Things we need to change with the ranking system

  1. Remove the penalty for losing.
    -We can do this unconditionally or conditionally. I think that if your score was at least 50% greater than the ~5th place in the team, you should be exempt from the loss penalty.
    -Or, just add an extra point for being top 3 in the team, so that if you lose, get top 3, and get Battle Hero, it still results in a net gain.
  2. Tying into 1, it would be nice to get rewarded for carrying a team. I would know; for the last week I seem to have only gotten idiot teammates or uptier enemies. So, if you get a noticeably greater(tell me what you think it should be) score than your other teammates, you should get rewarded handsomely.
  3. More rewards for more heroics. Currently, someone with 1 Battle Hero award gets the same reward as a player with multiple. Instead, a point should be given for 1 Battle Hero award, PLUS one point for every two awards earned afterwards.

These should solve the problem of the system disincentivizing losses. It leads to toxic games, meta-spam, and underpopulation of already weak factions. Currently I’ve found Normandy to be the most balanced campaign, and that’s saying something.

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There’s no penalty for losing as long as you have bunch of battle heros (I even ranked up after I lost a game)
and I feel like you’re getting more reward for being #1 but not sure.
After all it’s not really that hard to rankup, boosting it will result in having even more marshals!

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This is the most important of all as there is no incentive on staying on a losing match other than offsetting the penalty with a battle hero but no points earned either. Might as well desert for a better match instead of dealing with this waste of time of a match.

The ranking system seems to be the least of the worries. More maps!

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This!
The bloody goldfish icon in front of your name does absolutely nothing for you.
Let’s not waste more time and effort on this.
Build maps, bigger maps!

I FEAR the moment when ranking may (will?) be granting more tangible rewards than just bragging icons, like some exclusive content.

That would mean dialing the game into permanent event mode. The end of casual fun and relaxed playing, and the fall into the pit of endless tryharding frustration.

Does deserting automatically give -1 rating point?

If you have an officer rank like Lieutenant and above, you get a deduction for losing or deserting.

Just because there is an reward you dont need to be after it.
A smart donkey refuses the carrot dangling infront of him.

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I have a 54% winrate and get the occasional Battle Hero award, and i am close to Major, if a scrub like me can rank up everyone who isnt totally brain dead can too.

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Sir, you are just enjoying the game.
You are a winner!

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It depends if the reward is a f*cking name decoration i took my private ensigna with honor :slightly_smiling_face: if the reward is something good like Gold i do a try to win her, anyway we have to wait the next season end for see what reward the rank give

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Losing and battlehero stops demotion, but I do think there are too many generals in game, surely the ranks should be a little more challenging imho

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Imo the sole issue is that bots can get ranks as well.

That’s because they can’t show that most matches are filled with bots, because more people will leave the game.

Hmm, if only there was issue that drives players away from this game… Could be anything, not like there is any complaining here on forum… Guess we’ll never know…

If I could swap my marshal icon for a bronze order, I would.

There, I said it.

Are there smart donkeys?

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yes! I also agree that the ranking system can really bring a little reward, not only a gold logo next to the name, but also a special collection weapon (at least a gold card)

I dont know, but htere are definetly cute ones :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :innocent:

Yeah.

I dislike the system and wish it would be removed. As long as there’s no content or ability tied to it I don’t care much except for my slight tendency to be an OCD completionist. The fact that if you’re on a losing team the only way NOT to lose points is to get a battle hero award makes it all the more annoying when you spawn into a match that’s like 1:30 in. Spawning in to see C capped, B halfway capped and both airplanes already off the ground? And I can’t leave without "penalty? " A joke.

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