Format and Concept of Operations for Ranked Battles

[CoolBreeze66]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this but here goes.  Discussion of Ranked Battles Format.

 

Of the four ranked battles marathons, I have played seriously in three.  After the fourth battle period, I decided to post some ideas on how I think ranked might be played in the future.  The goal is to make ranked more attractive to play and more worthwhile for the players and yes even for Wows management.  Chiefly, I will concentrate on tiers because I think so much is being left out. .  So here goes.

In essence I am recommending, more irrevocable tiers with higher tier ships distributed at each tier level.  Here is the basic plan.

 

Up to Level 20 Tier 6 ships only, no tier 7’s at all—Level 20 irrevocable.

Level 19 to 15 Tier 7 only, no tier 6 ships.  Level 15 Irrevocable.

Level 14 to 10 Tier 8 ships, no tier 7 ships.  Level 10 Irrevocable. 

Level 9 to 5 Tier 9 ships, no tier 8 ships.  Level 5 Irrevocable.

Level 4 to Level 1 Tier 10 ships only. 

 

This does several things.  One the more irrevocable levels the better, once a player achieves tiers 20, 15, 10 and 5 he or she does not need to worry about sliding back 6 tiers something that is simply crazy.  I mean what is the point and what does that prove, you had more bad players and bad team play in a row than other players.  Second, I think it would keep more players in the hunt.  Significant awards can be given at each irrevocable level which make it worthwhile for each players.  It treats the game play more on a par of a step ladder approach to ranked battles, with each step seemingly closer and more achievable.  Third, and again my philosophy is let the players decide the outcome of the battles not the tier of ships per se because each 5 levels can have only one tier of ship, not multiple tiers.  Something Wows has acknowledged in the MM situation.  Match Make with only one tier of ship for each 5 levels.  Also it would, I believe encourage players to advance to tier 10 ships more rapidly and not just sit at tier 6, 7 or 8 especially if the awards at the higher levels were truly worth it.  Lots of flags, silver, doubloons etc.

Anyway just some thoughts, interested in hearing from others on this matter. 

 

[Edgecase]

Spreading the season across too many tiers of ships is self-defeating. It will increase the number of stock ships and untrained commanders/unpracticed players in each. A lot of people won't be willing to pay for 5+ respecs, and a lot of people don't have Tier X ships (or don't like Tier X).

[IceSerpen7]

Spreading the season across too many tiers of ships is self-defeating. It will increase the number of stock ships and untrained commanders/unpracticed players in each. A lot of people won't be willing to pay for 5+ respecs, and a lot of people don't have Tier X ships (or don't like Tier X).

 

^^ This. Not to mention that irrevocable ranks are not necessarily a good thing.

[GhostSwordsman]

I think 4 tiers of ships would work well. One tier corresponding to each league in ranked, with the exception of the third league(This is so players are not excluded from the majority of ranked if they do not own anything higher than a T5, but allows the more dedicated/competitive players to achieve higher ranks/leagues without having to worry too much about bottom tier ships on their team). Leagues would be similar to this past season.

 

No league - Tier 5 (lowest rank to R15/14, Rank 15 is irrevocable)

 

Third league - Tiers 5 and 6 (R15/14 to R10, Rank 10 is irrevocable)

 

Second league - Tier 7 (R10 to R5, Rank 5 is irrevocable)

 

First league - Tier 8 (R5 to R1, Rank one is irrevocable, and can possibly unlock use of T9/10 ships for players to use and continue playing ranked battles)

 

The star system would be similar to this past season as well(season 4), in number of stars required to rank up to the next rank in the leagues.

[BlackBeard_DEF]

I think what CoolBreeze is recommending is a good thing.  As you move along ranks it requires more skill and tactics and will also involve a broader spectrum of ship play.   Lets face it, all the ranked battles to date really forced out CA and CV play when you got around level 15.  Granted this last season you did see a few Saipan's but other than that it was 2-3 BB and 4-5 DDs with an occasional CA/CV in the mix.  On the proposed format, I think more people would play CA's and CV's in the lower levels  and make the ranked battles more interesting because the ships are more balanced in the higher tiers.

 

I don't speak for others, but for me, I was really bored paying primarily 2 ships for entire time playing ranked. 

[Citrusss]

http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/87443-continue-discussion-on-ranked-system-with-poll/