The game has been out for over a week now, and while the new instalment has recapture the competitive element, their are a few flaws that really need to be looked into.
Ranking
It’s great to see a competitive ranking system implemented that finally pairs players of similar skill. Unfortunately the system seems rather lopsided and it really shows when playing solo. Regardless of how shocking a player is at the game, they never seem to be less than gold. There is still iron, bronze and silver ranks below it and nobody seems to be worthy of that rank. I get the principle that nobody wants to be told they are bad. I remember all those staff captains screaming about how they can’t get a 30. However that is the entire point of a matchmaking system. At the moment the system consists of good players go to onyx and diamond while everyone else is placed in platinum and gold. It makes for rather unbalanced matches, making the implemented system worse than not having one.
Stacked Teams
After over a decade of matchmaking the idea that stacked teams should have an increased likelihood of being paired up with other stacked teams is still not a thing. 5 instalments in and pub stomping randoms is still a popular pass-time. i don’t think it is a huge ask for these parties to be more likely to play other stacked teams, it makes for more fun and competitive lobbies. This will also help resolve the lopsided ranks with players carrying lesser skilled players to ranks they don’t deserve.
To OP, 343i are clearly monitoring the game and looking at player feedback (they have already removed one map to work on it), be patient and changes will happen. I for one like the way it plays so for me they can keep it like it is.
Without sounding as if i’m here simply to boast. Being as good as I am at Halo my friends always asked me before the release where I thought they would wind up ranking wise. Alot of them are in reality silver-gold worthy. But in Halo 5 I have noticed the ranks don’t quite resemble what I thought they actually would. I mean Alot of diamonds I play and even onyx players to, are just bad. It just seems like maybe because the game is so early in release, that players are getting higher divisions than they should be. I just figured it would be tougher to get higher divisions than it actually is as of now.
Have any of you wondered where you would lie in terms of division before the game was released and got higher/lower than expected? i just feel it’s to easy, I don’t know. Therefore leading to bad quality games in terms of equal skill.
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> Without sounding as if i’m here simply to boast. Being as good as I am at Halo my friends always asked me before the release where I thought they would wind up ranking wise. Alot of them are in reality silver-gold worthy. But in Halo 5 I have noticed the ranks don’t quite resemble what I thought they actually would. I mean Alot of diamonds I play and even onyx players to, are just bad. It just seems like maybe because the game is so early in release, that players are getting higher divisions than they should be. I just figured it would be tougher to get higher divisions than it actually is as of now.
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> Have any of you wondered where you would lie in terms of division before the game was released and got higher/lower than expected? i just feel it’s to easy, I don’t know.
To be honest yes. I am fairly good at H5, H3 was my jam and I would kill it constantly. Not got into the groove yet with the current game. However, I am ranked Diamond in SWAT and that was always my weakest game, on the other hand i’m ranked Gold in Slayer and that is what I consider my best game.