I think the amount of placement games needed to be placed should drop to 5 IF you have done it before…say a previous season…it can use that for a base and then place you…10 each and every month in each mode seems stupid.
10 allows for consistency. What if you had a few really good matches (those definitely occur) and now you’re ranked into a pool with a much higher skill set than you with no way to derank out of it. If that happens, the gameplay would be tremendously frustrating. Likewise, if you have a few bad games, you may rank too low and be placed among those with less skill than you. That may not be as frustrating gameplay wise, but it would take a frustratingly long amount of time to rank back up to an appropriate spot for your skill level. 10 placement matches are fine and shouldn’t be changed.
10 is a good round number. I like it the way it is. Allows enough games to measure consistancy. Too short and you can get wrongfully placed based on a good or bad streak. 10 doesn’t take long either.
Would you like the CS:GO ranking system? That thing is hell. Halo ranking system is better than most ranking systems I’ve seen
Having 10 placement matches is fine by me, as well as many others, as stated above, it is consistent, and the placement formula may not get enough data for players with just 5 placement matches.
I just mean…the first time you EVER play sure…10 is fine. but over the course of the next month it knows where you belong…using that base stat each and every month after it really only needs you to test 5 matches…
I get placed in matches against golds all the time at silver 3-6 so I dont care if it placed me there…hell the only reason I usually drop is because I get people who arent playing as a team. IF I was placed low I wouldnt care either because you could quickly chew your way up.
Basically, if you play a bunch of these games modes then that is 40+ games in a month just to get out of placement!!! hell that is a third of the games I have played already