My experience with the new rankingsystem that got implemented at the start of season 13 is anything else than positive. This new system requires you be one of the last few teams left to be able to get points from your kills which to me is completly wrong. I agree that you should be rewarded for lategame kills but that is not what this new system does either in all situations. To get points you are now forced to land in a place where no other teams are because the only thing you will get out of an ealy fight at most is 3 points from a squad wipe but that also takes away your 3 kills which rewards you with 100% rp which means that you in a way have ruined the rest of your game because of the big decrease in points you will get from more kills later in the game. Landing where other teams land should be in my opinion, a risk worth taking if you are confident in your skills because it is a risk after all but in seasons 13 there is only risk and no reward. Do you have any good reasons for why this new system is better than the old one because i feel like all it has done is making the game a lot more stale and boring to play before you enter the late game which hasn't improved either but pobably hasn't become worse. I definetly feel like the old system where a lot more enjoyable because it offered a reward for taking risk while the new system only promotes camping and getting the best circle position late game.

i kinda like it, but i hate diamond rank right now. It's too hard for casual, it does not make sense to play if i play just 10-15 hours a weekand for god sake if you play it solo because friends don't have time, just waste of time

The new system is far more punishing on cowards, which I like. Yes, teams can land with nobody to avoid early game fights, but if everyone in the lobby did that, they wouldn't be getting anything anyway. With the new point system, early game kills don't make teams go positive because they carry no weight, which puts a huge dampener on obnoxious players that just wanted to zerg a squad in the beginning of the game and then hide like scared animals for the rest of it. In my matches, there are no longer 16 full squads camping in every available crack on round 3 (true story), or 10 squads flailing about like chickens in the second to last ring (also true story). And mind you, this is on a largest map. I love this new system. It filters out obnoxious gameplay and rewards skill and participation.

@Jymoy The new ranked system is an attempt (in the right direction IMHO) to balance out the placement and KP as it relates to RP gain. one can no longer push everything all the time until you die at 14th place with 6 KP and expect to make gains. We now have to play with more strategic thought in order to maximize RP gains with KP and placement.@SugaryJuice is wrong that early KP is meaningless, if you can get early KP and play smart enough (sometimes luck is involved) to carry it to a higher placement the RP for the KP increases.Is the current ranked system perfect? No it is not, and adjustments need to be made, entry costs, RP thresholds etc. but it is like I said, a move in the right direction.

@espadakillar69 They want you to play BATTLE ROYALE, not TEAM DEATH MATCH. Whether or how you do this is entirely up to you.

@reconzero exactly! I’m sick of this ”push push push!” Kamikaze mentality, with no tactics in mind.

What is the porpose of the new ranking system?

11 Replies

SugaryJuice
4 years ago
The new system is far more punishing on cowards, which I like. Yes, teams can land with nobody to avoid early game fights, but if everyone in the lobby did that, they wouldn't be getting anything anyway. With the new point system, early game kills don't make teams go positive because they carry no weight, which puts a huge dampener on obnoxious players that just wanted to zerg a squad in the beginning of the game and then hide like scared animals for the rest of it. In my matches, there are no longer 16 full squads camping in every available crack on round 3 (true story), or 10 squads flailing about like chickens in the second to last ring (also true story). And mind you, this is on a largest map. I love this new system. It filters out obnoxious gameplay and rewards skill and participation.
Asmodeus566
Hero+
4 years ago
@Jymoy
The new ranked system is an attempt (in the right direction IMHO) to balance out the placement and KP as it relates to RP gain. one can no longer push everything all the time until you die at 14th place with 6 KP and expect to make gains. We now have to play with more strategic thought in order to maximize RP gains with KP and placement.
@SugaryJuice is wrong that early KP is meaningless, if you can get early KP and play smart enough (sometimes luck is involved) to carry it to a higher placement the RP for the KP increases.
Is the current ranked system perfect? No it is not, and adjustments need to be made, entry costs, RP thresholds etc. but it is like I said, a move in the right direction.
SugaryJuice
4 years ago
I didn't say early KP is "meaningless". I said points in the beginning of the game carry no weight.
EspadakillarTTV
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
So camping is encourage since that is the direction the developers want without consulting the end users. Right.
Jymoy
4 years ago
@Asmodeus566 Thank you for the reply! Feel like this made the updates purpose a bit more clear and I can definitely see that this is a step in the right direction even tough there still are a lot of problems that need further tweaking to be solved.
reconzero
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@espadakillar69 They want you to play BATTLE ROYALE, not TEAM DEATH MATCH. Whether or how you do this is entirely up to you.
Dusst3r
New Scout
4 years ago
i kinda like it, but i hate diamond rank right now. It's too hard for casual, it does not make sense to play if i play just 10-15 hours a week
and for god sake if you play it solo because friends don't have time, just waste of time
AlfaOtrqd
4 years ago
@SugaryJuice Sorry pal , but you either haven't played enough ranked or you have and are just trolling or dilusional . Ppl camp like mad after first 3 kills they get , plat 3 feels like algs with 8 teams in circle 4 and 5 teams in last circle.

Also a system where I lose points after 1 kill 4 assists and 2 team kill points finishing on position 11 is wrong

I have been double diamond ranked each season since season 5
It is way too grindy for a guy like me who can only play 2 days a week with 8 9 hours each of those days

This will be first season since I started ranked and wont be able to reach diamond due to map being too slow and early deaths being just too punishing
Pulvertomten
4 years ago
@reconzero exactly! I’m sick of this ”push push push!” Kamikaze mentality, with no tactics in mind.
Pulvertomten
4 years ago
@AlfaOtrqd I guess you have to play arena or different game, with death match mode then? Battle Royale is not death match. Sorry...