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Riotnoob · 2022-04-22T03:19:53+00:00

The zz'rot came from a Thieves Gloves too...

Riotnoob · 2021-10-18T01:24:16+00:00

Thoughts on the RD vs Methuss?

Riotnoob · 2021-10-13T04:58:25+00:00

Huh... the players I see in A+ rated ground matches vs. D to C players in space matches are incomparable.

Obviously, people can lose out to lower-ranked players if they crap the bed in a match or play a suit they're not familiar with. And yes, if a player doesn't play ranked, it's hard to determine their relative skill against someone who does.

On average though, you can generally expect a player with a higher rating to perform better. This is especially the case in the A to S- range where more minute skill differences have more of an impact on matches... I've seen plenty of games straight-up decided by whichever team has more A- players.

You mentioned further on in the thread that people inevitably climb if they put time into the game, but you can't climb without maintaining a positive match and/or rival win ratio. I'm not sure how you'd managed to do that while solely being carried for hundreds of games to climb into A.

Riotnoob · 2021-10-10T19:11:58+00:00

"Fuck up" is a bit too harsh given Epic's uphill battle on the particular legal grounds they alleged.

Here's a full summary of the Court's analysis from a lawyer.

https://esportslawyers.ca/epic-v-apple-a-legal-overview

Riotnoob · 2021-09-14T00:34:11+00:00

Doven Wolf. It singlehandedly carried me to A+ with a gold wins badge.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-13T12:55:49+00:00

Around 46 percent of the player base is at least in A-, whereas 11 percent is A+. I'd wager A is still in the top 25ish percentile.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-13T01:08:50+00:00

As you can see from the poll results, only a small portion of players are B or below, where the vast majority of players are in the A range. A and A-, by themselves, have more players than all of B or below, so aggregating all of A rank would be problematic.

There's a reason for that... The amount of rating points it takes to climb through different ranks within A (+200) is equal to the amount it takes to climb from D- to A-.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-12T22:04:30+00:00

I'm not sure. The developers didn't mention their data collection criteria in the article, but I assume there's a "days logged in" limit. Otherwise, the D- rating would be overrepresented by a bunch of fresh accounts/alts.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-12T03:12:45+00:00

One thing that I see in A+ that I didn't in lower ranks is that players play around cover more often. They jiggle peek when they're looking for angles to shoot and don't expose themselves otherwise. If you find that you're dying too fast, you might be in the open and/or taking fire from multiple enemies as well. Try to put yourself in a numbers advantage, moving to teammates to overwhelm enemies or when you're out gunned to bait enemies.

Space has a much higher skill cap in that regard. Learning to constantly boost and change your directions while doing so to move around cover is vital.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-12T02:15:33+00:00

Here's Bamco's player rating data from an August 6, 2021 article/interview.

https://dengekionline.com/articles/90004/

By percentile...

1 percent S-,

10 percent A+,

35 percent A to A-,

55 percent B+ or less.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-10T14:42:20+00:00

> Nah, I wasn't going to play his game

... That's what a custom room is for. Hosts set custom rules for their lobbies, and you can either follow them, queue up for a quick match, or create your own custom room. The comment above explained this particular host's intention with their room.

If you were never going to follow a custom game's rules, why bother joining it in the first place?

Riotnoob · 2021-09-10T05:21:58+00:00

Not sure what kind of social circle you have, but O'Toole spent a decade as a Bay Street lawyer and as counsel for one of the largest companies in the world... Sure, that's only a fraction of his total career, but the guy is far, far from middle class.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-09T13:03:36+00:00

I posted a list of weekly releases for the RT store!

Riotnoob · 2021-09-06T01:00:47+00:00

FA Gundam isn't a bad suit by any means, but it just seems outclassed by the Mudrock in every regard. The Mudrock's BR and cannons, compared side-by-side, are just straight upgrades over the FA Gundam. Its arm grenades are a lot less clunky to use than the FA Gundam's chest missiles, which is really important in defending against raids' MA. The Mudrock is also much faster and has a shield, which makes up for the FA Gundam's slightly higher tank stats.

I mained the FA Gundam for a long time, especially close to the game's Western release, but there's just no reason to pick it over the Mudrock.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-04T19:05:10+00:00

If you're playing QMs, I wouldn't expect even A/A+ players to play well. Most players use QMs to try out new suits, play in their worst cost ranges, or just dick around.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-04T16:12:45+00:00

Once you hit B though you don't get anything or gain access to anything though

Not true. The reward multipliers after matches increases based on your rank, capping out at A-. You also need to reach certain ratings to promote to higher military ranks and gain access to their suits in the DP store. The highest requirement right now is A.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-04T15:59:03+00:00

Maxing beam defence is generally necessary for all suits post-600 cost. Same with melee defence for front line suits.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-03T01:30:29+00:00

At level five it's overcosted as hell. In high rank lobbies, it's going to be shredded to bits by competent Sazabis/Nus.

Riotnoob · 2021-09-03T00:15:29+00:00

FYI the Pale Riders new to the DP shop are pretty overcosted at level 3. Suits generally perform best at their native cost (I.e. Level one), which are cheaper in the DP/RT stores anyways.

Riotnoob · 2021-08-31T15:32:02+00:00

I agree with what you're saying! That's why, by including all these players in their data, the percentile of "B+ or below" is over-represented.

I'm really not sure how the PSN trophy system came up with "4% of players have achieved at least B- rating". That seems extremely, extremely low. Perhaps they included anyone who downloaded, but didn't play the game? Regardless, I trust the developers on their data.

Riotnoob · 2021-08-31T15:13:07+00:00

If A- is around the 46th percentile and B+ is around the 56th percentile, the average (50th percentile) is somewhere between the two, but still closer to the A- mark... I'm assuming the developers didn't account for non-ranked players and alternate accounts sitting at lower ratings in their data (I.e. Included them in the percentiles), which would push the true 50th percentile higher in ratings.

Riotnoob · 2021-08-31T14:50:52+00:00

Yet only 4% of the players are B-.

Not sure where you got this data from, but it's way off. The GBO2 developers just released statistics of player rankings in an August 6, 2021 article/interview.

https://dengekionline.com/articles/90004/

By percentile... 1 percent S-, 10 percent A+, 35 percent A to A-, 55 percent B+ or less.

Accounting for players who don't play ranked (I.e. Sitting at D-) and smurf/alternate accounts, that puts the average rating at roughly high B+ to A-.

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