Tmyapp: what to do about the rank system - Are you going to change the rank system

[Troy88]

wait wait wait...I still dont get this in other words you want to stay on top even if youre not active?

*sigh* No, no, no. You've misunderstood me. Of course you shouldn't stay on top for being inactive. If you're ranked #1, and someone else comes along and beats all of the best players in the game more frequentley than you do, of course they should take your spot.

I don't totally hate the rank system. It works well for someone trying to work their way up. But what about once you start to actually get near the top? What then? Then ever person you face will give you a measly 10 points, regardless of their ranking, regardless of how tough they were to beat.

Example: You are ranked #50. You go to fight the #15 person (who just for the sake of the example, is very tough to beat), and you give it everything you've got, and you manage to win. You get his points minus your points, divided by 2. That's fine, and seems perfectly fair to me. After all, you should get a reward for beating someone ranked higher than you. Now, let's say later on, through, you managed to get to #10. You go to fight the #15 person once again. As before, he gives you a tough match, but you still manage to beat him. But this time, you get a whopping 10 points. He's every bit as hard as he was before, and you practically get nothing for it! In fact, there was a good chance that he would have beaten you, and taken 10 points from you. This encourages noob-killing, because once you've reached the top 10, everyone you beat will give you the same amount of points.

Now, I'm not suggesting anything drastic. You shouldn't get a huge reward for beating someone ranked under you, not by any means. If that is what you thought I was trying to imply, then you would have been right, that would be unfair. Being more active than someone else should definitely pay off, especially if you are fighting the higher ranked people.

However, I do think that beating #15 should be worth more than beating #9999. Nothing too drastic, just an extra little bonus. I think that the bonuses should go like this:

For beating ranks: You get an additional:
51-100 10 points
26-50 20 points
11-25 30 points
1-10 50 points

If this were to be implemented, I wouldn't see anything unfair about it at all. You would still get WAY more points for beating someone ranked higher than you (his points minus your points, divided by 2), but it would also give you a small reward for beating the people that are the most active and competitive (the top 100), who are ranked under you, instead of just noobs.

The system should remain exactly the way that it is now, with the exception of the bonuses. The bonuses wouldn't drastically change things, or make things unfair (because they aren't substantial in the first place), but they would be enough to give the top ranking people some incentive to play you, and other skilled fighters, instead of just noobs.

If you don't completely understand my idea, click on the link in my sig, and you will see a more detailed explanation, as well as a poll to vote on the idea (whether it's a good idea or not). As of right now, I think the results of the vote speak for themselves. 12 people like it, 1 person dislikes it.