I’ve just finished a Team Halo 2: Anniversary match and the teams were COMPLETELY unbalanced in terms of rank. The teams consists of a level 1, two 3s, and two 7s. The other team consisted of 15, 12, two 13s, AND A 48!
Guess who won? Not the underdogs, that’s for sure. I have been repeatedly placed into these unfair games and losing hard-earned ranks because of it.
Its completely unfair matching system and it kills the enjoyment of the game. I really hope to see a fix to this issue in the nearby future.
Note: I also think there should be reconsideration to the ranking system. I think it should be more based on your performance than the results of the game. I played one team slayer match where I scored over 20 kills while my teammates scored in only the single digits. We’ve lost the game and I thought I played a pretty good game and then I see my rank drop a level.
I really enjoyed and favor the original halo 3’s ranking system. There was very rarely ever matches where the matchup was COMPLETELY unfair. Also, there were general ranks that were attached to your player in social and ranked matches. In socular matches, the matchups were all relatively close. Halo MCC’s matchups are all over the place and not fair (based on my experience) most of the times during unranked games. There needs to be a possible ranking reconsideration. I vote to go back to Halo 3’s system.
*** Note, as of 12/14/2014, I’ve lost a match on Team Halo 2: Anniversary. Instead of dropping down one rank as would normally happen during a demotion, I lost 5 ranks. Was that supposed to happen? Is that just a bug I was unfortunate enough to experience? If so, I hope there is a fix to that real soon.
The ranking system is going to be reset anyway. Not sure why people even really care about ranks at this point, because of that and the system is broken. If your trying to grind your way up ranks at this point you’re really just wasting your time. Not making any excuses for 343, but that’s just the reality right now.
I liked Halo 2 ranking system better because of the symbols attached to different groups of rankings, and it was actually difficult to get a really high rank. If you were above a 40 without cheating you were basically a pro (my highest was 36). H3 was a joke I got a 49 with relative ease, kinda loses meaning at that point.
Ranking system is broken. Where have you been since release?
I don’t think they implemented skill matching at all so you are just matching anyone who is searching regardless of rank.
They are aware of rank exploits and the quitting issue and hopefully will address it soon.
I think they aren’t currently using skill matching so that players can find games quicker…
They have a ranking system. Why?
- Is it because you play 3v5/3v5 every other game or…- Is it because you get disconnected 30% of games…I got it! It is so that you can now actually see how 343’s (formerly) hidden ranking system actually works since Halo 4; pairing level 50’s with 30’s and 1’s! Thanks 343 for proving me right when I during the whole of Halo 4 said that the hidden ranking system does NOT work one bit with pairing people of similar skill. I said this DESPITE firm confirmation from 343 themselves that the ranking system did indeed pair up players of similar skill. How could they say that? Well, because they obviously do not play the games themselves.
And, in case I am wrong about this being nothing but the visible version of their Halo 4 ranking system, I want to add that it doesn’t prove my argument wrong ONE bit since I KNOW for a fact that Halo 4’s ranking system did NOT work. I played it A LOT and while maintaining an solid 2.6 K/D and deserving to win around 98% of my games, I won only around 70% because of being CONSISTENTLY paired with teammates who probably rented the game of the weekend. And we are talking TWO YEARS of playing, and 343 didn’t improve the ranking system ONE BIT while consistently LYING TO US THAT IT WORKED!