tangentiallogic

Originally posted by legitloli

Can we get a ban wave i've been playing against the same hackers in diamond. The pro community even has a spreadsheet of known hackers we've been playing against all week.

Originally posted by qwertty769

Are you at all concerned about the Apex Predators become less competitive toward the end of the season? Basically, do you have a way of ranking the best Apex Predators so they have a reason to keep being on top of their game once they reach the top of the divisions “ladder”?

Originally posted by l7arkSpirit

Why not add a grace period? Such as you have to gain 0 RP for 10 games in a row before falling back to a different tier. I honestly don't think that having a "safe spot" in ranked is a good idea, but I do see your point where it should feel at least like you've achieved a milestone.

Originally posted by YouLeftTheStoveOn

I imagine that you'll still have a reserve of RP from climbing to that level. If you lose enough to get into Silver I, for instance, you might only be paying for Silver matches. If you had enough of a hard time, you would eventually be back in Bronze, where it's free.

Either that, or you're playing free matches if you're at the bottom of your gold tier.

u/tangentiallogic, is this how it would work?

Originally posted by Oniigiri

/u/Jayfresh_Respawn

/u/tangentiallogic

There is currently no demotion if you drop into a lower tier, so if you earn your way into Platinum IV, no amount of losses will demote you back to Gold I – you are guaranteed to finish that Series in Platinum.

Does this mean, theoretically, everyone can stay at Apex predator since they cannot demote from it? I feel like no demotions into the lower tier would spoil the merit of maintaining the rank, especially for the top players. Even if AP was an exception to the demotion rule, it seems like you can just boost friends by letting them finish an enemy after 99%'ing them, since the only basis for RP is kill count and placement. On the same note, at some point there should be consideration for damage output, too.

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Originally posted by Rando-namo

I think the cost is still whatever the cost is, it's just not subtracted from your total if you lose. Essentially it will cost you 0 if you get 0 kills and die immediately, but if you rank top 3 and have 4 kills the cost will be deleted subtracted from your winnings.

EDIT: Gold minimum is 280 RP with a cost of 2 RP to enter.

• If you enter at 280 RP and die immediately without a kill your cost is refunded and you are still at 280 RP

• If you enter at 280 RP and get three kills and die outside top ten, you will then have 281 RP. 3 kills = 3RP minus the 2RP for entry.

Originally posted by oheyitsmatt

Will ranked games be played under "normal" rules or "elite" rules?

Originally posted by wingspantt

Thanks Tangential. What I mean is, can you run out of RP? Like can you lose so much you go back to zero RP to spend, making you unable to enter ranked at all?

i.e. You're in gold, but you lost dozens of matches. You are still in Gold 4, but you have 0 RP. You cannot enter ranked matches because you can't pay the entry fee.

Originally posted by wingspantt

This is EXTREMELY fair.

My only concern is this: Let's say I rank into Gold early on due to luck, then I lose matches over and over and over. Can I eventually hit 0 RP? And if so, am I locked out of ranked for the entire season since I can no longer enter matches to gain more RP?

Originally posted by heyfeefellskee

So is this a separate mode? Can I still just play "unranked" games?

Originally posted by strikethawe

Just adding my thoughts here. The ranking system seems pretty good except for the part of demotions. I feel you SHOULD be able to drop between tiers.

Reasons: 1) it might encourage trolls and hackers to get to a high rank and then throw games to prevent others from reaching the ranks. I assume you will have a quitting penalty but what about those who throw games ? 2) it adds more meaning to games played towards the end of the season, no matter of your rank. Based on your numbers, a month will be more than enough for a highly skilled player to reach Apex predator, what will they do with ranked after that? No matter if they win or lose, then have Apex predator so why bother? 3) Dropping between tiers makes things more challenging as well - your grind doesn't end the second you make it to the tier, but you gotta keep working to stay in that tier (similar to the style Overwatch uses). Players make fall back a few times as they work on their skills to match players of a high ...

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Originally posted by lowkeydbjosh

Currently the #1 Apex Predator for 4 more days lol

Originally posted by pinedsman

Hm, don't think so. There was an email where they asked for gamertags and I don't remember replying to it

Originally posted by FrozenFroh

u/tangentiallogic no leaks ;), just around 400 flyers killed

Edit: maybe 300? You lose count after 3 days of shooting flyers

Originally posted by wheat-thicks

Maybe next time you could make the explainer post yourself so we don't have to guess what's changed and you don't have to be snarky in the comments. ;)

Originally posted by Dremurer

What cracks me up /u/tangentiallogic is I data mined this like 3 weeks ago and assumed it was for your guys personal characters when you played so you didn't have to set them up in the dev environment LUL. <3 you guys. This is a great little feature. Also... looks like there might be some unreleased stuff on some of them? ;)

Originally posted by FrozenFroh

You guys are really clever

So huh, we get YOUR usernames?

That's so cool!