Losing less points doesn't fix ranked at all.

[Xion]

Just did a ranked match with 1 other human and the rest AI.

Came first and got 15 points.

I need 200 to rank up.

Going to take 14 wins IN A ROW to rank up a single time.

It's getting pathetic how useless Gameloft is. If they punish you by making you earn less points when racing against AI (which is very common considering this game is already haemorrhaging players) then what was the point of making you lose less? Ranked still isn't worth playing for s***.

Edit: The fact that you get less points racing against the AI is also incredibly brain dead stupid considering the fact that AI cheats ridiculously with a horrific level of rubber banding never before seen in a racing game. It's actually harder to come first against AI, and you get less reward for it.

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by Xion:

Just did a ranked match with 1 other human and the rest AI.

Came first and got 15 points.

I need 200 to rank up.

Going to take 14 wins IN A ROW to rank up a single time.

It's getting pathetic how useless Gameloft is. If they punish you by making you earn less points when racing against AI (which is very common considering this game is already haemorrhaging players) then what was the point of making you lose less? Ranked still isn't worth playing for s***.

Edit: The fact that you get less points racing against the AI is also incredibly brain dead stupid considering the fact that AI cheats ridiculously with a horrific level of rubber banding never before seen in a racing game. It's actually harder to come first against AI, and you get less reward for it.

check they now changing ranked, so if i was you wait and play next week when update is pushed. in short now:
everyone under plat will not lose points, plat and above will lose points but not much, and wining places gain more, so climb is nicer and good. update pushes end of this week.
now with ai, they wont change that, player numbers low and its not good, so ai is key and they keep it, unfair or not i prefer having a match then nothing for days. i think ai is bad, but also needed, the ranked changes are good but brings concerns with rewards not resetting.

[Xion]

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Originally posted by Xion:

Just did a ranked match with 1 other human and the rest AI.

Came first and got 15 points.

I need 200 to rank up.

Going to take 14 wins IN A ROW to rank up a single time.

It's getting pathetic how useless Gameloft is. If they punish you by making you earn less points when racing against AI (which is very common considering this game is already haemorrhaging players) then what was the point of making you lose less? Ranked still isn't worth playing for s***.

Edit: The fact that you get less points racing against the AI is also incredibly brain dead stupid considering the fact that AI cheats ridiculously with a horrific level of rubber banding never before seen in a racing game. It's actually harder to come first against AI, and you get less reward for it.

check they now changing ranked, so if i was you wait and play next week when update is pushed. in short now:
everyone under plat will not lose points, plat and above will lose points but not much, and wining places gain more, so climb is nicer and good. update pushes end of this week.
now with ai, they wont change that, player numbers low and its not good, so ai is key and they keep it, unfair or not i prefer having a match then nothing for days. i think ai is bad, but also needed, the ranked changes are good but brings concerns with rewards not resetting.

Doesn't matter when the update goes live. It's not going to make a difference if I'm earning pittance because there are no human players for me to race against.

Having to win 14 times in a row against the AI (and it has to be in a row otherwise you lose points) to go up a single rank is a joke. They either need to somehow get a helluva lot more players playing ranked, or increase the rewards for playing against the AI.

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by Xion:

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

check they now changing ranked, so if i was you wait and play next week when update is pushed. in short now:
everyone under plat will not lose points, plat and above will lose points but not much, and wining places gain more, so climb is nicer and good. update pushes end of this week.
now with ai, they wont change that, player numbers low and its not good, so ai is key and they keep it, unfair or not i prefer having a match then nothing for days. i think ai is bad, but also needed, the ranked changes are good but brings concerns with rewards not resetting.

Doesn't matter when the update goes live. It's not going to make a difference if I'm earning pittance because there are no human players for me to race against.

Having to win 14 times in a row against the AI (and it has to be in a row otherwise you lose points) to go up a single rank is a joke. They either need to somehow get a helluva lot more players playing ranked, or increase the rewards for playing against the AI.

new update helps with what your saying, higher ranks wont have ai as much, plat-diamond will be players limited ai will be there, as no one who plays is gonna be gold.
no your right, youll face real players and be up against skill, so youll lose points based of your performance not beating ai. read into new update to ranked itll explain it deeper. its a good move, helps me and you major time

[Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr]

Rank is a joke until they remove the blasted bloody hourglass

[OriginOrange]

they said the fix is coming later

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr:

Rank is a joke until they remove the blasted bloody hourglass

Ranked is a joke, i said that 3 weeks ago, now they changing it so its nicer, however missing the main point. Rewards dont reset so it means nothing, maybe a few more hours to play, maybe little nicer to race but not rewarding anymore once reached our main rank.

[OriginOrange]

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Originally posted by Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr:

Rank is a joke until they remove the blasted bloody hourglass

Ranked is a joke, i said that 3 weeks ago, now they changing it so its nicer, however missing the main point. Rewards dont reset so it means nothing, maybe a few more hours to play, maybe little nicer to race but not rewarding anymore once reached our main rank.

I think they are doing it so people play different characters each season. People won't keep playing Mike then. Helps with variety

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by OriginOrange:

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Ranked is a joke, i said that 3 weeks ago, now they changing it so its nicer, however missing the main point. Rewards dont reset so it means nothing, maybe a few more hours to play, maybe little nicer to race but not rewarding anymore once reached our main rank.

I think they are doing it so people play different characters each season. People won't keep playing Mike then. Helps with variety

Yeah, i agree variety is key and new racers means more rewards for them so i see thats good, however gosh some people have played all racers to mpr 21 and need Randall, now they get punished for variety. It’s annoying for them but ok for me, i want the game to last years but if rewards dont change or reset it could kill it off fast.

[OriginOrange]

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Originally posted by OriginOrange:

I think they are doing it so people play different characters each season. People won't keep playing Mike then. Helps with variety

Yeah, i agree variety is key and new racers means more rewards for them so i see thats good, however gosh some people have played all racers to mpr 21 and need Randall, now they get punished for variety. It’s annoying for them but ok for me, i want the game to last years but if rewards dont change or reset it could kill it off fast.

It will be fine if they keep adding new characters. If they get to a point where they don't add new characters then bring the rewards back on certain characters, and rotate it each season.

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by OriginOrange:

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Yeah, i agree variety is key and new racers means more rewards for them so i see thats good, however gosh some people have played all racers to mpr 21 and need Randall, now they get punished for variety. It’s annoying for them but ok for me, i want the game to last years but if rewards dont change or reset it could kill it off fast.

It will be fine if they keep adding new characters. If they get to a point where they don't add new characters then bring the rewards back on certain characters, and rotate it each season.

Intresting i would say every season rank reset fully, rewards same. Mix it up every season, so we dont drop a rank we drop to 0 mpr and grind up again, as bronze-plat is no point loss, meaning everyone is now plat +

[Carpe x Noctem]

I was almost beginning to wonder if the fix to Ranked Multiplayer hadn't been pushed out already. I had absolutely no struggle getting my lower level Racers into Gold earlier. It seemed no matter if I came in first, third, or even fourth, I always gained and never lost at least some MPR.

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by Carpe x Noctem:

I was almost beginning to wonder if the fix to Ranked Multiplayer hadn't been pushed out already. I had absolutely no struggle getting my lower level Racers into Gold earlier. It seemed no matter if I came in first, third, or even fourth, I always gained and never lost at least some MPR.

yeah you wont ever lose points from below plat, so bronze to gold no points lost. i also found plat was ok, im now mpr 18 no issues have not lost points yet on my climb with mike. ill push the rest up later and get items for levels and focus on ones i like to do or keep them for s2

[Carpe x Noctem]

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

Originally posted by Carpe x Noctem:

I was almost beginning to wonder if the fix to Ranked Multiplayer hadn't been pushed out already. I had absolutely no struggle getting my lower level Racers into Gold earlier. It seemed no matter if I came in first, third, or even fourth, I always gained and never lost at least some MPR.

yeah you wont ever lose points from below plat, so bronze to gold no points lost.

That actually was not the case for me. For two weeks, I lost plenty of points trying to climb Mulan and Meg out of Silver. What seemed to be the turning point was I finally got them leveled enough that I was able to assign them Crew Members and unlock their Special Abilities.

[RocklandRaiders]

Originally posted by Carpe x Noctem:

Originally posted by RocklandRaiders:

yeah you wont ever lose points from below plat, so bronze to gold no points lost.

That actually was not the case for me. For two weeks, I lost plenty of points trying to climb Mulan and Meg out of Silver. What seemed to be the turning point was I finally got them leveled enough that I was able to assign them Crew Members and unlock their Special Abilities.

oh my bad, from the new update so yesterday below plat you cant lose points, you only lose points plat +. hope that helps, i gave up on ranked before the point loss and gain was messed up, now its fixed tho so worth the grind