Thoughts on new Rank system LP Grind

[OgichiGame]

I know that people's opinions on the placement tests are mixed to say the least, but what I'm curious about is what do you all think about the new rank system itself? And the LP requirements? There's 8 main ranks with each having 5 sub ranks with LP requirements being set pretty high to get into a new league. Platinum 1 for instance starts at 13,000 LP where as in SFV it was only 7500.

Do you think this is a better system? worse system? About the same, or just more of a grind than before?

Personally, I like this system better. (Though the placement test might need an update) I think each new league/rank means a bit more since it takes more LP to get than before.

[Ahriman]

i think the placement matches are fine but it was obviously a bit chaotic on release day, so many players were placed a bit too high. it will sort itself out over time.

[IPlayGamesOnPC]

The point isn't to get to the top as fast as possible, the point is to keep you from either getting stomped or doing the stomping. Making it take more to rank up prevents a series of fluke matches from leading to you never winning a match ever again. The only other way to prevent this is to make it easy to rank down, and we already know how that turns out.

[unclassified]

sfv was a grindfest but at least it kinda represented where you at in the game.
the bonker placement stuff they implemented in 6 doesnt seem to work at all and it makes no sense for you to not derank when you reached the highest rank which a lot of people already reached after not even one month. i think they should have added overall more ranks

overall i liked the "ranking" system in sf4 more. you hat Battle Points for each Char and Playerpoints which was used for pairing you up. should have keept it simple and continue to use it.

[Shilly Clive]

I feel like there are only 4 ranks in this game: Gold and Under, where the people still learning the game are. Platinum, where people with a little skill are. Diamond, where the decent players are. And Master, where the best players are.

That said, it feels easier to climb ranks in this game. Not just because of the de-rank protection on the Gold and Under ranks, but the Platinum players in this game feel like they would be Gold in SFV. I also think you gain more points for winning than you lose for losing in the lower ranks.

Ultimately, for me, the numbers and labels are arbitrary. In a competitive game, I just want to know what the most populated rank is, regardless of what it is called, and reach one rank above that. I don't want to be the best, just better than average.

[Bluebeard]

It's kind of weird that everyone will eventually end up at gold if they just play long enough. But I don't think it's a big deal. But I hope there's some hidden skill rating for matchmaking. Cause gold is eventually going to represent something like the bottom 90th percentile of players which still represents an incredible breadth of skill.

[al64inthedark]

I'm Gold 5 and stopped playing Ryu. so should be plat. I don't think I deserve it haha

[PraiseYouAllMyLife]

Ranks are meaningless in this game up until diamond. Source: There is no way in hell im a platinum ranked player yet i manage to get it with every character i try.

The skill difference between high gold and plat is also huge, since as mentioned above, everybody just ends up in gold due to how lp works. Then in plat you need to start playing for real (though you can still suck ass such as myself, to maintain it. You just wont rank up anymore)

[OgichiGame]

Originally posted by Big Anus:

Ranks are meaningless in this game up until diamond. Source: There is no way in hell im a platinum ranked player yet i manage to get it with every character i try.

The skill difference between high gold and plat is also huge, since as mentioned above, everybody just ends up in gold due to how lp works. Then in plat you need to start playing for real (though you can still suck ass such as myself)

I think you may be downplaying yourself too much. If that's where you are, I think it's because you are good enough to be there.