Fleet Battles - Ranking Issues

This issue isn't considered resolved. We're still investigating, but we've marked it so it's easier to find and read for everyone.

Hi everyone,

First off, thank you so much to all the pilots who have been playing Fleet Battles, providing us with feedback, and enjoying the game while we work through a few issues. It’s been great to see!

Right now, we’re tracking three main issues with our Fleet Battles mode and we’re working on each diligently. Thankfully, if you’re newer to the game, you should be less likely to run into the first issue due to a recent update.

With that said, we understand the frustration this has caused for those who have been impacted, so here is what we’re working on:

• Some players stuck at 0 skill rank or aren’t able to rank up as intended
  • We’re working on a fix for players stuck at 0 skill rank and are exploring how best to reset ranks.

• A small number of players unlocked the ranked helmet rewards due to a bug
  • As the players who’ve experienced have guessed, we’ll likely remove these from inventories so they can be properly earned by all you aces out there, so we really appreciate their understanding here!

• Players abandoning matches is negatively impacting the experience
  • We’re working on a new design for the overall matchmaking experience to make it better for all players. We’re working on improvements to matchmaking, lobby, and abandonment systems to make abandonment far less punishing for those who stay in the game, and less frequent overall. We are also making specific improvements for ranked play.

This info has also been added to our Known Issues list, and the Update 1.2 Release Notes.