Low number and difficult progress in Ranked Battles

[Seagrizzly]

Is anybody playing this mode?  I got to rank 20 and then lost 3 in a row and now have a super long struggle to get back to where I was.  This mode is so dependent on your team it is not funny.  I understand what they are trying to do but it would take years to get to rank 1.

[Sir_Robert_Whitney]

I am also rank 20, Just keep on chugging and getting more flags as a reward. 

[Sinboto]

Oh yeah, I'm amazed by how bad prople can be when it comes to working together, I went from 19 all the way back to 21 and it's a pain getting back

[OhnoesFroz]

I don't mind the back and forth progress, it just drives me nuts to sit in queue.

 

On the one hand, increasing rewards would put more bodies in the queue. Tens of millions of credits. Flags by the hundreds. Exclusive ships. Doubloons. Like they're really gonna have to open it up, because people seem unwilling to grind it without better rewards.

 

On the other, if people are only in the mode to collect rewards, they're just going to get upset when they can't compete with the competitive players.

 

I dunno where the compromise on that is, what the incentive is to the players that aren't otherwise interested in a competitive mode, and what can be done to bring people in without just making it feel like smaller random battles.

[SkoorvielMD]

I don't mind the back and forth progress, it just drives me nuts to sit in queue.

 

On the one hand, increasing rewards would put more bodies in the queue. Tens of millions of credits. Flags by the hundreds. Exclusive ships. Doubloons. Like they're really gonna have to open it up, because people seem unwilling to grind it without better rewards.

 

On the other, if people are only in the mode to collect rewards, they're just going to get upset when they can't compete with the competitive players.

 

I dunno where the compromise on that is, what the incentive is to the players that aren't otherwise interested in a competitive mode, and what can be done to bring people in without just making it feel like smaller random battles.

 

I found Ranked Battles to be frustrating. Considering that I run at a pretty decent WR in Random Battles, I was surprised by how hard it is to advance (and I've spot checked teams, plenty of people with <50% WR play). Also, fewer ships equals less damage to do, so rewards actually turn out to be less than Random Battles. What I did like about Ranked Battles is the amount of teamwork needed to pull off a victory, the objective oriented matches, and the fast pace. With 800 point goal and only 7 ships, engagements tend to be fast and deliberate. I thought I learned a lot of good tactics in a short course of time. However, a lot of frustration comes from knowing whether you won or lost anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 through the match, and it's annoying to watch your team lose when there are stars on the line. One could argue that that's the nature of competitive gaming in general, but if the emotional roller coaster was worth the effort (not just flags), I'd be more than happy to put myself through it. Increase the rewards for Ranked 25-50% compared to regular battles and it's a viable mode. The fact that Ranked Battles are seasonal, restricted to only a few tiers, and usually result in less damage done to the enemy (fewer targets = less damage = less XP/credits), I don't see how it would hurt the overall economy if rewards were increased even considerably. It would bring more players into the mode and thus reduce the queue time.

 

Another important thing, success in this mode requires teamwork. Alas, without voice chat and divisions, that's hard to do in Ranked. I am looking forward to the integration of Curse into WoWs, which will hopefully increase the level of teamwork for those who want to cooperate (to my understanding, you will still need to download the Curse client to use the voice comms -- so no issue with kids spamming public voice chat, as technically there won't be a public voice chat).

 

For the time being, the 50 or so battles I've got in Ranked is as far as I'm gonna go this season. The frustration isn't worth the diminished rewards. I'll wait for the next season, hopefully WG will make some changes.

[crzyhawk]

No, not played a single game of ranked mode.  I just don't see the point.  It's less frustrating to just say "Yeah, your e-peen is bigger than mine.  Go you."

 

If you're in it looking for competition, I guess ranked battles make sense.  For those who just want to play and enjoy the game, I can only imagine the toxicity when there's actually something on line for the win.

[YAMATO__2015]

I also find it frustrating, the rewards of many flags are fine in my opinion.....but I do dislike the wait times.  I'm currently rank 10 and just cant get a battle now.....longest I waited was 22 minutes before I finally gave up.  My questions are, Are there just not enough RANK 10 players like myself to make 2x teams....14 players?   or is it more to do with the type of fleets people are using the most?  or any other reason that we are not getting games?.  Has anyone been able to progress past Rank 10 yet?  Thanks.  It don't matter 2 much about being certain ranks etc, as I feel this is just for the people with egos......but to me it's about the rewards, and a quick way to build up some great flags and free Camo.

[Moondog_Howl]

most people wont bother , crap mm , crap teamwork and I still see tier 5 and 6 folks dropping torps behind their team, dropping torps at twice the range they actually are. BB's still think they are max range snipers m very few people actually know what they are doing and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Ranked battles are not even worth the effort to me et, and may never be.

 

[Evil_Irish701]

Yup only played two games and both times watched the team lose it all after I had done a crap ton of work. No communication and players worse than random mode no thanks.

[00Smurf]

I also find it frustrating, the rewards of many flags are fine in my opinion.....but I do dislike the wait times.  I'm currently rank 10 and just cant get a battle now.....longest I waited was 22 minutes before I finally gave up.  My questions are, Are there just not enough RANK 10 players like myself to make 2x teams....14 players?   or is it more to do with the type of fleets people are using the most?  or any other reason that we are not getting games?.  Has anyone been able to progress past Rank 10 yet?  Thanks.  It don't matter 2 much about being certain ranks etc, as I feel this is just for the people with egos......but to me it's about the rewards, and a quick way to build up some great flags and free Camo.

 

we've had 10-15 rank 10 battles today, we had about the same number last night as well. You need to join the chat channel "ranked match". I've made it to rank 8.2

[Seagrizzly]

Yea it should not be that hard to find a match, this is exactly why it to hard to get to rank 10 and then when you do you can't find a match to go further in the progress ranks.  I mean I check Yamato's stats and he is very good 3+ kills a match, about 170 matches in ranked battles, that to me seems crazy to be only about 1/3 of the way to rank 10.  I guestimate that a normal player will need around 3 - 400 matches to get to rank 1.  But of course its just a guess. That means in a normal season (I think its about 2 months?)  you would have to play at least 5 matches a day every day of the season and win a fair amount of the matches.  I am rambling now and my math of course is not perfect for sure.  

 

 

[Dr_Venture]

I find ranked boring.

 

Why run tier 6/7 when I can run my Tirpitz and get the same number of people a side and make FAR more money doing it? 

[Battleship_Constitution]

Is anybody playing this mode?  I got to rank 20 and then lost 3 in a row and now have a super long struggle to get back to where I was.  This mode is so dependent on your team it is not funny.  I understand what they are trying to do but it would take years to get to rank 1.

 

learn not to solo play in them. ITS a team game. Listen to them if someone states we going to "A"

[shootieboats]

Yea it should not be that hard to find a match, this is exactly why it to hard to get to rank 10 and then when you do you can't find a match to go further in the progress ranks.  I mean I check Yamato's stats and he is very good 3+ kills a match, about 170 matches in ranked battles, that to me seems crazy to be only about 1/3 of the way to rank 10.  I guestimate that a normal player will need around 3 - 400 matches to get to rank 1.  But of course its just a guess. That means in a normal season (I think its about 2 months?)  you would have to play at least 5 matches a day every day of the season and win a fair amount of the matches.  I am rambling now and my math of course is not perfect for sure.  

 

 

 

Most people currently in the top tier of ranked(10-1) played 90-150 matches to get there.

[Savage_Bunny]

I have yet to do a Ranked Battle.  I want to do them but they are below tier what I am grinding atm and the rewards are really not worth it from what I have seen.  

[Triela50]

I find ranked boring.

 

Why run tier 6/7 when I can run my Tirpitz and get the same number of people a side and make FAR more money doing it? 

I agree but going the other way I much more prefer tier 5 with my Kongo Omaha and Minkaze