Online ranking system... raves/gripes

Shmacky · 02-05-2005

My thoughts are it is affected by the ranks you play against... but with other things added.

In the first SOCOM, you played anyone.. got kills... nothing else mattered... and a round win was considered the equivalent of 2 kills. However, this time in SOCOM II it is different.

There are added things to the rank system. This time it counts more things for points, and who you play against is what weighs those points. The one stander affecting your rank # is the rating. The rest of the points can pretty much give players a look at what kind of player you are. A demolition/breach player, escort hostages/VIPs(or kill the VIPs) and such. The ONLY thing that is putting your number up there is your rating. The higher the rating, the higher the ladder rank. You want to win but against the professionals.

To get there my advice is to play in rank specific rooms. I stayed in Lt. Comm rooms and just kept doing my best and I turned into a captain one day and then stay in Captains only rooms.

Shalashaska · 02-07-2005

the thing i dont like about it is if i go away, when i come back my rank will have dropped simply from not being on... also when someone goes up you go down...rank up...

Wile E 1 · 02-08-2005

well it is ok it could be better and what is with rank up it is gay

johnny2guns · 02-08-2005

i went from ensign to captain legit just plant the bomb all day win rounds and get at least 4 more kills than deaths it works but it has to be constant

the Socom Noob · 02-09-2005

i think its quite weird how it ranks you, i do terrible i go up in rank but when i do good i go down

take for example today 2 mvps in a row and i went down 8k that makes a load of sense...

Skid MArk · 02-09-2005

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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:48 pm Post subject: rank

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I had my wings and dropped down to LT. Commander, which was ok. I got MVP four times in a row then my rank dropped to LT. The next day I signed on my name and I was an ensign!!!! The ranking system sucks, no matter how good I did my rank kept going down. I just created a new name and all was fixed. Ha, but now I was once again an LT. Commander yesterday and now i'm an LT today. All I gotta say is that the online ranking system sucks and sony or whoever makes it either needs to make a new one or update the current one.

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maybe the reason that ur rank kept going down is maybe because the people you beat to get mvp all had lower ranks and that will bring ur rank down if you do bad or just ok against lower ranks(just an idea)

Go Pre · 02-11-2005

Rank is 85 percent how many rounds you win and how many you lose. If you play a game and win 6-0 you're going up. If you play a game and lose 0-6...youre going down.

the Socom Noob · 02-11-2005

really? iv never heard that and i guess that could explain some things

Shmacky · 02-11-2005

It depends on the rank of who you play. You can't really go up in rank playing ensigns and such.

Go Pre · 02-11-2005

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Originally Posted by Shmacky

It depends on the rank of who you play. You can't really go up in rank playing ensigns and such.

Yes you can. I am ranked like 13,000 so I am playing people ranked below me the majority of the time. However I go up in rank every day (or so it seems) because I win rounds.

Rounds Won/Rounds Lost makes the difference people.