When is RANKING coming back? Ranking are the most sportive & entertaining battles imo

[Yaskaraxx]

I wonder when we get back the ranking-battles? Ranking battles are far more entertaining (both in strategical & tacticalal ways) & far more a real sportive challenge than what we get with the matching-charts. With ranked-battles you play less ships per team (makes the battle much better & deeper!) & same tiers fight same tiers. I very much liked the ranked-battles & now I realy kind of miss them. There must be more gamers like me who miss the ranked-battles.

 

With the random-battles all too often it seems so unsportive & not challenging: tier VIII easily sinking tier VI ships. Question: is such an unbalance even fun for the gamers? I mean, in one of my battles i sunk an obvious new player which was 2 tiers lower than me...but..was that "entertaining & challenging" for me? No, not at all, i could not realy value my great victory on a 2 tiers lower ship of a new player (sinking his ship even got me a bad and inferior feeling....realy lol). And what kind of an impression must such an unbalanced fight have on the new player? (..do not answer this, we all know).

 

One of my last battles my FUSO was teamed-up in an almost full tier VIII-match. Almost all other ships where tier VIII (????)...so..what was my FUSO doing there????lol Anyway, I did not bother to play that match & left the FUSO to try to get a more sportive match with one of my other ships. (I also could have sacrifyced the FUSO in the first 2 minutes of the game, as many other players also do, when they see their ship is by far the weakest in a battle).

 

IMO: if one wants to battle with for instance  a tier IX or tier X ship, well, go battling other tier IX or tier X ships..but do not go kicking-off on shooting 2 tier-lower ships??!! (...that is: if yr a real man & gamer lol)

 

Anyway: could us players be given a choice BEFORE accepting a random-battle. I mean: if one notices BEFORE a battle begins that yr totally out-matched, that  one should have the possibility to decline such a random battle? For instance: I would certainly like it when i wouild have the opportunity to leave a "team-up" when noticing that all other ships 1 or 2 tiers lower (or higher) than my ship. If would give me the opportunity to make a choice for a real sportive & challenging battle before a battle starts.

 

So, in short:

- when do we get our ranked battles back?

- can we get an option to "leave an unbalanced team-up" prior to a battle starts?

 

(BTW: overall I very much like WOWS & it became my main game. The graphics are stunningly good & the game is simply excellent. Overall I rate the game with a 95% out of a 100%).

[Ev1n]

Anyway: could us players be given a choice BEFORE accepting a random-battle. I mean: if one notices BEFORE a battle begins that yr totally out-matched, that  one should have the possibility to decline such a random battle? For instance: I would certainly like it when i wouild have the opportunity to leave a "team-up" when noticing that all other ships 1 or 2 tiers lower (or higher) than my ship. If would give me the opportunity to make a choice for a real sportive & challenging battle before a battle starts.

 

So, in short:

- when do we get our ranked battles back?

- can we get an option to "leave an unbalanced team-up" prior to a battle starts?

 

(BTW: overall I very much like WOWS & it became my main game. The graphics are stunningly good & the game is simply excellent. Overall I rate the game with a 95% out of a 100%).

 

1. FEB/MAR next year.

2. This is not possible, for may different reasons. Foremost of them is that the tier spread in battle is part of the core design of the game. Without it the game would lose more than it would gain. 

[Fizzy_Odin]

Can you at least than plz give us 6 vs 6 mode of pvp - it would be 500% more fun and enjoyable and entertaining Battles system than 12 vs 12 which is more rng win because of too many good vs potato team

[Hateshinaku]

 

1. FEB/MAR next year.

2. This is not possible, for may different reasons. Foremost of them is that the tier spread in battle is part of the core design of the game. Without it the game would lose more than it would gain. 

 

The real question is... why did you guys even removed it for several months? they were totally fine >,>

[Takru]

1. FEB/MAR next year.

 

About time!

[Jethro_Grey]

I wonder when we get back the ranking-battles? Ranking battles are far more entertaining (both in strategical & tacticalal ways) & far more a real sportive challenge than what we get with the matching-charts. With ranked-battles you play less ships per team (makes the battle much better & deeper!) & same tiers fight same tiers. I very much liked the ranked-battles & now I realy kind of miss them. There must be more gamers like me who miss the ranked-battles.

 

With the random-battles all too often it seems so unsportive & not challenging: tier VIII easily sinking tier VI ships. Question: is such an unbalance even fun for the gamers? I mean, in one of my battles i sunk an obvious new player which was 2 tiers lower than me...but..was that "entertaining & challenging" for me? No, not at all, i could not realy value my great victory on a 2 tiers lower ship of a new player (sinking his ship even got me a bad and inferior feeling....realy lol). And what kind of an impression must such an unbalanced fight have on the new player? (..do not answer this, we all know).

 

One of my last battles my FUSO was teamed-up in an almost full tier VIII-match. Almost all other ships where tier VIII (????)...so..what was my FUSO doing there????lol Anyway, I did not bother to play that match & left the FUSO to try to get a more sportive match with one of my other ships. (I also could have sacrifyced the FUSO in the first 2 minutes of the game, as many other players also do, when they see their ship is by far the weakest in a battle).

 

IMO: if one wants to battle with for instance  a tier IX or tier X ship, well, go battling other tier IX or tier X ships..but do not go kicking-off on shooting 2 tier-lower ships??!! (...that is: if yr a real man & gamer lol)

 

Anyway: could us players be given a choice BEFORE accepting a random-battle. I mean: if one notices BEFORE a battle begins that yr totally out-matched, that  one should have the possibility to decline such a random battle? For instance: I would certainly like it when i wouild have the opportunity to leave a "team-up" when noticing that all other ships 1 or 2 tiers lower (or higher) than my ship. If would give me the opportunity to make a choice for a real sportive & challenging battle before a battle starts.

 

So, in short:

- when do we get our ranked battles back?

- can we get an option to "leave an unbalanced team-up" prior to a battle starts?

 

(BTW: overall I very much like WOWS & it became my main game. The graphics are stunningly good & the game is simply excellent. Overall I rate the game with a 95% out of a 100%).

 

So you want a sportive game yet you left a game because you were bottom tier? Something that is known for ages now, besides, what is more sporting and challenging than being bottom tier.

I hope you got reported for it.

 

 

[Vanhal]

Seriosuly? Ranked is most annoying mode ever because of the almost total random hit-miss grind. It would be excellent, but:

 

1. Lessen the grind dammit.

2. More tiers would be good, not like 10 battles in VI tier and 300 in VIII tier. Make them regular and increasing - 4 ranks in V tier, 4 ranks in VI, 4 ranks in VII and finally 4 ranks in VIII. Something like that. It would be much more fun then.

[Oely001]

Are there plans for any form of league battles? That would be permanent ranked battles. I'm not talking about team battles.

[bushwacker001]

 

So you want a sportive game yet you left a game because you were bottom tier? Something that is known for ages now, besides, what is more sporting and challenging than being bottom tier.

I hope you got reported for it.

 

 

 

To be honest, had he stayed in the battle it is debatable whether he would have made any difference. I have this guy on my blacklist in game after a battle where he was the enemy team's best player....a shame he was on my team. 

[Kruzenstern]

I would actually enjoy ranked battles much more if there were different ranks for different tiers. The few tier6 battles last season were some of the most fun matches I had in my entire WOWS career, despite already being totally jaded by randoms and expecting nothing from ranked. But when it went to tier8, I did two battles, was disgusted and never touched it again. I just don't like the high tier meta very much and the abundance totally braindead mouthbreathers in tier8 ships is just the same disheartening experience as in random. If ranked had stayed at tier6 where the meta is much more enjoyable to me and there are fewer UP players in OP premiums, I would probably have played a lot more.

 

Alternatively, I too would enjoy game mode with fewer players, ideally an 8-player battle that also allows 2-man divisions (same 25% as 3-man divs in 12 player battles).

[Takru]

 

1. FEB/MAR next year.

2. This is not possible, for may different reasons. Foremost of them is that the tier spread in battle is part of the core design of the game. Without it the game would lose more than it would gain. 

 

Any news on Team Battles?

[RUSSIANBlAS]

I would actually enjoy ranked battles much more if there were different ranks for different tiers. The few tier6 battles last season were some of the most fun matches I had in my entire WOWS career, despite already being totally jaded by randoms and expecting nothing from ranked. But when it went to tier8, I did two battles, was disgusted and never touched it again. I just don't like the high tier meta very much and the abundance totally braindead mouthbreathers in tier8 ships is just the same disheartening experience as in random. If ranked had stayed at tier6 where the meta is much more enjoyable to me and there are fewer UP players in OP premiums, I would probably have played a lot more.

 

Alternatively, I too would enjoy game mode with fewer players, ideally an 8-player battle that also allows 2-man divisions (same 25% as 3-man divs in 12 player battles).

 

The middle ranks of the T8s was staggeringly bad in S5. Worse than Random Battles for some unknown reason. 

[Oely001]

 

The middle ranks of the T8s was staggeringly bad in S5. Worse than Random Battles for some unknown reason.

 

 

I can tell you the reason: It was much too easy to reach R15, so all stupid players stranded on ranks 15 to 12.

[Hateshinaku]

 

The real question is... why did you guys even removed it for several months? they were totally fine >,>

 

hmm seems like I misunderstood something, that was meant for team battles obviously :"|

[Fizzy_Odin]

Sorry but this is too long to wait, in 3-4 months from now who now how many good games will be out and it will be bye bye if I dont have content i this game that makes me impatient to came from work just to play WOWS, in 3-4 months i will play something else, same happend with WOWP..

 

I dont see reason why so long brake - players who have ship have it now if not than he will be ready for next season next month or in 2 months - not 4 mo.

 

But i think that main moto of WG is written i underline quote of WG staff producer - Murphy's Law of Combat Operations: 6. If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid!

[mtm78]

Seriosuly? Ranked is most annoying mode ever because of the almost total random hit-miss grind. It would be excellent, but:

 

1. Lessen the grind dammit.

2. More tiers would be good, not like 10 battles in VI tier and 300 in VIII tier. Make them regular and increasing - 4 ranks in V tier, 4 ranks in VI, 4 ranks in VII and finally 4 ranks in VIII. Something like that. It would be much more fun then.

 

^^^

 

So much this. With including more tiers you make playing it viable for more people and you lessen the feeling off 'grind' since you can use more ships overall.

 

But still, ranked remains pointless, I don't understand those claiming it's 'skill based' when I see people with 46% wr reaching rank 1. Imo ranked should be more about winning games, and not about how much games one can spam in the season to rank up. Like, make it a 100 battles event, and reward those who win the most of those 100 battles, using other performance indicators if needed to differentiate. Number is arbitrary btw, just calling something.

 

It would be much more indicative of skill then current implementation, where baddies can just spam until they get lucky and get several carries in a row from others. This would be far less of an issue in a set number of matches, and therefore a way better indicator of actual skill. And shouldn't a competitive mode resolve around skill?

[Ferry_25]

Hm. I'll try of course. But untill now I have noticed Rank is not my thing. IMO too luck depending. But the first missions are nice for the goog rewards. Don't think Flint will haunt my port any time soon though. (-;

[GeneraKrizmuz]

whenever the next season is coming I'll skip it. Still PTSD'd from last one. Hydro and radar icons appear in my nightmares

[RUSSIANBlAS]

GeneraKrizmuz, on 05 December 2016 - 03:39 PM, said:

 

 

I have PTSD from Ranked in general. Was a brutal slog to R1 and I'm not sure if I want to repeat it as the meta of DD capping isn't going to change in it any time soon...

[SV_Kompresor]

Take your time....the longer it takes for them to come the better

[Domin1c]

 

1. FEB/MAR next year.

2. This is not possible, for may different reasons. Foremost of them is that the tier spread in battle is part of the core design of the game. Without it the game would lose more than it would gain. 

 

ARE TEAM BATTLES COMING BACK ANY TIME? OR ARE WE FOREVER FORCED TO MAKE OUR TOURNAMENTS OURSELVES?

[valrond]

Seriosuly? Ranked is most annoying mode ever because of the almost total random hit-miss grind. It would be excellent, but:

 

1. Lessen the grind dammit.

2. More tiers would be good, not like 10 battles in VI tier and 300 in VIII tier. Make them regular and increasing - 4 ranks in V tier, 4 ranks in VI, 4 ranks in VII and finally 4 ranks in VIII. Something like that. It would be much more fun then.

 

I don't care about the grind, I care about the gameplay, and it is a lot better in ranked battles as the OP stated

[Kashuken]

 

^^^

 

So much this. With including more tiers you make playing it viable for more people and you lessen the feeling off 'grind' since you can use more ships overall.

 

But still, ranked remains pointless, I don't understand those claiming it's 'skill based' when I see people with 46% wr reaching rank 1. Imo ranked should be more about winning games, and not about how much games one can spam in the season to rank up. Like, make it a 100 battles event, and reward those who win the most of those 100 battles, using other performance indicators if needed to differentiate. Number is arbitrary btw, just calling something.

 

It would be much more indicative of skill then current implementation, where baddies can just spam until they get lucky and get several carries in a row from others. This would be far less of an issue in a set number of matches, and therefore a way better indicator of actual skill. And shouldn't a competitive mode resolve around skill?

 

Ranked is for everyone, that is the whole point of the mode. I would say it is more skilled and competitive in general than in randoms.

 

Making ranked into a 100 see how many you can win is a completely different mode and more to the point what can you do if you happen to have bots on your team which causes you still to lose? you would still complain about it anyways.

 

Because who plays is random with random MM and random ship it can only be so competitve.

 

You are not forced to play it anyways, wait for CW instead and make your own perfect team instead.

[mtm78]

Hey I know, people who reach rank one multiple times are not doing it by accident. 

 

I also seen some of the 'bad' players actually improve after actually learning from failing in ranked, and that indeed shows it's for everyone.

 

Just not for me I guess, I can't stand it when I lose a game and it's 100% clearly visible who is to blame ( which happens a lot more with small teams ) since there is no way the frustration can be put into something constructive. As you say you play with strangers, so you can't afterwards try and figure out a better way, making sure a next game isn't lost because of the same reasons. In the end the frustration would overcome the entertainment value, even if WG offers quite valuable rewards.

[voltaicgrunt]

I really enjoyed ranked. got to 15 and now I'm almost in a Benson will play it again when it returns. All the rewards were much appreciated.

 

I also learned a lot. Teamwork in Ranked was, for the most part, better than Random. Of course at times it was worse and that sucked, but mostly it was good.

 

For a new player like myself (season half over before I reached T6) I think ranked is a great tool. 6v6 matched teams and tiers really highlights the different roles for the different classes of ships. Would recommend it to all noobs like myself.

 

Have not tried the T8 grind yet, but am looking forward to it. Only drawback IMO is it will take 3 seasons - most of a year - to get my Flint.