I really like the way 343 designed the CSR system in Halo 5 but there is one big flaw right now with the CSR-matchmaking system which causes a lot of unfair matches and frustration. A lot of people are being placed in a too high skill rank because their KDA has no influence on the qualifying matches. The problem of not having KDA influence in the qualifying matches is that if low skilled players match up with higher skilled players they will be placed in a high division. This causes the higher division pools to be mixed with bad players which makes the matchmaking experience unfair and frustrating for both high and low skilled players,
Matches are being lost because actual higher skilled players are being teamed up with bad players causing them to lose the match and possibly lose points towards their next rank. The lower skilled players will also get a poor matchmaking experience since they are being stomped on and get outplayed by the higher skilled players.
Having KDA influence your placement in the qualifying matches will help to make sure every player will be placed in the right division. If someone has poor gunskill he should not be able to be placed in Platinum 1 Team Slayer were it’s all about killing the opponent. You may win thanks to good teammates but it doesn’t change the fact that they carried the bad player. Bad players/lower skilled players should be placed in lower division and should not be able to place themself in the Platinum division.
The way FFA CSR works also needs to be changed. Right now, you can only reach a higher CSR rank if you become first place while in previous Halo games you had to be first, second or third to receive points towards your next CSR rank. Having to be first place to receive win is very bad for your win/lose ratio and will put too much pressure on the player to actually defeat every other player in the match. Having first, second and third count as a win was much better and this should definitely be added back in Halo 5, rather soon than later. FFA is going to be less popular if this doesn’t change because it has such a big impact on your W/L ratio and CSR if you don’t become first place.
A progression bar like the beta so we can view how far we are progressing towards the next CSR-rank would be a nice addition as well. I was suprised to see it wasn’t there anymore after the beta.