower because I have a lotta games played?

Also, how come i've quit out of a bunch of lone wolves matches, and I ranked up to a 4 when all i've done is quit out.
NO, your EXP has nothing to do with the skill system or how fast you gain or lose skill. All these people quitting a bunch of social to get 0 EXP are wasting their time. The amount of games played is generally a good gauge of how low your sigma is. That is why we state that having a lot of games played in a playlist will slow down your leveling and increase the amount of wins necessary to gain a skill level.

You could play 500 games of Team Slayer and 0 games of Team Doubles. When you then being to play Team Doubles, your skill level will go up quickly just like it did when you played you first Team Slayer games.

  • 07.28.2008 5:44 AM PDT

It takes a real person to restrain themselves.

Thank you, thank you so much. This explains why my friend was able to go from 1 in doubles to 40 in such a short amount of time (Two days). It also explains why when I play with him and win and lose some with him, I am still stuck at my lvl 25 rank. It gets very frustrating... not leveling and watching him soar up in the skill lvl with astronomic proportions.

  • 07.28.2008 9:49 AM PDT

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this is 1337 my eyes are now open

  • 07.28.2008 10:05 PM PDT
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Ok heres what it is...bungie wanted to give people that wernt as gifted at halo a chance. When Halo 2 first came out it was nearly impossable to get past a lvl 15. You were god if u got a 20 or above. Then You had a few updates an it was as easy as pie. People were getting 30's 40's no problem..But when bungie realized that most people wernt good enough to get passed a lvl 25 thats when halo 3 came out. H3 is made for those people that wernt good at halo 2 even though they love the game. True Skill rank is a load of bull to cover up that bungie made this game way to simple an cater to those Not So Gifted as i call them. Bungie didnt continue the bluebar lvl up system to give those people a better time becasue it more of a surprise an when u lose a game u dont always go down a lvl u might just stay the same its all random to us. But for those people that are good at halo we hate not knowing when were goin to go up a lvl becasue we could play 10 games win all of them an not lvl up. Go look at TP TWEAKZ (no caps when looking up) games..he played 13 games won all of them. look at all his history an tell me true skill isnt bull. i Thought true skill was based on player skill not about how much exp u have becasue when u win that amount og games an not go up one lvl it shows taht its ineffective an needs to be reconsidered.

Bungie tried to copy COD4 with the g a y army rank. hint to bungie get rid of it its useless. Where are the numbers with cool little things around them.an the comits an sysbols, thats the halo i know an at least wanted bungie to somewhat follow when making this game. There not Making good new maps.there wasting there time an our money thinking that becasue they make a few new maps people are going to be off there back they need to realize they have to make a somewhat decent map for us,the halo 3 community to be happy.

Dont get me wrong i love halo 3 i play it almost everyday but i want people to realize bungie isnt doing there job as well as they used to be because they made such a great game the first 2 times around so they dont have to try as hard on the third because they have the attention of all of us. Reality check bungie gamers are goin to start lookin for other games that are better or give halo a run for its money. COD4 GOW 2 uhh any other game that you think can over take halo. Rainbow Six Vegas 1 an 2.

Please bungie start making some of our wishes come true an do your job like ur supposed to.. tp tweakz is my second account just incase u want to play or think im full of it.

Read before Saying something totally outlandish and outta place.

  • 07.28.2008 10:07 PM PDT
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  • 07.29.2008 9:57 PM PDT
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Ok for a quicker version : Dont die and win games to go up

Any questions ?

  • 07.31.2008 1:28 AM PDT
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Thanks for the indepth explanation.

  • 07.31.2008 12:04 PM PDT
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since i got my 50 i dont even play ranked its too serious and i dont like trueskill

  • 07.31.2008 12:10 PM PDT
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GREAT POST AND THREAD.. =)

  • 07.31.2008 2:05 PM PDT