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Subject: This ranking system is lame!!

Does anyone else hate this ranking system? The other night i was playing SWAT with friends and i was at level 20, won 6 games straight, and didn't rank up once. then i lose 2 in a row and rank down to 18. Whats the deal with back to back wins not counting for anything? Its a brand new account with minimal exp.

  • 09.06.2010 11:36 PM PDT

Clan: Reach 4 Paintball

>>!!<<

no u.

  • 09.06.2010 11:47 PM PDT

Clan: Reach 4 Paintball

>>!!<<

The more you play a playlist and halo 3, the harder it is to go up. Leaving games also makes it tougher to go up. It takes me at least 10 wins in a row to go up once in lone wolves. I have played about 2,500 ranked games, so it's hard to go up in everything. :(

  • 09.06.2010 11:49 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns (Hunler116)
Shut the hell up, Halo is my world

Obviously.

But who cares at this point?

  • 09.06.2010 11:51 PM PDT

Yeah. I read the above reply about the in depth look at the ranking system and i do get it. But that is why i attempted to start a fresh new account to play SWAT only. My older account has almost 5000 MP games played with about 2900 exp total, spread across all possible play lists, including almost every double exp variation. I thought a fresh start might give me a more favorable outcome. So far no luck.

  • 09.06.2010 11:57 PM PDT

stop complaining and win all your games ........

  • 09.07.2010 2:53 AM PDT

Keepin' It Real

Halo 3 ranks are unique, if they were like call of duty/battlefield, it wouldn't be halo the way it is...

  • 09.07.2010 3:20 AM PDT

I'm out.


Posted by: volcomdrone
Does anyone else hate this ranking system? The other night i was playing SWAT with friends and i was at level 20, won 6 games straight, and didn't rank up once. then i lose 2 in a row and rank down to 18. Whats the deal with back to back wins not counting for anything? Its a brand new account with minimal exp.


Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.

  • 09.07.2010 3:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.


This.
I still don't get how they thought it was a good idea to not rank you up if you're winning a lot in a To4..... It's fun though to run 4s on new accounts...

  • 09.07.2010 3:34 AM PDT

I'm out.


Posted by: Commview
Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.


This.
I still don't get how they thought it was a good idea to not rank you up if you're winning a lot in a To4..... It's fun though to run 4s on new accounts...


"Omg they're going to stack their party with 4 really good people and destroy low levels! We'll show them that that's wrong by not letting them rank up and forcing them to keep playing low levels!"

-Bungie

  • 09.07.2010 3:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Posted by: Commview
Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.


This.
I still don't get how they thought it was a good idea to not rank you up if you're winning a lot in a To4..... It's fun though to run 4s on new accounts...


"Omg they're going to stack their party with 4 really good people and destroy low levels! We'll show them that that's wrong by not letting them rank up and forcing them to keep playing low levels!"

-Bungie

Don't forget LW.....

  • 09.07.2010 3:39 AM PDT


Posted by: Gig4t3ch

Posted by: Commview
Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.


This.
I still don't get how they thought it was a good idea to not rank you up if you're winning a lot in a To4..... It's fun though to run 4s on new accounts...


"Omg they're going to stack their party with 4 really good people and destroy low levels! We'll show them that that's wrong by not letting them rank up and forcing them to keep playing low levels!"

-Bungie

Where did you read that Bungie manipulates the Trueskill system like that? I always thought they just implemented MS's system as is, but set the boundaries between 1 and 50.

  • 09.07.2010 5:45 AM PDT
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I've never ranked up in SWAT but sometimes I'll jump up 3 ranks when I win a match in Lone Wolves. It's kinda ridiculous because I hate FFA and prefer team based game types.

  • 09.07.2010 5:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: volcomdrone
Yeah. I read the above reply about the in depth look at the ranking system and i do get it. But that is why i attempted to start a fresh new account to play SWAT only. My older account has almost 5000 MP games played with about 2900 exp total, spread across all possible play lists, including almost every double exp variation. I thought a fresh start might give me a more favorable outcome. So far no luck.
The games played is independent in each playlist, so having played in a bunch of playlists will not affect your ability to rank up (or down) in SWAT.

Is it possible those games you won were against people of lower rank, and the games you lost were also against people of lower rank?

[Edited on 09.07.2010 6:50 AM PDT]

  • 09.07.2010 6:49 AM PDT

I'm out.


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Posted by: Gig4t3ch

Posted by: Commview
Posted by: Gig4t3ch
Don't play with groups of 3 or 4.


This.
I still don't get how they thought it was a good idea to not rank you up if you're winning a lot in a To4..... It's fun though to run 4s on new accounts...


"Omg they're going to stack their party with 4 really good people and destroy low levels! We'll show them that that's wrong by not letting them rank up and forcing them to keep playing low levels!"

-Bungie

Where did you read that Bungie manipulates the Trueskill system like that? I always thought they just implemented MS's system as is, but set the boundaries between 1 and 50.


I'm not really sure about the specifics, but I do know that you don't really rank up while searching 4's, especially if you're on accounts that have crazy W/L ratios. Whether or not Bungie made changes to the formula, it was Bungie who chose to use it for their game.

  • 09.07.2010 6:59 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gig4t3ch
I'm not really sure about the specifics, but I do know that you don't really rank up while searching 4's, especially if you're on accounts that have crazy W/L ratios. Whether or not Bungie made changes to the formula, it was Bungie who chose to use it for their game.

I thought MS made them use it?

If you're playing in a To3, or To4, and win a lot, you're expected to win every game, so you don't rank up. Quite possibly one of the stupidest things they could've done. LW and doubles with the same teammate is the same.

  • 09.07.2010 7:24 AM PDT