Originally posted by aure__entuluva

I see that KP awards you bonuses, but do those bonuses scale with the placement (as they do now)? Or are they flat bonuses awarded on top of placement? If it's the former, OP has a point about discouraging fighting earlier in the game.

I mean, I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world. People have to get kills eventually, but fighting off spawn, which was already risky, would basically become a stupid decision as the potential rewards (extra KP that scales massively if you make it to the endgame) would be far less.

Originally posted by Cipher20

I've noticed hidden MMR being in Ranked BR for several seasons already. Why do you say it's a new thing?

Originally posted by theeama

Thats because the first rank designer wasn't an actually rank designer. The one we have now is a former league Rank designer hence the new system. We also started to use MMR based matchmaking as well so i guess it just took time to do everything

Originally posted by BlackhawkRogueNinjaX

Have you given any though to merging pubs and ranked lobbies, with the only difference being if you select ranked you are subject to LP loss/wins. It needs further conditions, but you get the idea. This would mean shorter queue times and a broader pool for MMR to do its job.

Originally posted by Cipher20

New matchmaking by hidden Matchmaking Rating (MMR)

As if this wasn't already a thing in the last several seasons.

I play very little Ranked, in fact I only used to go there to get more casual matches ironically and for several seasons now I've not been matched against actual low rank players at low ranks, just smurfs and other high skill players that happened to be at low ranks at the same time.

Originally posted by xman813

Why go to what many saw as the broken arenas ranked matchmaking?

Or the whole hidden mmr that halo ranked had that i believe they recently got rid of? Why hidden mmr?

And this seems like all the ranks are going to be officially mixed up now since its going to be matching with mmr instead of ranking.

Originally posted by The-Almighty-Pizza

Please don't be as bad as the ranked arenas system🤞. Hidden mmr was implemented horribly in arenas. +15 ap for going against full diamond team, then -70ap for losing against them. Even though youre gold 1...

Originally posted by 6890

Question:

Is there still a rank gate that prevents players from teaming up if their rankings are too far apart? Will this be based on LP or MMR?

I ask because I play the game exclusively with 2 IRL friends. Both of them being single/childless have far more free time than me. If they choose to chase ranks will I be prevented from partying with them even though our MMR may be similar but they have more LP? In the current system we avoid playing Ranked unless we're all online to prevent this issue, but is the new system going to change that?

Originally posted by christhefirstx

Love seeing a dev chime in on the thread, appreciate all the hard work you and the rest of the team put into a game that's given me much entertainment (and stress) over the past few years

Originally posted by snornex

Some thoughts:

Since "KP" no longer scales with placement, the new system greatly discourages fighting, and conversely encourages ratting much more strongly than the current system. Right now, after reaching Platinum 1 or so, you gain zero to negative RP if you get zero kills/assists in a match, even if you rat to 3rd place. Compare this to the new system, where you will now earn 150 LP (i.e. 15% progress towards the next division). Keep in mind that this will apply whether you are in Bronze 4 or Diamond 1.

This means there is no more roflstomping your way up the lower ranks, because: A). The MMR matchmaking means the teams you face will always be close in skill to your squad, B). The rank you are in no longer influences the teams you are placed against. That means players who favored racking up kills to gain RP (even if they are highly skilled) are now at a massive disadvantage. They will either score a bunch of kills against lower skilled opponents (which earns ...

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Originally posted by soren_ra7

yeah, i bet shahin or josh medina were the ones handling over the suitcase with cash.