LP Gain and Loss is misrepresented

[Soul Walker]

So I caughht this because I was having a rough night in ranked last night and noticed something. the game will say on a loss that you lose 40LP but there are some random cases that you will just outright lose more than 40 LP on a loss or gain more than 50 on a win. I have no proper explanation as to why this happens but I wanted to just let that be on people's radar.

[Ride the Lightning]

If its like V.... if someone is ranked lower yhan you you lose more and if someone is ranked higher you lose less. And vice versa for gaining.

[Soul Walker]

Originally posted by Ride the Lightning:

If its like V.... if someone is ranked lower yhan you you lose more and if someone is ranked higher you lose less. And vice versa for gaining.

Which would make sense until this still happens when you are playing against someone of the same rank

[Danny DeVito with a Gun]

Originally posted by Ride the Lightning:

If its like V.... if someone is ranked lower yhan you you lose more and if someone is ranked higher you lose less. And vice versa for gaining.

Can confirm it's not like SFV there. -40 LP is the worst you can lose from a match. +50 is the least you can gain from a win

I like the idea of placement matches but as far as the ranked grind goes, SF6's ranked manages to be less meaningful than SFV's

[𝕎𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕤]

If i didn't feel robbed all the time it wouldn't be a problem lol j/k, not really.

[Xjph]

Originally posted by Soul Walker:

Originally posted by Ride the Lightning:

If its like V.... if someone is ranked lower yhan you you lose more and if someone is ranked higher you lose less. And vice versa for gaining.

Which would make sense until this still happens when you are playing against someone of the same rank

Can you point out an example of this happening? I can't find one at a glance in what I'm assuming is your match history.

https://www.streetfighter.com/6/buckler/profile/2850533792/battlelog/rank

[Lunar Shower]

Originally posted by Danny DeVito with a Gun:

Originally posted by Ride the Lightning:

If its like V.... if someone is ranked lower yhan you you lose more and if someone is ranked higher you lose less. And vice versa for gaining.

Can confirm it's not like SFV there. -40 LP is the worst you can lose from a match. +50 is the least you can gain from a win

I like the idea of placement matches but as far as the ranked grind goes, SF6's ranked manages to be less meaningful than SFV's

Honestly the biggest reason, and issue that currently exists with the ranked matchmaking for SF6 is that it prioritizes location above everything else to an extreme. Not something that's going to particularly matter in highly populated first world areas, or at lower ranks as much, but if you hit diamond let alone masters you'll definitely start to feel it when you're fighting the same people over and over.

[𝕎𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕤]

Originally posted by Xjph:

Originally posted by Soul Walker:

Which would make sense until this still happens when you are playing against someone of the same rank

Can you point out an example of this happening? I can't find one at a glance in what I'm assuming is your match history.

https://www.streetfighter.com/6/buckler/profile/2850533792/battlelog/rank

It does happen but its only about a 10LP difference if your a silver losing to a gold your lose 40LP if your a gold losing to a silver is 60LP, iF your lose your a silver losing to a silver your lose 50LP.

[Xjph]

Originally posted by Wrecklas:

Originally posted by Xjph:

Can you point out an example of this happening? I can't find one at a glance in what I'm assuming is your match history.

https://www.streetfighter.com/6/buckler/profile/2850533792/battlelog/rank

It does happen but its only about a 10LP difference if your a silver losing to a gold your lose 40LP if your a gold losing to a silver is 60LP, iF your lose your a silver losing to a silver your lose 50LP.

Incorrect. Replay ID R78K399QU. Gold-1 loses to a silver-5, loses 40LP.

[Danny DeVito with a Gun]

Originally posted by Lunar Shower:

Originally posted by Danny DeVito with a Gun:

Can confirm it's not like SFV there. -40 LP is the worst you can lose from a match. +50 is the least you can gain from a win

I like the idea of placement matches but as far as the ranked grind goes, SF6's ranked manages to be less meaningful than SFV's

Honestly the biggest reason, and issue that currently exists with the ranked matchmaking for SF6 is that it prioritizes location above everything else to an extreme. Not something that's going to particularly matter in highly populated first world areas, or at lower ranks as much, but if you hit diamond let alone masters you'll definitely start to feel it when you're fighting the same people over and over.

Yeah that's pretty annoying as well. I figure maybe they wanna play it safe and still give people the closest connections but the netcode is good enough to expand the search parameters. It was necessary in SFV but not needed now