When death is of little consequence (Destiny)

by RC , UK, Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 16:54 (3565 days ago) @ Avateur

They're not lying. This is an area where Destiny gameplay is so far different from Halo gameplay that I'm having a hard time picturing how this is really going to work. Ranked in Halo worked a hell of a lot better than in Social, but they also experienced many problems in Ranked. Social playlists seem to have no real coherent matchmaking system in any of the Halo games when it comes to matching for skill.

In Halo 3, the two differences between Ranked and Social playlists were:
1. Visible skill ranks in Ranked
2. Looser skill-matching requirements in Social.

Skill matching was ALWAYS a consideration, but it was compromised more for the sake of getting games quicker, with people that had good connections to you.

If you had much higher skill than the average of the population, the Bayesian theory behind TrueSkill would mean there were much fewer good skill matches available for you. This would be compounded with the fact many high-skill players would gravitate to the Ranked playlists.

It became most evident to me that social playlists still had skill matching every time a new one would come out and it was a total crapshoot.

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When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-10, 08:32
- When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 09:19
  - When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-10, 12:49
    - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 14:52
- When death is of little consequence - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 09:35
  - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 09:38
  - I quite liked that suggestion - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 09:47
  - Maybe Nightfall Strikes? - RC, 2014-08-10, 10:08
  - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-10, 10:14
    - Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 10:24
      - Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 10:33
        
        Pretty much - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 10:45
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 10:48
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 10:52
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 10:56
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 11:18
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-10, 11:20
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 14:51
        
        Yep - Got a bronze Haha - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 15:49
      - A variation on this idea... - kapowaz, 2014-08-10, 12:01
    - Alternative - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 15:51
      - I agree - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 16:02
      - Alternative - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 16:55
      - It'd kill matchmaking - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 17:00
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - petetheduck, 2014-08-10, 17:26
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 17:43
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - stabbim, 2014-08-12, 21:24
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 20:13
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 01:08
      - Alternative - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 01:04
      - Alternative - electricpirate, 2014-08-13, 08:02
- When death is of little consequence - Speedracer513, 2014-08-10, 11:09
- When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-10, 18:35
  - Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. - uberfoop, 2014-08-10, 18:40
  - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-10, 19:54
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 20:20
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 20:23
        
        That's very possible. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 20:32
        
        That's very possible. - Xenos, 2014-08-10, 21:41
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Speedracer513, 2014-08-10, 22:14
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 20:22
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-10, 21:35
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 21:53
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 11:01
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-11, 17:44
        
        Eh - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 18:08
        
        Eh - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-11, 18:58
        
        Eh - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 00:37
        
        Eh - Speedracer513, 2014-08-12, 11:20
        
        True enough - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 12:29
        
        ... - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 12:36
        
        True enough - Speedracer513, 2014-08-12, 12:52
        
        Why, thank you - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 13:00
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-12, 13:53
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 17:47
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 18:52
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 21:09
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Claude Errera, 2014-08-13, 22:34
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-13, 22:55
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-13, 23:37
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - uberfoop, 2014-08-13, 23:48
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Claude Errera, 2014-08-12, 18:58
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 20:44
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-13, 11:06
- I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Bones, 2014-08-10, 18:49
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 19:34
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 03:53
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 20:20
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:37
      - Vidmasters - yakaman, 2014-08-12, 09:56
        
        Vidmasters - Cody Miller, 2014-08-12, 12:32
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - DEEP_NNN, 2014-08-10, 21:03
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:39
- When death is of little consequence - Kalamari, 2014-08-10, 19:00
  - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 19:16
    - When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:42
      - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 21:36
        
        When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 22:21
        
        When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 16:05
        
        When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-12, 16:54
      - When death is of little consequence - stabbim, 2014-08-13, 13:25
        
        When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-13, 16:37
    - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 09:03
      - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 09:04
- Needs Iron skull with appropriate loot. - Numinar, 2014-08-11, 01:27
- Has no one considered... - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 06:29
  - And Bounties - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 06:33
    - And Bounties - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 06:46
      - The Day 1 Invasion of Whinging Will Overwhelm - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 06:58
      - And Bounties - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 08:01
        
        And Bounties - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 12:26
    - And Bounties - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-11, 07:52
      - Yeah, got the 9000XP without dying one a few times - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 08:07
    - No! Destiny must pound more nails into our dicks! - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-11, 08:08
      - Geez, dude. - Kermit, 2014-08-11, 08:35
        
        Penny Arcade reference. - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 08:56
        
        I miss Duke controllers. - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 09:49
        
        Seconded. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-11, 10:44
        
        Nope. They made me miss white and black everytime... - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 14:47
        
        Okay. - Kermit, 2014-08-11, 10:22
        
        Forgot it was Halo they were playing, TBH - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-11, 14:25
      - No! Destiny must pound more nails into our dicks! - Avateur, 2014-08-11, 17:44

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