I’ve been playing Halo 5 since about the day of release, and I still don’t understand this. I play Arena a lot, mostly casually though. My CSR never really mattered much to me, but lately I’ve been playing a bit more competitive and for some reason the highest CSR I could ever get was Gold 6. Here’s an example: Last season I was playing my qualifying matches in Slayer. I won every single game, got a positive KD and was always the top performing player on my team. What do I get after 10 games? Gold 6. Hell, some of my friends get Platinum or Diamond after their qualifying matches.
Even though I’m SR145 I still don’t understand the CSR system fully, so can someone explain this?
the only way I have seen people climb up through the ranks consistently is by teaming with good people and NEVER solo queuing. I only solo queue so RIP the dream of a high rank.
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> I’ve been playing Halo 5 since about the day of release, and I still don’t understand this. I play Arena a lot, mostly casually though. My CSR never really mattered much to me, but lately I’ve been playing a bit more competitive and for some reason the highest CSR I could ever get was Gold 6. Here’s an example: Last season I was playing my qualifying matches in Slayer. I won every single game, got a positive KD and was always the top performing player on my team. What do I get after 10 games? Gold 6. Hell, some of my friends get Platinum or Diamond after their qualifying matches.
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> Even though I’m SR145 I still don’t understand the CSR system fully, so can someone explain this?
It is also dependant off the people you face. If you face of golds and destroy them you’ll be plat 2 at most. If you play against onyxs and loose but do OK you’ll be low onyx or high diamond.
When people rank for the first time you can’t rank higher than plat 6 except for FFA. After that you can rank up to onyx 1700 and then have to work your way up to champ.
The reason is so “noobs” get placed around gold or plat silver etc and then have to work their way up. After that next season it’s fair game to who ever they face. Example I was plat the first ever preseason. When season 1 hit I got diamond. After that I went to onyx and now I stopped playing so I go anywhere from onyx to high diamond.
The gist is if you want a higher placement play to win after your qualification matches and when next season hits you can rank higher or if you are on a streak just power through diamond
The other issue is their still a lot of latency issues. When I am 5 shotting some guy with a pistol in the head mind you and he’s uh still standing. Some matches I have a 50 accuracy and yet somehow everyone ate my shots and didn’t die. So I am hitting most of my shots. Yet, someone doesn’t die is not my fault. And shouldn’t count towards my rank. Or the fact I was in a 3 v 4 most of the time, against teams working together as a 4. And my team whose all over the place. 2 Randoms, 1 guy as my party member. That should also not count against me. I’m also not a Diamond, Onxy, or Champion or don’t pretend to be. But when I am fighting those guys and getting smashed by Smurf accounts, then ranked a level I know I am not, then there is something wrong between “Get good” and “This game is uneven and not balance”. I know I am a High Gold, Low Plat player. But I am constantly being paired against guys obviously not my skill level. How is that even fair way of ranking someone.
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> I’ve been playing Halo 5 since about the day of release, and I still don’t understand this. I play Arena a lot, mostly casually though. My CSR never really mattered much to me, but lately I’ve been playing a bit more competitive and for some reason the highest CSR I could ever get was Gold 6. Here’s an example: Last season I was playing my qualifying matches in Slayer. I won every single game, got a positive KD and was always the top performing player on my team. What do I get after 10 games? Gold 6. Hell, some of my friends get Platinum or Diamond after their qualifying matches.
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> Even though I’m SR145 I still don’t understand the CSR system fully, so can someone explain this?
You also have to consider that your past rank is taken into account, not only the 10 placement matches, when you get your new seasonal rank. So lets say you were a silver last season, the won the majority or even all of your placement matches, you shouldn´t expect to be a diamond or onyx. Like someone already wrote, it also depends on who you face and what their rank is. You gain more beating higher ranks and lose more losing to lower ranks. But I agree it is somewhat confusing. I play with friends who are similarly skilled but are ranked in different tiers and it´s hard to get out of if you keep playing together unless you really do win the majority of your games during the season to keep ranking up. You really need a full fireteam and consistently play together well to have a chance to rank up.