Dune: Digital RANKED - What To Expect?

[@VitasTamkevicius]

Hey BlackShadow/All! Thanks for the review. Appreciated. Agreed, ranking is great; 30 days for Dune - too quick as for my liking, but there will probably be those who can do top rank in a day or two… 😆 All the best Melange to All! 👍🤝

[@BlackShadow993]

I feel like if after a couple seasons, there's not many making it then it'll change. We'll have to see...

[@RichardArpin]

Yeah, always penalize quitters. Exclusivity is the point of ranked, don't let them get away with it, because it ruins the game for the other lower ranked players.

[@BlackShadow993]

My guess is that it's to cover 'legitimate' disconnects and feel less daunting to newer players but that always opens up loopholes imo.

[@RichardArpin]

@@BlackShadow993 Legitimate disconnects are maybe 1% of games. Building a game to account for that 1% rather than to ensure that the ranking system is true is why so many people hate modern sbmm systems. Gotta keep this out of board games - even digital ones.

[@BlackShadow993]

@@RichardArpin We'll see how it plays out but yes, I do agree.

[@DeanMachine3333]

@@RichardArpin I agree, but also, not a huge deal, as those quitters will push you up into Gold pretty quick and then the penalty will apply so you'll get better games.

[@RichardArpin]

@@DeanMachine3333 As long as it's a single rating, then yes, it will push you up faster. However, many matchmaking systems have both a public ranking, as well as a hidden elo/sbmm and they'll match based on both. So if you place 1st in a match someone quits, it could value your win less, or if you place 4th in a match someone quits, it could actually punish you more. For instance, in Halo, it basically expects me to go +15 KDA every game, and I'm actually given worst teammates for playing better, and for ranked games it will partner me with teammates with lower hidden Elo, even if we have the same public rank. All this is to say; ranked systems can be flawed if the game designer tinkers too much with it; but if it's simple and only matches you based upon your visible rank, then it's likely to be fine.

[@NATOnova]

Do you think they will release uprising anytime soon? A lot of people think it's the better game

[@hidden-assets]

@@NATOnova The system is in place, so they could, but my guess is not for a while. They still have Immortality to implement for base game.

[@mrTannu666]

I wonder how the ELO works and hope it doesn't favor people who have more time to play.

[@BlackShadow993]

The star point probably will but ratings are ratings, you gotta win the games end of the day.

[@RealBakedShark]

Of course it favors people who have more time to play, it's an elo, what did you expect. You want someone that have 20 wins no lost to be at the same level as someone with 1 win?

[@mrTannu666]

@@RealBakedShark No but you already have to play at minimum the number of games required to reach Master. You could additionally introduce minimum number of games played at master rank to qualify. I just don't like that it gives an advantage to people that have more time to play.

[@Th3120ck]

I think its funny how bludgeon is mentioned in the same breath as CJ or Orski. A week ago, Bludgeon didn't even look at the tech row before drafting a leader.... Lol

[@hidden-assets]

@@Th3120ck he's doing good streams and videos. I welcome more content creators for Dune. It's better for everyone :)