Maybe?
This is what Frankie said on NeoGaF. Read this in order to get the context of what was said. He said there is still more to come, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
We knew this was bound to happend. Visibile ranks are stupid, IMO.
If the backend trueskill system is strict, then we will get even matches. That is 50% of the equation.
The other 50% is the desire to improve and the ability to see who is good and where we stack up among other players. This is the main drive behind the system, and without it, the competitive spirit diminishes.
We’ll have to wait for more details, but this isn’t looking good so far.
Good, don’t get your hopes up. The result will be less disappointing if things go south. Doing this keeps your expectations in check and at not CE purist levels so that the end result is satisfying (hopefully).
I personally wouldn’t hold my breath with all this vagueness on 343s part.
This makes me a sad panda.
> We’ll have to wait for more details, but this isn’t looking good so far.
I know, such a shame for the competitive crowd.
While I would still get Halo 4 no matter what. If there is no skill based system that isn’t visible to at least myself, I will be severely disappointed.
either way is fine with me, completely indifferent, doesn’t affect the game in the slightest
> either way is fine with me, completely indifferent, doesn’t affect the game in the slightest
For the majority of the competitive crowd- it really does.
> We knew this was bound to happend. Visibile ranks are stupid, IMO.
So is infection and forge but you dont see me poo pooing them all the time. Visible ranks are how many players have fun. If you dont enjoy it than pay it no mind and just enjoy the game. All you are doing is supporting the loss of a feature that brings joy to other players.
> either way is fine with me, completely indifferent, doesn’t affect the game in the slightest
What if they got rid of all armor permutations and everyone has the same armor.
That doesnt changed the game play, but people would go ballistic.
Just because someone doesnt affect the gameplay doesn’t mean its okay to get rid of.
> Good, don’t get your hopes up. The result will be less disappointing if things go south. Doing this keeps your expectations in check and at not CE purist levels so that the end result is satisfying (hopefully).
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> I personally wouldn’t hold my breath with all this vagueness on 343s part.
we aint gettin nuttin!!
I have already accepted the fact, despite their purposeful tranquilizing vagueness. Meanwhile COD is getting a skill based rank system, so once 343 3 years of work baby gets kicked in the nuts by COD, we will see a skill based rank system in H5. Heck I know im buying BO2 just cuz they added this. I’m curious to see how I will stack up!
I don’t care about a Number next to my GT, I just want well matched close, competitive games.
This kinda sucks, I’ll be honest.
I’m sick of getting these half-answers. Just say it: Do we have a skill based ranking system OR NOT!?
Our rage is justified. It simply isn’t okay to not talk about this so close to launch.
> This kinda sucks, I’ll be honest.
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> I’m sick of getting these half-answers. Just say it: Do we have a skill based ranking system OR NOT!?
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> Our rage is justified. It simply isn’t okay to not talk about this so close to launch.
I think it’s safe to say at this point that we aren’t getting one sadly. Sounds like a more refined version of Reachs matchmaking system. Which sucked.
> I don’t care about a Number next to my GT, I just want well matched close, competitive games.
You wont get nearly as quality a games if their is no tangible reward. Would the olympics have nearly the level of competition if they didnt hand out medals or bring fame to the victors?
> Either way is fine with me.
> > This kinda sucks, I’ll be honest.
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> > I’m sick of getting these half-answers. Just say it: Do we have a skill based ranking system OR NOT!?
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> > Our rage is justified. It simply isn’t okay to not talk about this so close to launch.
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> I think it’s safe to say at this point that we aren’t getting one sadly. Sounds like a more refined version of Reachs matchmaking system. Which sucked.
oh well at least I can keep dashboarding every time I get a gametype or map I dont like. If im playing just for lols there is no reason to not play my faves.
I’ve never understood why we need a ranking system to show how much we’ve played a game, that is exactly what ‘Time Played’ does on the Service Record.
Great, they’re trying to make it so skill-based matching will happen by default, but how many times have they tried to do this now? Both in Halo 3 (social) and Reach globally, it didn’t work.
> > We knew this was bound to happend. Visibile ranks are stupid, IMO.
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> So is infection and forge but you dont see me poo pooing them all the time. Visible ranks are how many players have fun. If you dont enjoy it than pay it no mind and just enjoy the game. All you are doing is supporting the loss of a feature that brings joy to other players.
Really? Joy? Reach had a ranking system. People demolished, boosted it. And then get mad over it.
Halo 3 had a ranking system, People demolished it, boosted it, sold account, and all for a 50 next to it’s number.
This being said, i don’t agree there shouldn’t be one, but i also don’t agree that people bash on the game just because there isn’t one.