Online ranking system... raves/gripes

RuffRyderZilla · 02-19-2004

I had a score of 2668 which made me a captain and then I lose one lousy game which made me drop to a score of 2648 which was only 20 points. And that 20 got me down to lieutenant commander.

Vash · 02-21-2004

I abort games and my rank goes up 2,000 points. It's odd. And yes, you're rank drops dramatically for nothing. Maybe you being killed by someone with a loser rank score than you lowers it more than it raises when you kill THEM. That's the way I figure it, what other explanation is there. (Admirals have loyal buddies that stand in a straight line in a forstfire game while they let the person get headshots on them all with a pistol) yeah..

-BLAZE- · 02-22-2004

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Originally Posted by bigmike8119

I'm extremly upset at this point in time. Last night I had a bad game on crossroads. For some reason I could not kill anyone. What I thank was a headshot turned into me getting shot up by a terrorist. Basically I droped from cookie to butter sticks again. This in just one game, which is total BS. You should not be demoted for one bad game. After that I played for like 2 more hours and still didn't make it back where I was. Your rank goes down way to fast while it takes an act of god to go up. I just wish these rank up rooms go away. I'm tired of being demoted for one bad game. Here is the problem with being demoted. Nobody wants to play buttersticks because, which i believe, there scared of losing rank. There is no challange in the lower rank rooms. Anyways just venting, please tell me what you think.

Thats the thing, Rank is determined by score, so the rank up rooms aren't really hurting your rank. All you have to do is hit 40000 in rank now, thats quite easy compared to when it used to be 15000(and before that even less). I had an experience like your once also, early on in its release, i had a 1500 score, and lost 800 off of one lousy Sujo game, instantly going from LT COM to Enisgn. Play one game in an ensign only room and get 15 or more kills over deaths, and you almost get your cookie back guarenteed. Its not hard, i played one game in there on my buddys crap name, and went 16-1 in 5 rounds.

BATTLE YAK · 02-27-2004

DOES ANY ONE REALLY KNOW HOW THE POINT SYSTEM WORKS. IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LADDER POSITION. IM TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL POINTS. IM AM AT ABOUT 4600 POINTS AND I AM RANKED 2000. I JUST DONT KNOW WHAYT ALL GETS FACTORED IN TO GIVE YOU THE POINTS YOU GET ON THE PLAYER RANKING SCREEN CAUSE I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE POINTS ON THE END OF GAME TOTALS DO NOT GO ON THERE. IF THEY DID THEN EVERYONE WOULD BE ADMIRAL.
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StiMpY · 02-27-2004

Um, it's a combination of kills/deaths, bombs planted/defused, VIPs etc, and who you played against (ladder position)

I don't know what's weighed the most or whatever, but I think that's the stuff that goes into it...

[[ButteR]] · 02-28-2004

from my expieriences with up and down ranking system i have found to main things in how to rank up. 1). ALWAYS PLAY AS TERRORIST. because if you play as terrorists they have worse guns/worse camo/worse everything, so the creators of socom made it so if you win or even lose by a little bit your rank will up. i tested my theory on two different names. on one name i didn't play one game as a seal, everything terrorist, i think my stats are like i don't know 1300 kills to 500 deaths and my rank is around 1650, and i don't play no cheap breach either, i only play crossroads. and 2). on my other name i played as terrorists seal mix and my stats are better on that name i think i have 700 kills 200 deaths but my rank is 40000, so there you have it, play as terr.=rankup play as seals=rankdown most of the time. (if you really love the IW-80 on the seals you don't have to play as seals just pick up their weapon and you can OWN!!)

P.S. one more thing i've noticed, how many games and hours you play effects your rank significantly, so minimum hours plus lots of kills gives you more rank.

hardknocklife50 · 03-10-2004

i think it was in playstation or psm magazine they had this website that showed you what the rank system was based on it has to do with kills and how many rounds your team wins if you win 6-0 against a team that is better then you then your rank will go up faster but if it's against a bunch of scrubs then your rank isn't going to move to far. so the better you play against people that are better then you the faster you rank up. and so on!

SOCOM2 MASTER · 03-11-2004

Alright, let me tell you what I know.

First of all, the rank system does make sense, BUT IT IS VERY COMPLICATED.

SOCOM is a competitve game (but you all knew that). That means to be successfull, you (you and your team) have to win games (I'm sure that's common sense as well). That's the main point. You have to win, and contribute to that win.

But there are two ways to win. Either kill all your enemies, or complete the primary objective. While killing your enemies will help, completing the primary objective will help you more. As you all should know there are a few different types of games. SUPRESSION (in which case the prim obj. is to kill your enemies) - BREACH - ESCORT -EXTRACTION - DEMOLITION.

People say that when you are a terrorist your rank goes up more because the SEALs have better weapons. WRONG. The reason that as a terorist you benefit more, is because most of the time your primary objective is to kill all SEALs. For example, in a breach game the seals have to blow up a terrorist target. The terrorists have to kill all the seals. If you played SOCOM II for a while, you should know that most games, no mater what type, result in either one of the team's deaths. So even if you as a SEAL kill all the terrorists 6-0 in a breachmap, you will not benefit as much as the terrorists would have if they would have killed you 6-0. This is because your primary objective is to destory a target, and theirs is to kill you.

Second, another key issue is WHO you play WITH and AGAINST. The ranks of both teams are summed up as a score, and compared to each other to see who is supposed to win. All this means is that eight ensigns will get a higher percentage increase if they win against eight captains. Whereby if the captains win 6-0, with 0 deaths, their rank will not change by much. I am sure most of you have noticed this.

http://www.playstationmagazine.com/a...86748%2C00.asp - this is a little article that gives you some info on the subject

R1awayChicken · 03-12-2004

I actually understand the ranking system so i dont have a problem with it! No Joke! :D

tyshooter · 03-15-2004

has the ranking system changed since the update? My clan and i had a war against an all wings team and my clan is mostly cookies with just one wing. We won amazingly so i had to hurry up and check my rank. I exspected a significant change since i had the second highest score. It turns out my rank only went up about 5000. Before the mod i remeber loosing to an all wings team and going up by about 30000. Have they changed how buch beating higher rank is weigted in the scoring system? If so that is messed up because any team can go out and kill a bunch of crutches.