How to stop Deranking.
Okay so one of the biggest things that has plagued this game is deranking and behaviors inability to stop it so i have been doing some thinking and i think behavior has gone about this the wrong way and how we could really tackle deranking while also rewarding ranking up.
Okay so firstly take away depipping in general even from disconnects as it has room to be abused to derank with the timers and punishments coming i feel this is no longer needed make the player black pip and lose points at this point its fair game once timers come also this will help with those who kill themselves first hook.
Next bring in rewards for ranking up which you have already said you will do.
Now the reason i think taking away depipping is the answer alongside giving rewards this tackles the issue as a whole and it completely puts an end to those who derank with the intent to bully while also rewarding those for ranking up. Also with the edition of dc timers husks etc i feel depipping off dcing needs to go to put an end to deranking once and for all as well as depipping for doing nothing.
Let me know what you guys think in my honest opinion this is the best solution to deranking is to just plain out remove depipping in general.
Comments
While I totally agree that the emblem system should be reworked so that players aren't punished for other players' actions, passive depipping (that is, depipping because you played badly, not because you disconnected or killed yourself) does serve an actual useful purpose, and therefore should not be removed altogether.
The whole point of the ranking system is to rank players according to their skill level for matchmaking purposes. If a player has been boosted to rank 5, say, through sheer luck or through having good teammates, but they're not actually at a rank 5 skill level, then they should naturally be bumped down until they reach the "right" rank.
Theoretically, the way the ranking system should work is that if you're consistently getting black pips, then you're at the right rank for your skill level. If you're getting pips, that means you're improving at the game and should be moving towards a higher rank. If you're depipping, that means that you're at a rank which is above your skill level and should be lower.
I think that incentivising ranking up is definitely the way to go, but ranking down shouldn't be removed as a possibility because it will negatively contribute to the epidemic of players sitting at ranks much higher than where they belong.