https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/enter-the-arena
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I only skimmed it, but I SAW DA HAMMER!!!
> You get a fresh start each month to try to prove yourself in select Seasonal Arena playlists. This gives you a chance to top your performance from last season, and see how high of a rank you can achieve.
I don’t understand. Isn’t that somewhat redundant in the face of a system that already adjusts your ranking accordingly?
Few questions that I hope they address.
1.Is there party restrictions- Are t04 going to be matching Solo’s and to2’s.
2. Don’t mind the current rank structure. Seems rather solid for the most part.
3. Would really enjoy more information on the ranking structure in regards to how the numbers all work/matches created.
Are Plats going to be playing only Plats. Or will Plat 1’s play Diamond 5/4s and vice versa at the lower end of the tier.
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> > You get a fresh start each month to try to prove yourself in select Seasonal Arena playlists. This gives you a chance to top your performance from last season, and see how high of a rank you can achieve.
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> I don’t understand. Isn’t that somewhat redundant in the face of a system that already adjusts your ranking accordingly?
Personally they should have a secondary 1-50 system, keep the CSR, but have the 1-50 so people could know if you have al least some experience.
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> > You get a fresh start each month to try to prove yourself in select Seasonal Arena playlists. This gives you a chance to top your performance from last season, and see how high of a rank you can achieve.
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> I don’t understand. Isn’t that somewhat redundant in the face of a system that already adjusts your ranking accordingly?
My guess is that it’s to prevent people from just getting to the top and sitting there by not playing, which has posed a problem in other games.
Oh -Yoink- buckets. I’m all for ranking but this -Yoink- Bronze/Onyx crap was pants in Reach. Halo 3 or 4s ranking system was better IMO.
Everything sounds great so far, except I hope they take into account people who have difficulty with Internet connections.
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> > > You get a fresh start each month to try to prove yourself in select Seasonal Arena playlists. This gives you a chance to top your performance from last season, and see how high of a rank you can achieve.
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> > I don’t understand. Isn’t that somewhat redundant in the face of a system that already adjusts your ranking accordingly?
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> My guess is that it’s to prevent people from just getting to the top and sitting there by not playing, which has posed a problem in other games.
What problem did that pose? I suppose that taking themselves out of the equation would throw off the bell curve, but I’m overlooking where that can cause trouble. Now, for the top 200 players who earn the champion rating, I could understand having to earn that distinction back on a monthly basis.
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> > You get a fresh start each month to try to prove yourself in select Seasonal Arena playlists. This gives you a chance to top your performance from last season, and see how high of a rank you can achieve.
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> I don’t understand. Isn’t that somewhat redundant in the face of a system that already adjusts your ranking accordingly?
i wanna say that itll be a special playlist. so every month they will have the seasonal arena playlist.
I saw the hammer and choked on sour patch kids… <3 Yay… <3
I’m very glad that there is more tiers and said tiers are not all one picture until you move up the the next division, makes you feel like you’re earning the rank, not just grinding along. I also like how they are adding seasons, so people who get to the top ranks don’t just sit at the top and stop playing, they will be almost forced to prove themselves every month. I love it. The new ranks also look much better 
Sooooooo… I lose my rank each month in the arena playlists? If that’s the case I see no point in earning the rank to just lose it repeatedly.
Beats the pants off of 1-50, in my opinion.
Finally, a ranking system that sounds great on paper and sounds like it will be executed well, for the first time since Halo 2.
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> Few questions that I hope they address.
> 1.Is there party restrictions- Are t04 going to be matching Solo’s and to2’s.
> 2. Don’t mind the current rank structure. Seems rather solid for the most part.
> 3. Would really enjoy more information on the ranking structure in regards to how the numbers all work/matches created.
> Are Plats going to be playing only Plats. Or will Plat 1’s play Diamond 5/4s and vice versa at the lower end of the tier.
It explains it in the article.
It starts off by searching for people at the exact same rank as you and slowly lifts the limitation if it can’t find anyone your exact rank.
Think of it as Halo 3 where it started searching for level 5s… then 4-6… 3-7… etc.
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> I’m very glad that there is more tiers and said tiers are not all one picture until you move up the the next division, makes you feel like you’re earning the rank, not just grinding along. I also like how they are adding seasons, so people who get to the top ranks don’t just sit at the top and stop playing, they will be almost forced to prove themselves every month. I love it. The new ranks also look much better
Every month seems a tad too much however. I mean, I’m all for being competitive and enjoyed this system in LOL but every month is way too small of a time frame. Bi monthly seems more appropriate.
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> > I’m very glad that there is more tiers and said tiers are not all one picture until you move up the the next division, makes you feel like you’re earning the rank, not just grinding along. I also like how they are adding seasons, so people who get to the top ranks don’t just sit at the top and stop playing, they will be almost forced to prove themselves every month. I love it. The new ranks also look much better
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> Every month seems a tad too much however. I mean, I’m all for being competitive and enjoyed this system in LOL but every month is way too small of a time frame. Bi monthly seems more appropriate.
They make it sound like it’s only happening for certain playlists though, but we’ll have to see.
I agree somewhat for the most part.
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> Beats the pants off of 1-50.
> Finally, a ranking system that sounds great on paper and sounds like it will be executed well, for the first time since Halo 2.
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> > Few questions that I hope they address.
> > 1.Is there party restrictions- Are t04 going to be matching Solo’s and to2’s.
> > 2. Don’t mind the current rank structure. Seems rather solid for the most part.
> > 3. Would really enjoy more information on the ranking structure in regards to how the numbers all work/matches created.
> > Are Plats going to be playing only Plats. Or will Plat 1’s play Diamond 5/4s and vice versa at the lower end of the tier.
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> It explains it in the article.
> It starts off by searching for people at the exact same rank as you and slowly lifts the limitation if it can’t find anyone your exact rank.
> Think of it as Halo 3 where it started searching for level 5s… then 4-6… 3-7… etc.
Must have skipped that part. Fair enough. Good on em.
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> > I’m very glad that there is more tiers and said tiers are not all one picture until you move up the the next division, makes you feel like you’re earning the rank, not just grinding along. I also like how they are adding seasons, so people who get to the top ranks don’t just sit at the top and stop playing, they will be almost forced to prove themselves every month. I love it. The new ranks also look much better
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> Every month seems a tad too much however. I mean, I’m all for being competitive and enjoyed this system in LOL but every month is way too small of a time frame. Bi monthly seems more appropriate.
If youre playing the game a good amount, you will probably peak within 30 days. I know I did in about two weeks during the beta, and I didnt overly play it as compared to some of my friends 
Seasonal rewards though!
Makes me wish they had custom games, arena, war zone, and a non ranked fun relaxing matchmaking multiplayer mode similar to arena but without the banhammer, csr, and other things… I’m all for being competitive some of the times but not all the time