Ranked System in UFC 5
I absolutely hate the ranked system: The problem with ranked isn't the gameplay itself, it isn't the overall connection issues either. It is the point system that the game utilizes. The amount of time per game ranges from 15 to 25 minutes depending on how far you make it. Considering the fact that most games don't go to decision and is done either by tko or sub we can trim these values to 10-20 minutes per game on average. Obviously the higher your division, the longer these go and the more technical they become. For background i am a div 17 player whose peaked at 19 then fell back down to 17. And the climbing doesn't seem fun anymore, the reason being that the amount of points you earn per win and the amount you lose isn't even close to equal. I, per win get around 7-15 points per game (mostly 7). And lose around 17-30 depending on how bad my opponents division is, without going into the smurfing problem. Grinding ranked just feels so inefficient and such a waste of time. In other games like league, sf6, tekken etc. The grind is first of all rewarding because you get special rewards, but it isn't painful because you gain 30 and lose 30. The reason why i am writing this after 350 hours of game time is that, i want EA to really fix this. I sincerely believe that this is the best MMA game we have out here and want to make it better. Also i am mad that i won +0 points in my last win, and lost 24 in last loss. For reference that would mean i would have to beat 3 guys (that is if i get +7, and not 0), and lose none of my games. Which doesn't make sense, not everything in the game has to be realistic especially a point system. As of today, i just don't feel like playing ranked anymore because its so goddamn inefficient and when i see the progression showing +0 points it just drains my whole enthusiasm to boot the game up and continue playing the game. Please EA if you read this fix this or come up with a better system, its sincerely so easy to have a better ranked system than what you guys have right now.
For the people who are wondering why i am specifically talking about ranked and not things like grappling and clinch spamming in higher ranks, The reason is i am a highly competitive player over the board i like to play games with ranked in them to prove to myself that i can keep up with the best the game has to offer and challenge myself to be one of them. I've done it in league, SF6, tekken, csgo etc. I just like competitive gaming a lot. And i want UFC 5 to improve and provide a better feeling to people who actually play the mode. Clinch spamming is absolutely dreadful fix that in the next game if you can 🙂
Thanks for reading and please comment on this so we can grow this thread enough for EA to look into this,
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