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Astropithecus_9's avatar
Astropithecus_9
6 years ago

Idea to fix ranked queue and maybe SBMM !

Please read this as an alternative solution to the current ranked POINTS system, and hopefully some devs/admins can see this and talk about it since we all are fed up with the current one.

Prologue: Immagine getting into ranked, you are a solo player therefore you can nowadays expect to match up against any rank (I'm plat and I constantly match up against predators and masters) which is not fair in my (and many other's) opinion.  I suggest changing the way points are rewarded/lost  so for example when you are downed it depends who downed/killed you and the same for when you score a kill onto someone. Let's say you got downed by a Predator while being plat, you should not lose the pool of 36 points but instead given a "handicap points adjusment" where it will transform into different points lose (just like some sort of lose forgiveness). 

Exaplanation of my solution:

-Getting killed by higher rank:   Example me being plat queueing for ranked, if get downed by a diamond player this will become 24 points lose, if I get killed by a master I get 12 points lose, if you get killed by a Predator you get 0 points lose, since it is clearly a handicapped game. 

-Killing higher rank: But if you do manage to kill that higher rank based on who it was, let's say (taking again as example me being plat IV again) if I get to kill a diamond player, that multiplyer should be higher so instead of being 10 points a kill should be 12 points for a diamond, 18-20 points for a master, 26-28 points for a predator.

All these numbers will decrease to normal (current) system the higher you are in rank, making it a just system and will make it feel how it currrently is to grind at higher level but more forgiving/rewarding if you match up against a different rank than yours.    

PLEASE NOTE:  These numbers could be thought very well and tested out and CHANGED if needs be before they're implemented!  But this is just to see what works and if this new system gives players a better feeling and a less punishing mode if you randomly get matched up against much higher rank than yours. 

[p.s. I am Plat IV as I mentioned and in my recent 5 games I got downed by preds, one was even rank 3 (how is that possible you may ask) probably even platinum players would've downed me, idk but I never got the chance to find out as they melted me almost instantly. ]

For those who claim it's not possible to match with preds if i'm plat:

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  • stonksthememema's avatar
    stonksthememema
    6 years ago

    Hey! This is a really good idea... the only concern I have is that predators or masters lose more points for dying to a plat... I agree with less points lost for those of lower ranks but the higher ranks I don’t think is a good idea... good luck though!

  • Astropithecus_9's avatar
    Astropithecus_9
    6 years ago
    @QWingz sure, but this is a start anyway for ranking points since it doesn't punish as hard as the current system. If I a plat get to play vs a predator I shouldn't lose as many points as I would be killed by a plat, because vs the plat (assuming he isn't a smurf) is a fair duel but vs a predator (or as it is in most cases a premade of predators) there is almost no chance for me and my team to win that fight, yet we lose the same amount of points.
  • Astropithecus_9's avatar
    Astropithecus_9
    6 years ago
    @stonksthemememan if a plat gets to kill a predator that's what they get when the odds are against the plat player. Is like a betting system: the odds and money gained because of those odds. But yeah, I think they should try to implement stuff to try to change things for the good rather than just having people complaining about something broken/unfair yet they not doing anything at all.