Ranked Questions

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

I heard something before that some were able to finish Ranked early? 

So if I reach rank 1 within the first week I will be able to get a Jolly Roger Flag and not have to keep playing Ranked all the way through to August? Or do you have to fight continuously to stay at the top? 

Never done Ranked before, but have played other games with similar idea and they either were you fight hard until Event ends or you get to the top and then you can kick back and relax...

Hoping I can knock this out quickly because I get pretty busy near August, but if not then I may have to wait until the next Ranked Season.

I have some good ships and Captains prepped and ready for Ranked, just really hoping I can make the climb. :)

[legoboy0401]

11 minutes ago, Admiral_Thrawn_1 said:

I heard something before that some were able to finish Ranked early? 

So if I reach rank 1 within the first week I will be able to get a Jolly Roger Flag and not have to keep playing Ranked all the way through to August? Or do you have to fight continuously to stay at the top? 

Never done Ranked before, but have played other games with similar idea and they either were you fight hard until Event ends or you get to the top and then you can kick back and relax...

Hoping I can knock this out quickly because I get pretty busy near August, but if not then I may have to wait until the next Ranked Season.

I have some good ships and Captains prepped and ready for Ranked, just really hoping I can make the climb. :)

Sigh, yet more Ranked I won't be able to do. I don't have a single Tier VIII.

Darn you idiotic League of Sea Wolves, why do you have to be a different Tier?

 

That means yet again, no Rank 1/start of my journey toward Flint. and next Season it'll probably be a Tier X super league again.

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

Lol how did you manage to not get a Bismarck last month?

[m373x]

Rank 1 is irrevocable, if you reach it the flag is guaranteed to be yours and there is no going back.

 

Sigh, yet more Ranked I won't be able to do. I don't have a single Tier VIII.

Darn you idiotic League of Sea Wolves, why do you have to be a different Tier?

 

That means yet again, no Rank 1/start of my journey toward Flint. and next Season it'll probably be a Tier X super league again.

 

You only need T6 to reach rank 1.

[legoboy0401]

4 minutes ago, Admiral_Thrawn_1 said:

Lol how did you manage to not get a Bismarck last month?

Been quite busy. I was especially busy during the Bismarck event, I think I was almost done with mission 4 when the event ended. Besides, I'm not really ready for the kind of meta that exists in Tier VIII-X. Yes, I've seen ships up to Tier IX, but that's nothing. For one, there's no Yamato, Khaba, or Shimakaze at Tier IX. My next grind after this season of Ranked(all the way to Rank 2, ) will be Myoko. After Myoko, I come to the absolute cream of the crop: the MO-GA-MI(yeah, I know, that's actually supposed to be YA-MA-TO, but I couldn't resist. Besides, 155 Mogami is the DD equivalent of the grim reaper.)

[legoboy0401]

1 minute ago, m373x said:

Rank 1 is irrevocable, if you reach it the flag is guaranteed to be yours and there is no going back.

 

 

You only need T6 to reach rank 1.

Super league.

[legoboy0401]

2 minutes ago, m373x said:

Rank 1 is irrevocable, if you reach it the flag is guaranteed to be yours and there is no going back.

 

 

You only need T6 to reach rank 1.

If that really is the case,(I certainly hope it is) then Budyonny and my AZ will be my mainstays down to Rank 10, where I'll consider using Farragut for her best in tier smoke duration. But not until then.

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

By the way how common are CVs in Ranked? The same, leee than, or more than you see in Random battles? Trying to decide between manual AA or Manual Secondaries on some ships. Regular AA is adequate for the occasional CV, but if the skies will be full of planes every battle I may want s Captain geared to burn then out of the sky lol.

[UltimateNewbie]

1 hour ago, Admiral_Thrawn_1 said:

I heard something before that some were able to finish Ranked early? 

So if I reach rank 1 within the first week I will be able to get a Jolly Roger Flag and not have to keep playing Ranked all the way through to August? Or do you have to fight continuously to stay at the top? 

Never done Ranked before, but have played other games with similar idea and they either were you fight hard until Event ends or you get to the top and then you can kick back and relax...

Hoping I can knock this out quickly because I get pretty busy near August, but if not then I may have to wait until the next Ranked Season.

I have some good ships and Captains prepped and ready for Ranked, just really hoping I can make the climb. :)

 

Once you reach Rank 1, you 'rank out' and it is irrevocable.  

 

You immediately receive the Rank 1 rewards, including the black flag, doubloons and other things.  

 

You dont need to keep playing through the season to maintain Rank 1 status.  

 

In terms of effort, it typically isnt a fast thing.  Last season was my first ranked season.  I took 266 battles, with a 54.89 per cent win rate, to rank out.  It quite a grind.  If you rank out, you'll start partway through the next season, so you dont have to start from the bottom (Rank 23) again - this should speed up future rounds.  

 

Good luck!

[Eclaire_]

1 hour ago, Admiral_Thrawn_1 said:

By the way how common are CVs in Ranked? The same, leee than, or more than you see in Random battles? Trying to decide between manual AA or Manual Secondaries on some ships. Regular AA is adequate for the occasional CV, but if the skies will be full of planes every battle I may want s Captain geared to burn then out of the sky lol.

In the first few weeks, they're pretty common, as all of the unicums are muscling their way to the top and stomping on everyone. Once they've ranked out, the CV presence usually fades, and if you're still seeing them, chances are they won't be as skilled, so manual drops will be easier to avoid.

[Peregrinas]

2 hours ago, legoboy0401 said:

If that really is the case,(I certainly hope it is) then Budyonny and my AZ will be my mainstays down to Rank 10, where I'll consider using Farragut for her best in tier smoke duration. But not until then.

It is going to be tier 6 until you get to rank 1. Once you get rank 1, then it becomes tier 8 but these battles are not "required."

[Kevs02Accord]

2 hours ago, Peregrinas said:

It is going to be tier 6 until you get to rank 1. Once you get rank 1, then it becomes tier 8 but these battles are not "required."

This^^ the league of sea wolves is just a way to keep playing "ranked" and getting extra rewards. It is totally optional. As for ranking out early, grind out as many games as early as possible. All the unicums finish early and if you want to move with them I suggest getting an early start, or you can wait and have a real struggle as the potatoes make their way to R5 and under...ugh the PTSD from some horrible players at R2, shudders... I mean how can you get a kraken, 100k+ dmg and not win!?

[Soshi_Sone]

6 hours ago, Admiral_Thrawn_1 said:

I have some good ships and Captains prepped and ready for Ranked, just really hoping I can make the climb. :)

 

It's a grind.  Takes a lot of patience.  Especially since you can LOSE a star.  If it's your first time, I'd recommend setting a goal for Rank 10.  If you get there fast, then make the run to 1.