The ranking system is just atrocious. And whats with the £5 helmet.
It’s like it’s the game saying "haha give up trying, you’ll never get there.
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Ranking system isn’t all about climbing…
Unless you’re talking about battle pass. I’ve already hit 100 and have about 40+ double exp tokens just sat unused. Weekly challenges and the first few daily games bonus makes your rank fly. I play 2-3 times a week.
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…what else would it be for?
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Getting closer and more consistently balanced games than social.
Social games balance by team which means you could have one extremely skilled player with 3 noobs Vs 4 okay players. This doesn’t happen in ranked as it aims to get the 8 players skills matched more closely from player to player while still balancing the overall teams.
Social also has wider parameters for team balancing so you are more likely to get games where one team is much better than the other compared to ranked.
I’m not talking individual games, this is a consistency thing. Ranked provides more accurate and closer games consistently. Once players settle into their true rank they should continually get some really hard fought and good games. However, lots of people seem to get annoyed because they aren’t constantly going up in rank.
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bro you are constantly talking like you know everything about the ranked system lmao. Inconsistent matches happen regularly in ranked. I am shocked when I find matches where everyone in the lobby is around the same CSR.
It’s usually 9.5/10 games where theres a random low diamond or plat in the lobby, sometimes even multiple unranked players in 1600-1800 lobbies.
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I love how ken is completely deaf or in denial
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I just played ten games with a brand new account to to do the ranking thing…as I was ranking up about the fifth game I started a stronghold with 3 including me, both teammates left of course. Knocking me down from diamond try outs to platinum “try out” then of course I get a slayer with a teammate -10 another -6 , knocking me down to lower platinum. Last two games of course my teammate leaves and other afk both times… literally. Not making this up. How is this remotely fair ken
You expected to win and magically rank up after taking 3 weeks off?
It’s not.
Nobody can justify ending up with team-mates that quit or AFK.
But that’s not the fault of the ranking system. That’s a people problem. And people tend to -yoink- way more than ranking systems.
I do agree though, that 343 need to better in how they deal with quitters. I don’t know what the answer is - a short delay to allow the player to rejoin?.. a recalibraton of the match (equipment, weapons, and scoring) to make 4v3 a fair fight?.. dropping one of the 4 to make it 3v3?.. abandoning the match completely?
But regardless… you will come out of your placement with your MMR higher than your CSR. So you are probably ranked mid-platinum - and should get there pretty quickly.
Where were you expecting to be?
After only 10 games your skill curve is still wide (high variance) and this gives you every opportunity to rank up quickly if you are genuinely better. We don’t know the number for sure, but anecdotally your rank starts to “lock down” after about 50 games at a consistent level.
Actually its super easy, barley an inconvenience.
Dont penalise the players that are playing a man down. Let the winners have some credit. Its not like your winning hard cash or anything of any value at all.
I know, I’m brilliant, I can expect my nobel peace prize in the post I’m sure.
You don’t as a rule. Or at least shouldn’t.
The main exception appears to be when your CSR has climbed above your MMR (with wins against lower ranked teams) and the system uses the loss as a chance to bring them back together.
I think 343 need to fix this and let the player keep the extra CSR until they can either “earn” it by beating a team ranked above them or lose it honourably in a fair fight. Not getting a chance because someone quit is frustrating people a lot.
There is a simple answer to your scenario, but you’ve been nothing but rude to me so regrettably I’m not going to give you a second more of my time on this website.
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That’s because CSR isn’t even a factor when it matches players in Ranked. It’s all based off your hidden MMR. The last time I played solo/duo ranked I was D3 and always qued into Onyx players, including a 2200 HCS pro.
It would be nice if it would just match players against their own rank so climbing wasn’t so convoluted.
All this craziness to just prevent smurfing 
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You played halo? You don’t rank up by winning. Well unless its a challenge.
Oh. You’re talking about the battle pass.
My apologies.
But even so. Meh. I’ve barely put any effort into it and I’m level 75 or so. With 90 odd days to go.
I think it works best if you just let it trickle on in the background. Just have fun playing the game and the battlepass will take care of itself.
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Actually I think its more due to the fact noobs stick to social games so ranked will always have better matchmaking. Maybe 343 should just give social longer search times so that matches are better.
It should never be 3 on 4 in a game that claims to have a lot of player base…period. I don’t remember ever thinking this in modern warfare
It only happens when someone from a 4v4 quits.