Posted by: Stelios010
i have a crappy connection and im a 45 i worked my way up to there and rarely did i ever encounter a game lost due to lag or latency
Well sounds like luck favored you. Must be nice to not have latency issues. Doesn't seem like your connection is that crappy now doesn't it?
I however, have used many ISPs and have seen a direct change in playability with the different regions. My current ISP, the best money can buy here in the great state of montana, has far more latency issues than what I had when I lived in Washington state. And I am 50 feet from the fiber optic hub across the street. I have a higher download and upload than I had when I was in Washington State, but my ping is horrible. You may not have problems cause your internet may not be as crappy as you think.
Latency has a direct influence on how your skill is determined with the current system. Those with the best connection get host. Everything goes through their set up. So those connected to that set up are not only battling the skills of the host they are also battling the set up itself with the latency it may or may not provide. The host may win the game online, but if it were a LAN and your shot connected without having to lead them the Host may not get that lucky.
Yes I am for server side gaming.
the more you play the better you get, the better you get the more games you win, the more games you win the higher your rank goes.
This holds true if you keep the same provider and the latency stays consistent. With my idea, what you said makes even more sense. Those that are the best will go up faster. Those that aren't wont win as much, but wont be put up against those that are obviously superior and can still gain something from the actual experience. The point is to eliminate second accounters and such.
The fact that the end game is to win in and of itself hold the competitiveness intact. MLG play list is all I need to establish that. No need to cater to those players by making the game harder for the average joe when you can specifically create a playlist for that soul propose.
the goal is not to reach 50 but to place you with players just as good as you. your skill tells you how you compare to everyone els
If the goal is to not reach 50 then why even have a ranked playlist at all? Secondly, if the goal is to not reach 50 than it would be no big loss if it was taken out. You spend to much time worrying about skills and not enough about playing a GAME.
I admit I am competitive and hate to lose like most everyone who plays this game weather they admit it or not. But as it stands this game is just not n00b friendly at all. I have tried to get many of my other friends to enjoy HALO, but with players running secondary accounts they kick the crap out of them and make them hate the game. My goal is simply to make it so everyone can have a good time and get good at the game at their own pace. If they invest serious amounts of time to attain that high rank through exp than one would think that they would have developed the skills to compete with those that are there.
Removing the skill based rank system and implementing an experience based system that rewards longevity allows those that are better to separate themselves from the cannon fodder noobs and allows the noobs to grow and develope without being totally smashed on. And 1 exp per game makes no sence to me either. So do away with that and give us a resonable amount of points to equate for the actual experience we are receiving in gameplay. I would like to see it take closer to six months to a year of consistant play to attain general. Not a few days on a one month account.
Lets face it, there are some players that will never be as good as other players no matter how hard they try. To punish them buy forcing them to play these advanced players who create alternate accounts is BS. So check the crappy skill system at the dog house and give us somthing worth earning.
theres an option i use its called "search for good connection" it works.
also fix your connection if it bugs you so much? mines crap bro, TRUST ME. skills just a number. it points to how skilled you are. its ment to be adjusted the better you get. and lateny is different then lag. you prolly know that already :P