So I just got done playing my Team Arena matches with a full squad. We didn’t do amazing (we struggle at strongholds) and won 6 out of 10 matches. I had a KDA of around 6.0 with somewhere around 145 kills, 110 deaths, and 80 assists (ballpark numbers). I got placed Plat 4, which I somewhat expected as per tradition of this game ranking me. My teammate, however, who finished with a negative k/d, a 0.6 KDA, less assists, more deaths, and less kills than me, got placed diamond 2. Can someone explain how this even happens? Quite frankly, these last two seasons have placed me in what I consider the wrong tier for me, as I consider myself an diamond/onyx player, as I have had these rankings in multiple seasons. I’m sure it’s a common complaint, I was just hoping knew something I didn’t. Thanks in advance!
Same thing happened to me. I did exactly as you did this season for last season in team arena. Played all my matches with a buddy. Got 6.0 k/d, 15 kills a game always positive, won 6 out of 10 games and got gold 4. My friend got -2 k/d, was at the bottom of all games and he got platinum 2. The ranking is definitely broken.
There is speculation that Team Arena may place more weight on Objective based medals such as Flag Caps, Carrier kills, Defense, etc…
Ah, interesting to both of you two’s responses. One thing I did see was that it places weight on your previous seasons rank. Which somewhat makes sense because I didn’t get to play much in February and only made it to low diamond in the two key playlists. Now in march I am platinum. I can sort of see the weight on objective, but I somewhat disagree strictly based on my performance during my placement. I am only one person though, not really enough to draw any conclusions. I’m not mad, a rank is just a rank, as long as I’m performing well I don’t really care. It would just be nice to know how it works is all. Thanks to both!
Id assume arena does weigh more on playing the obj (flag cap, strong hold capture etc) compared to just kda like Razz mentioned. In slayer is where kda is more important. Swat id assume Head shots & accuracy