Even though there’s a mix love/hate relationship with the whole tier system, I believe we should try to implement the old 1-50 rankings tagged along with these tiers.
Bronze: 1-10
Silver: 11-20
Gold: 21-30
(Remove Platinum?)
Diamond: 31-40
Onyx: 41-50
Champion: Keep it as is with the csr in place
I just feel so bored that after 10 games, I’m just locked into this tier and can only move up. I like the competitiveness to move up, to keep trying to reach that 50. I believe we should be able to “jump” levels as we did in Halo 3. If you have a consistent high csr, then you could level up to 2 to 4 levels per match (obviously it slows down when you get into the 30s-40s). I just like the visual representation of my rank. This tier system doesn’t really give me that edge that I used to have. Your opinions? This is just a suggestion so try to not hate.
Edit: I’m always facing people with different tiers then where I stand, why do platinums face onyx’s?
It’s an Elo ranking system, so it’s basically the same thing that you’re asking for… It’s just represented by a symbol instead of showing you your Elo… Or a number 1 - 50. Once you reach Onyx, your Elo will be revealed.
Basically, your rating goes up with a win and down with a loss. How much depends on the combined Elo of your team, and the combined Elo of the other team. There are other factors as well, you can learn more about this kind of rating system by searching the net.
Lets say a first timer starts with a base Elo of 1100:
1500+ = onyx
1300 - 1499 = diamond
1100 - 1299 = platinum
900 - 1099 = gold
899 and below = silver
It’s actually a really great system. Sure, it could use a bit of tweaking… Like not putting players who haven’t finished ten games in with the onyx players, but overall it has more positives than negatives.
But an actual number visual is far more effective. Also, why jump 1 straight to 50? It’s alot more fun to climb the ladder.
I prefer the ranking system they have now far more than the one through 50 system. I do however one major complaint with it. I remember reading that you can’t drop down a tier. The issue I have is this, say someone by themselves would be a silver ranked player, but during the ten placement matches they played with a couple friends who are way better and they got me into platinum. Now every game that that person plays without them they are going to be ranked with platinum players and basically bring the whole team down. Since they can’t drop down to platinum by loosing games they are in plat until the next season starts. Assuming they don’t buddy up again for placement then it should even out.
Since the entire system is based on win lose, rather than individual skill this has a detrimental impact to the people who are forced to play with them. Seems like they should either allow people to drop down a tier during the season, or put more of a focus on individual skill. Example if I go 15 kills 5 assists and 3 deaths and we loose, my rank should drop. Obviously this is only my opinion but it is extremely frustrating when I have a diamond player on my team and he gets three kills and dies 12 times, when he should at the very least be able to hold his own at a platinum level.