why is everything so expensive now!?

(Domm) #21

I know what you mean tinker, but I find it so surprisingly strange that there is no ranking system in the game.
Its truly one of the only game I ever have played without this. I think I had a chesscomputer back in 82 that dident record any ranking :wink:

(tinker) #22

well there is a serperate ranking for many games that actually don’t have a ranking system.
most of the FPS have a SERPERATE ranking - no real ranking in-game.
most games have STATS but not a ranking
w/l ratio, k/d ratio , leave% (and a leaver-status if you leave more than 10% [number variies]) achievements …

and as far as I know even the greatest classic games - like chess - only have a seperate ranking system - it says “grandmaster” to the players in the upper class- world champion is more of a title than a nr.1 rank.

tournaments are good enough to “show off” the upper class players.
in a game like rad soldiers, the w/l ratio says nothing. most random games you play against people with 2units on 14 points, not fully used 14 points, (3 units with 3x4pt weapon) and so on… 1 of 20 games in random is like a challenge - the rest is a >90% win.

so how to Rank a player in rad soldiers ? let him play against other upper class players —> tournaments
why implement a ranking system if it does not show how good a player is.
it results in people making a new account because… when they were new to the game they lost ~100 games what pulls down the w/l ratio…
a ranking gives you a clear position. but a game like rad soldiers should not give ppl a clear position - instead a rough direction - and this doesnt have to be shown seperatly.

give ppl who have a place under the top 10% of a tournament a medal beside the name or something, but I hate ranking systems.

(Domm) #23

Nice to read your side of the story!

But I do really think there should be a ranking system in the game.
This could be made in many different ways, it can also be many classes tec.

Most important is that you can choose to go rankgame or “free-play”.

(Anonymous--Rex) #24

Ranking is a pretty new thing for video games, too. It kind of evolved with the online capabilities and really only hit a stride within the past few years. Also, the racking system doesn’t necessarily have to be a binary-based w/l system. It could be weighted, for instance, where winning against someone of a much higher rank boosts your rank significantly, but winning against a someone much lower does little, if anything.

Anyhow, I hate rankings, personally. I don’t like statistics on multiplayer in general. It makes me put more stock in being good than I would normally. I don’t like that.

(Domm) #25

maybe Im focusing to much on “ranking”.
What Im after if a competition edge to the game.

(Anonymous--Rex) #26

What type of competitive edge? Do you mean a metagame? If there are already tournaments being held, I’d say one already exists.

(Domm) #27

Ok, I made my point and understand that no-one but me are missing in-game competition and ranking. Conclusion; SD are doing the right thing keeping it a “gotoaforumandlookforpeopletoplayitssoeasyandeffectivewayofplaying-game”.

:wink:

(Anonymous--Rex) #28

Not necessarily. I’m sure others would like it. It really boils down to how it’s done, though. It could turn off a few players, too. A competitive scene will arise regardless to if the game skews that way or not - so long as the game is popular enough.

(Hundopercent) #29

They might be able to keep more people if they actually added content to the game. I haven’t seen new content in near 6 months. That’s far below average for a F2P that generally live off of consistent updates.

(tinker) #30

no new content - true
but a huge balance update (8.august) and the pc-version (5.september)
the crates are only for pc at the moment (!!!) [100% coming for iOs before christmas]

any new content is probably released around christmas (normal marketing)

(Hundopercent) #31

[QUOTE=tinker;480722]no new content - true
but a huge balance update (8.august) and the pc-version (5.september)
the crates are only for pc at the moment (!!!) [100% coming for iOs before christmas]

any new content is probably released around christmas (normal marketing)[/QUOTE]

Balancing is just integer changes. I wouldn’t consider that major since the work is already done. :slight_smile: I’ve been wanting new mercs since about 4 weeks after we got tito and treeface.