Community ManagerCommunity ManagerSo what's everyone's thoughts on playing ranked matches so far?
We were dropping into a lot of hot zones and didn't have any luck getting kills, so I felt like I lost a lot of points from loading back to the menu, selecting the Legend again, and so on....
Later in the night we toned down our aggressiveness a bit and won as Champion with a total of 2 squad kills (we actually respawned 3 times!), but had a couple games where we each got 4 kills and finished 2nd and 3rd. That's when the RP's started to roll in. We didn't really plan to camp and were looking to attack some other players but they just didn't show up until the end.
There were moments when we decide to defend a higher elevation because we knew players would come in from a certain choke point. I think that's what aspect of the game you can't take for granted. Map knowledge/awareness is so crucial.
My thoughts on ranked so far...
So my friends and I usually drop skulltown, hot zone, or any of the new locations to try to rack up kills. At first, I was struggling to get kills because I noticed everyone playing ranked is a lot better than playing casual. I had to adjust to this and like you said, tone down my aggressive playing style. I had a couple of wins last night with max kill RP and I am currently Silver IV. The most kills I got last night in a win was 7 compared to the 8-11 kill wins I average in casuals so ranked is definitely more competitive.
As for the ranking system, is there a leaderboard or will there be a leaderboard so everyone can see how they match up against their friends and globally? Also, I do not like how the bronze rank requires zero RP to enter. This means that everyone will eventually get out of bronze so there will be no use for the tier. To get out of bronze, you simply just have to play. This makes silver ranking the real bronze ranking because you are able to lose points in this rank so all the "bronze" players will actually be in silver. I don't have experience in the higher ranks yet but someone made a very good point about how in higher tiers, you will have to try to get the maximum amount of kills RP to actually earn points. Right now it is easy to rank up because 17 RP games are so common but I wonder how difficult it will be once players reach higher ranks.
Question: When you reach silver, is your team mate and champion also silver or still bronze?
I see youtube, it still mixed between silver and bronze (bronze > 4). I guess there's not enough silver to fill the lobby yet.
I have been playing all of my ranked matches premade so my teammates have been silver. Since I am only silver IV, there have been a mix of bronze and silver players because I am on the border I believe. Once I reach higher tiers of silver, I should see less bronze players. Also, you are probably right about they're not being enough silvers to fill the lobby yet.
