How does everyone feel about 1 month ranked/arena seasons?
I am not sure what the gap(points needed to be earned/matched needed to be one) between each tier (1-6) within each step(bronze-onyx) will be, but if it is comparable to League of Legends then I feel as if 1 month may be a little to quick.
EDIT: Further examination of the League/Ranking System and concerns. (Below)
I am happy with the way they are implementing the ranking system. I used to be a 1-50 fanboy, but after playing games like LoL or Smite, I have to appreciate the Bronze-Diamond style ranking/league system.
The only thing that I am worried about is the length of the seasons. I don’t care that they reset, but what I do care about is not being able to reach your true tier/division purely based on not being able to play enough during the 1 months time. I think the seasons would be better suited for 3 months time. This way you can rank up through each division naturally.
If we are to rank up through 30 tiers over 5 divisions, that would require you to do roughly 1 tier a day throughout the month. Your progress through the tiers is based on WINS/LOSSES. This is where I get a bit worried. Say it takes a minimum of 10 wins to move through a given tier, assuming you have no losses. That would equate to 10 games (simple math). The problem is when you lose/win throughout that tier.
You may very well be an Onyx level player, but it doesn’t mean that your a superstar that wins every game up to that tier/division. You could have to fight your way through the losses to gain that rank, and this would require more play time/games played to achieve. I just would hate to see people miss out on their division cap purely based off of a lack of time.
There are plenty of threads about this, and I’ll say the same thing as I said in those. “It’s perfectly fine, I like them being so short”
I say 3 months is more comparable at least for the casuals, and the hardcore will just rank up through wins…
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> How does everyone feel about 1 month ranked/arena seasons?
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> I am not sure what the gap(points needed to be earned/matched needed to be one) between each tier (1-6) within each step(bronze-onyx) will be, but if it is comparable to League of Legends then I feel as if 1 month may be a little to quick.
I see what you mean, it might be too fast. I mean you could put in a lot of work and finally get high up there, and then what do ya know? 4 days from now you’ll be reset again. So it’s kind of like… well who gives a -Yoink-
I don’t like seasons at all. I say let the onyx and champion tiers have seasons and let the rest of us regular players keep the rank we’ve worked for.
There is no reason you won’t quickly reach the rank you achieved last month before the reset so I dont really see the problem with getting a fresh slate on a regular basis.
In my perspective I feel like one month is appropriate for how many games the average player goes through in a month. This lets them climb or fall. If they get stuck in a rut, then they don’t have to give up for an extended time, at the end of the month you’ll be free. It also gives people placed high up in the teirs to be able to get out and start fresh again instead of playing against people going ham every game.
However, we cannot lay judgement quite yet until the game is released and players have experienced and understand the ranking system progression. It is very likely that as an fps you’ll be able to climb teirs in a matter of a day, or it will take almost a week. We can’t judge the amount of time quite yet. So I’d like to say 1month is a good base to start off with and if players need more time, bump it to 3months.
I think people are forgetting that these monthly resets are also every month as they are in conjunction with any DLC, playlist updates, weapon balances, map changes etc. that will be added to the game post-launch. This way when the new content drops, you get that fresh-slate to try it all out.
> I see what you mean, it might be too fast. I mean you could put in a lot of work and finally get high up there, and then what do ya know? 4 days from now you’ll be reset again. So it’s kind of like… well who gives a -Yoink-
I can understand why some might think it an issue, but the point is that each season will earn you rewards for gaining higher ranks so there is some form of purpose to quickly grab those ranks before the month’s up. If there was literally no rewards and calling them season’s was just a way to say monthly resets, I’d understand more why you might complain but there are rewards up for grabs each season.
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> How does everyone feel about 1 month ranked/arena seasons?
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> I am not sure what the gap(points needed to be earned/matched needed to be one) between each tier (1-6) within each step(bronze-onyx) will be, but if it is comparable to League of Legends then I feel as if 1 month may be a little to quick.
I feel like it’s a little quick. Friends of mine that are pretty competitive gamers think its a little too quick too. Our consensus is that 3 months seems about right. Obviously the goal is, the more you play, the better you get. But if you have to play your placement matches repeatedly, there’s not much time to grow and then you’re trying to grind through the tiers to try and get higher. Ideally, you’d play better in your placement matches and you’d place higher, but I feel like most skill is attained through into division matches. Seeing player habits, strategies, etc. Personally, I hate the idea of long seasons unless there’s a giant incentive at the end (kind of like League which grants frames and skins) but just for a player card, I can see the shorter making more sense. It allows patches to take place inbetween seasons instead (like in league), the meta will change and it throws off some people’s play. Even as I type this, I see the point, but I feel 2 months may be a happy medium.
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> I feel like it’s a little quick. Friends of mine that are pretty competitive gamers think its a little too quick too. Our consensus is that 3 months seems about right. Obviously the goal is, the more you play, the better you get. But if you have to play your placement matches repeatedly, there’s not much time to grow and then you’re trying to grind through the tiers to try and get higher. Ideally, you’d play better in your placement matches and you’d place higher, but I feel like most skill is attained through into division matches. Seeing player habits, strategies, etc. Personally, I hate the idea of long seasons unless there’s a giant incentive at the end (kind of like League which grants frames and skins) but just for a player card, I can see the shorter making more sense. It allows patches to take place inbetween seasons instead (like in league), the meta will change and it throws off some people’s play. Even as I type this, I see the point, but I feel 2 months may be a happy medium.
I see what your saying with the rewards, it would make sense that they would need to have more rewarding rewards for a longer season. My only concern is for those that love the competition that Halo brings, but cannot play the game everyday. 1 month would shut a lot of players out of those higher tiers/ranks just on the basis of not having the most ideal amount of play time. I don’t think they should make them nearly as long as games like League of Legends, but 2-3 months would be optimal in my eyes.
I can see one month being effective within the first month or two after release but it will start getting annoying after the majority of the playerbase leaves.
It definitely should be 3 months or longer after that though.
Bear in mind guys, not all playlists reset monthly. Some will remain from month to month.
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> Bear in mind guys, not all playlists reset monthly. Some will remain from month to month.
Its true, they said only some of them reset. Personally I think a month is fine. It helps shuffle up some of the competition.