Can't understand how Reputation Score works

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Before asking any questions: yes, I've read the in-game description of the system. So, from this originates the first question: is there anything else official to read about the Reputation System? Because I found that short description insufficient for me to understand what I should be doing to get it higher.

2) Is it possible to go above 3? I've literally never seen anyone, even outside of the game, who has (or had) Reputation Level 4. Saw 0 a lot though…

3) Sometimes (really rarely) I get level 3, but it usually instantly drops down after I've played a match. Why could that be?

4) Lately I noticed that my Reputation level is changing but I don't see new notifications about it any longer. Were they removed?

I play Casual matches to complete the missions, Normal matches to play with my friends who don't yet have survival level 80 and Ranked matches mostly on my own.

I really rarely enable auto-matching because on reputation level 2-3 you will get 3 people that are going to drop into Sosnovka or something and then yell at you "why you play solo" when all 3 of them are knocked out and then of course proceeding to report you for griefing, which affects Reputation Level negatively too. I usually still use auto-matching in Ranked because if you're unlucky to be the last one against a 4-squad (and I usually am unlucky) you've got pretty much no chance.

I'm starting this thread because today at morning I noticed that I have my level at 3 again and then after just one game it went down to 2. My experience in Ranked today obviously wasn't the best because of this, so I really want it to go up somehow now…

I care because I believe (but don't know) that if it is so hard to get level 5 that I can't even maintain level 3 without teamkilling, actually griefing, verbally abusing anyone, leaving early, intentionally commiting suicide/dying to the circle, etc, there must be awesome people to play with all the way "up" there.

And yes I report teamkillers and teammates who don't revive me and just wait for me to bleed out to take my items instead (they could've just asked), so that's probably a lot of outgoing reports.

So yeah, it'd really help if someone could bring me some answers… Thank you all a lot in advance!

[Lega]

Here is your first level 4 account, my own.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2855040071

The most important rule is, don't leave a game in non-ranked matches if the plane has started already. As long the round hasn't started we are able to leave all matches without getting any punishment.

I don't play with randoms so nobody does report and this is how I got level 4.

I can imagine that playing with randoms has some negative impact even if we don't do something wrong just because mad guys do report us.

I don't think there is a way how we can avoid it, unfortunately.

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Originally posted by Lega:

Here is your first level 4 account, my own. :chuchelsmile:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2855040071

The most important rule is, don't leave a game in non-ranked matches if the plane has started already. As long the round hasn't started we are able to leave all matches without getting any punishment.

I don't play with randoms so nobody does report and this is how I got level 4.

I can imagine that playing with randoms has some negative impact even if we don't do something wrong just because mad guys do report us.

I don't think there is a way how we can avoid it, unfortunately.

wow, I always thought that reputation level drops even for leaving before the plane, too…

alright, now that I finally saw someone with level 4 I at least know that it's possible. I think that's enough to keep me motivated^^

thank you very much!
(although I won't leave matches before the plane starts anyway;D)

[Lega]

Your welcome!

I have to say, getting level 5 seems to be very hard because I stuck on 4 for quite a while now.

[Lega]

I forgot to name one important point.

If the round has started already and you still need to leave, just die anyhow and you won't lose reputation.

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Originally posted by Lega:

I forgot to name one important point.

If the round has started already and you still need to leave, just die anyhow and you won't lose reputation. :cozybethesda:

well yeah, anyhow but except committing suicide: falling, drowning, dying to blue zone (at least in ranked it will reduce your RP significantly), being ran over by a ferry, blowing/burning yourself up is still prohibited. I am really unsure about dying to AI-controlled guards and APCs though.

I believe driving to school at the start of the match while being completely unaware of 20 players still alive there is however a totally accidental death and won't reduce your reputation level. :DDD

[Doktor Headshot]

@OP

I would just focus your question to the very purpose of "Reputation score" instead of the way it works.

A player does not have any chance to know reputation level of their random squad mates before the game starts. This means that, if you are playing with some griefers, cheaters, teamkillers (and everything else that might explain a "1" score) in your team, you don't get any preemptive warn about it and you might face bad surprises in the mid of a game. The only way you become aware of your squad mates's reputation is to wait until you are back in the lobby and check their stats from there. Which is little covenient in the context of online gaming.

I read somewhere in this forum that, once people reach the "1" reputation score, they are eligible for a ban. I hope it is true because, if reaching "1" reputation score has no practical effect in terms of enforcing fair play, this reputation system will definitively have no useful purpose at all.

[--<[ Blei ]>--]

what exactly are the benefits or downsides in higher/lower levels?

[Redrum]

How does reputation impact matchmaking?

[Sir Diesel]

I have a 4, look at my screen shots.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198036825369/screenshots/

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Originally posted by Doktor Headshot:

@OP

I would just focus your question to the very purpose of "Reputation score" instead of the way it works.

A player does not have any chance to know reputation level of their random squad mates before the game starts. This means that, if you are playing with some griefers, cheaters, teamkillers (and everything else that might explain a "1" score) in your team, you don't get any preemptive warn about it and you might face bad surprises in the mid of a game. The only way you become aware of your squad mates's reputation is to wait until you are back in the lobby and check their stats from there. Which is little covenient in the context of online gaming.

I read somewhere in this forum that, once people reach the "1" reputation score, they are eligible for a ban. I hope it is true because, if reaching "1" reputation score has no practical effect in terms of enforcing fair play, this reputation system will definitively have no useful purpose at all.

Well, even if you could check your random teammates' reputation level in Ranked for example, it would've been little use as well since you can't leave the game even before the plane starts…

Also it's a little concerning (at least for me with my level 2) that even level 1 is grounds for getting banned… Yeah I'll stop playing with randoms completely I guess.

Originally posted by --< Blei >--:

what exactly are the benefits or downsides in higher/lower levels?

Originally posted by Redrum:

How does reputation impact matchmaking?

I believe that when you search for a match you will be getting players that you play with and against with a similar reputation level. Probably it searches for players with your level, one level lower and one level higher max. Not sure though.

Obviously, players with low reputation level, whether they are on your side or against you, will be doing one or more of these things, since this is how they earned it in the first place:

• Leaving early
  
• Killing teammates
  
• Cheating (judging by player reports, if anti-cheat itself detects cheats it bans instead of lowering reputation)
  
• Griefing (judging by player reports)
  
• Intentionally committing suicide
  
• Abuse other players over voice chat

and many more things.

[Wazzup]

I got 4 but never a 5, if you get chucked off a game though because it keeps crashing you get reduced a level, fair or what.

[--<[ Blei ]>--]

Originally posted by kabanod1m:

Originally posted by Redrum:

How does reputation impact matchmaking?

I believe that when you search for a match you will be getting players that you play with and against with a similar reputation level. Probably it searches for players with your level, one level lower and one level higher max. Not sure though.

Obviously, players with low reputation level, whether they are on your side or against you, will be doing one or more of these things, since this is how they earned it in the first place:

• Leaving early
  
• Killing teammates
  
• Cheating (judging by player reports, if anti-cheat itself detects cheats it bans instead of lowering reputation)
  
• Griefing (judging by player reports)
  
• Intentionally committing suicide
  
• Abuse other players over voice chat

and many more things.

wow, sounds like a greeeeaaaat social credit system.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ commie bastards

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Originally posted by Wazzup:

I got 4 but never a 5, if you get chucked off a game though because it keeps crashing you get reduced a level, fair or what.

Yeah, I remember I once got my level reduced because the game crashed when I've been playing 2 modded minecrafts at the same time, and my computer wasn't even lagging…

Originally posted by --< Blei >--:

wow, sounds like a greeeeaaaat social credit system.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ commie bastards

Yeeeess:D However I find the idea of placing a person with other people like them good since it only impacts their life indirectly, through actions of other people. After all, you can't not agree with "treat others like you want them to treat you", right? Social credit system however is much more intrusive (and biased because there's only one entity deciding what is good and what is bad — the government) since you get punished for your actions directly. This would be exactly the same if you could (I'm not sure if you can) get banned for having a low reputation level.

I think I just lost 1337000 social credit by posting this

[--<[ Blei ]>--]

Originally posted by kabanod1m:

Originally posted by --< Blei >--:

wow, sounds like a greeeeaaaat social credit system.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ commie bastards

Yeeeess:D However I find the idea of placing a person with other people like them good ...

i don't, because there's a reason i went down and that's because i tell people when they behave like a bunch of stupid wannabe rambos and screw up the match by this.
now, i have to deal with even more of these nutjobs.

i'm sick and tired of random idiots who think the game is call of duty, just to get moved down in an obvious ambush.
and there aren't that much people in my friendslist to play with decent players in like 70-80% of the time i wanna play duo/squad.

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

Originally posted by --< Blei >--:

Originally posted by kabanod1m:

Yeeeess:D However I find the idea of placing a person with other people like them good ...

i don't, because there's a reason i went down and that's because i tell people when they behave like a bunch of stupid wannabe rambos and screw up the match by this.
now, i have to deal with even more of these nutjobs.

i'm sick and tired of random idiots who think the game is call of duty, just to get moved down in an obvious ambush.
and there aren't that much people in my friendslist to play with decent players in like 70-80% of the time i wanna play duo/squad.

Well yeah, such a system is good unless you play with auto-matching enabled often… Reports are easily abusable when you get into the game with 3 premades, and if you don't agree to drop on School with them when it is right under flight path, your reputation level goes down very easily and very fast, even though you just do what it takes to actually win…