"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
-Marcus Aurelius
The Ranking system. A ranking sytem that rewards you for winning and encourages you to get better at the game is superior to a system that rewards relentless grinding in my opinion.
I can understand why it had to go for Reach. A system like that requires a certain level of integrity from the community, a level of integrity that was sadly lacking in some players.