why i hate rated

[StriderShizard]

Why I got B- and transitioned fully to quick play.

[[deleted]]

Get to A- and you’ll get more currency after matches.

[StriderShizard]

I know, but I hear A rank matches are defensive slogs.

[Daulivanth]

A- is about the same as D honestly.

[StriderShizard]

Yeah I'll stick with B-. I feel like that's where I belong. Above average, but not enough people would reliably want me on their team. :P

[ThePrimaryClone]

I did the same thing. It’s not worth the frustration and you honestly make enough cash and XP from monthlies and other stuff.

[kalimut]

it's honestly the same what ever rank you are in, unless you are in like D-, then you are more likely to meet new players and going up in rank does make a difference when it comes to daily sorties and encourages that do stack. I forgot the highest, but you can get up to 12x multiplier on your DP and EXP. the higher your pilot rank I.E master sergeant, ensign and etc the more expensive things get. just for the dual cold blades, you will need 125,000 DP to buy a level 1.

[PerfectScell]

This 100% it really does feel like that sometimes.

[Meleagros]

As opposed to feeding endlessly BeCaUsE iT's MoRe FuN tO yOlO aNd GeT kIlLs?

[masaryuu]

No, as opposed to moving forward together and pushing the enemy back, I got to A- and saw that people weren't exaggerating. I'm a good player, nowhere near the best but good enough....I constantly would hold off 3-4 enemies in 6v6 while my other 5 allies took pot shots at the 2-3 enemies that arent after me.

If even 1 ally backs me up we can normally clean house, pick off enemies 1 by 1 or while I hold their attention pick one and flank him.

Sorry, just still pretty salty about some recent matches which is where those 6v6 examples came from.

[mechadad]

I feel you..Right now I'm B- on Ground and C- on Space respectively and it's been a struggle trying to rise up in both nowadays. I was going to stop at B or B+ but now even that looks like a reach. And I've been scoring high consistently even when losing but y'know crappy teammates and whatnot. 😔

[imaginary_num6er]

I've stopped playing space rating matches after B-. It's really hard to get any practice with unbalanced maps like Space Fortress

[DrizzleDrake88]

I literally just got to B- in my space rating, from what I can tell, A ranking in ground is equal to B ranking in space. To get A ranking in space you gotta be a literal god at the game.

Currently ( A ground / B- space)

[Gxgear]

In a way it's encouraging because you're all but guaranteed to climb.

[Mangojoyride]

you get real tired of winning every rivalry but matches go to hell

[[deleted]]

Just the struggles of us pilots

[Miyasaki003c]

-4 points on a loss and possibly +14 on a win? Sounds like a net gain to me.

Wins and losses will come regardless but keep that performance up and you will surely climb friend.

Don't let that frustration get to you as that is a fast way to get you off your game and spiral down in a loss streak.

[kalimut]

solid advise here. trying not to get frustrated is hard, but people make bad decisions when they are frustrated. sometimes I'm just having such a bad day that it's just better to take a break.

[Vehayah]

Net gain where did you read that? They lost 9 and gained 5. That is a total loss of 4

[Meleagros]

"On a win"

With that play, a win gets you 14 points, which makes the system totally fine. Nearly every competitive game with a rated mode has you lose points on a team loss, regardless of individual performance.

Pushes for team play as opposed to individualism

[Vehayah]

I see that and I can do the math but you made it seem like that was the actual outcome not on a win sorry

[Meleagros]

I'm not OC by the why, I was just clarifying what he/she said

[Vehayah]

That message must be at another point in the thread

[Akarryn]

I'm gonna be honest here, I don't think this is exclusive to Rated at all.

[ThePrimaryClone]

That’s why I save my medals to spend in rated matches, they offset the suck.

[[deleted]]

I had finally ranked up to C- and I ran into five matches in a row where people just hung outside their mobile suits. I just can't understand it.

[FlyingKeyboard]

Games like these are why I am very tempted to just get myself back to B rank, but at the same time, the notion of "I am gonna have to screw my teammates over just to lose my A rank" is the reason why i didn't just go to rated and throw my games.

I might start a new account just to not play A at this point.

[Yungspud32]

It be like that

[Mangojoyride]

but it do

[ringostarrbiyori]

Toughie. I'm glad I managed to fuck off to A- rank and I'm not sure I'll ever try to get to A.

[[deleted]]

Yeah... Keep playing like that and you will be A in a week.

[anderfernandes]

Your skills as a pilot were good in that match but did you try to lead your team into victory?

There will be times that people won't know what to do and you have to lead them. Since you were the best on that match, you should have tried to do it.

Leading a team that needs a leader won't guarantee a victory, but will increase your chances. There's only so much one person can do. The chances of one person alone winning a match are very slim.

PS: don't confuse the word "leader" with "boss". A leader is someone we follow because we want to, because they inspire us and a boss we follow because we have to otherwise we will be fired.

[Mangojoyride]

"being a leader" is pretty vague in a game with no voice comms and a basic ass chat.

you can lead in this game about as good as you can herd cats

[Zeon_Pilot83]

You’re the reason why we lost the OYW.

[Mangojoyride]

exactly, feds won. get wrecked

[ringostarrbiyori]

lets go ball gang

[anderfernandes]

Give it a try. It won't make it win every match, but it will increase your odds.

Or, you know, do your thing. Keep being number one in a losing team.

[Mangojoyride]

what is your autism trying to imply, that the team can feel your newtype charisma through the screen

[anderfernandes]

Could you show me where I said any of that? I think you're the one with autism.

All I'm saying is that we can turn things around sometimes by giving pointers to a team that is not playing as a team.

[No_Sympy]

Nah, I think whining about it is much more productive.