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[XX Sulla XX]

It looks like we will probably be getting a ranking system. So that brings up a few questions.

1. What time of ranking system would you like to have?

2. Would you like it only visible after games or all the time?

3. Shoud it be opt-in only or automatic for every one?

What do you guys think?

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Honestly don't really care since it won't reflect solo vs team play anyway.

[Throat Punch]

I'm gonna sandbag so i stay at the lowest tier and farm c-bills

[Johnny Z]

Great idea for Solaris. What they are planning for that is anyones guess.

[XX Sulla XX]

Mors Draco, on 17 July 2015 - 05:13 PM, said:

I'm gonna sandbag so i stay at the lowest tier and farm c-bills

It will be partly based on how well you do in losses. If you loose the game but score hi making lots of Cbills your ranking still goes up.

[Kristov Kerensky]

Where does this ranking thing come from? The only thing I've seen referring to ranking is the new balance pass they are doing, and that's only pertaining to Mechs, ranking their Tiers over again and redoing quirks accordingly.

[EgoSlayer]

Kristov Kerensky, on 17 July 2015 - 07:01 PM, said:

Where does this ranking thing come from? The only thing I've seen referring to ranking is the new balance pass they are doing, and that's only pertaining to Mechs, ranking their Tiers over again and redoing quirks accordingly.

From a post Paul Inouye made in a thread that appears to be deleted now. It was a thread called "KDR is the only thing that matters in this game".

One could guess with the thread title it got to be a flame war and was deleted, or if you are a tin foil hat type you might think that PGI is covering up for Paul spilling the beans on something that isn't ready yet.

Edited by EgoSlayer, 17 July 2015 - 08:23 PM.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

I want it to absolutely not be publicly visible. We don't need everyone's skill level worn like a badge of honor/shame.

[El Bandito]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 17 July 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

I want it to absolutely not be publicly visible. We don't need everyone's skill level worn like a badge of honor/shame.

I want it to be publicly visible. Not because I am an amazing player, but I love to flaunt the fact that I had beaten the pug-solo MM.

[bad arcade kitty]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 17 July 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

I want it to absolutely not be publicly visible. We don't need everyone's skill level worn like a badge of honor/shame.

lol (from which the op pic is) has ranked matches with visible elo as a separate voluntary queue

also they used to not have those fixed tiers with special test series to achieve the next, which are pretty hard to lose etc, but people were way too much nervous when it was the only one elo line and you could go from gold to silver (different parts of the elo still had those names but they were not really separated except by the pure elo) after a few bad games

[Kristov Kerensky]

EgoSlayer, on 17 July 2015 - 08:23 PM, said:

From a post Paul Inouye made in a thread that appears to be deleted now. It was a thread called "KDR is the only thing that matters in this game".

One could guess with the thread title it got to be a flame war and was deleted, or if you are a tin foil hat type you might think that PGI is covering up for Paul spilling the beans on something that isn't ready yet.

Thanks, missed that one, and oddly enough, that entire thread is totally gone, 404 when clicking on any of the links a search brings up, and Paul's post was deleted from his own profile...hmmm.

I was able to see that he said reseeding would be done and that he'd be making a Command Chair post about it sometime in the future, so...

Ranking shouldn't be visible in my opinion, we all know what it causes. We already have people giving far too much weight to the words of some players simply because they belong to top comp teams, despite their words being utter bs, so imagine how much worse it would be with visible rankings...ugh.

[Sarlic]

More e-penises. Whatever.

I am not very thrilled.

I am more concerned it will destroy the little team mentality we have left.

Edited by Sarlic, 19 July 2015 - 10:29 AM.

[Hit the Deck]

I suggest that PGI use our own "Mt. Tryhard" ranking system. With some modification, of course (names, etc).

[Thorqemada]

When they announced Mechwarrior Online it thought leveling would work like making career in a Military Organization with Ranks that unlock Weightclasses, Mechs, Weapons, Customization Options, Theatres of War (like Militia/Peripherie Duty, House to House Warfare, Clan vs IS), different Level of economical/strategic gameplay.

Social Generals would buy their way up the Ranks (wow - PGI could make somemoney) and Experienced Players would unlock the Mercenary Way (having a certain aount of experience points and money) with full ecnomical gameplay..etc.

PS: And i thought they would release "Solaris" b4 Clans bcs Clans does let you jump toward the end of the monetization sheme.

Edited by Thorqemada, 19 July 2015 - 09:36 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

XX Sulla XX, on 17 July 2015 - 04:33 PM, said:

It looks like we will probably be getting a ranking system. So that brings up a few questions.

1. What time of ranking system would you like to have?

2. Would you like it only visible after games or all the time?

3. Shoud it be opt-in only or automatic for every one?

What do you guys think?

What is this Clash of Clans?

[9thDeathscream]

This will cause all sorts of problems, shouldn't be implemented.

[Kubernetes]

It would make the forums insufferable.

[9thDeathscream]

Some kind of leader board for Solaris, fair enough.

But for CW SOLO & GROUP queues noooooooooooooo. BAD!!!!!!!!!!

[Sjorpha]

I think rankings for solaris, cw or opting into ranked matches is a great idea.

But I don't like the idea of having my leveling mechs and derping around with experimental or roleplaying builds in solo queue affect my ranking though.

[Sir Wulfrick]

If we had a proper, actual Solaris game mode then rankings would be most appropriate and a great addition to the game. For use in any other game mode they're a terrible idea and would only serve to further incentivise personal performance above team (by this I mean an ad-hoc PuG team just as much as a premade) performance. What little semblance of team work that exists at present would evapourate to be replaced by selfish me-first game play. That would be a disaster. One more nail in the coffin of what was insinuated to be a Battletech war simulator, not COD-deathmatch-with-robots

But, I guess it would be in line with making MWO more "E-sport" wouldn't it.

In case anyone's wondering, the line above should be shown in dark red, dripping with disgust.

Edited to add: my disgust is in no way aimed at the OP, but towards the notion that rewards, leagues and all the other trappings of "e-sports" should be added to game modes where they don't belong.

Edited by Sir Wulfrick, 19 July 2015 - 10:54 AM.