When death is of little consequence (Destiny)

by Avateur , Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 16:37 (3564 days ago) @ stabbim

I feel like you're describing the Halo 2 style of ranking where wins, losses, and whether you beat people with higher "ranks" led to ranking up and thus being matched against those who were similarly ranked. Halo 3 changed this, taking individual performance into account as well. You could be on the winning team a thousand times, but if you were going negative or barely positive, you wouldn't rank up as quickly, if at all. You could also lose as the best player on your team while going +20, and you may still benefit from it. I suppose Destiny could take similar things into account, but it seems like it would be incredibly inaccurate compared to Halo where just about everyone is on an even footing and being matched at a similar ranking.

And for the record, although Halo 3 would "max out" people at a certain point, the ranks portrayed were usually quite accurate. Halo 2's were unbelievably frustrating and flawed, which Bungie acknowledged and fixed. Granted, this isn't to say that Halo 3's ranking system didn't also have its share of problems (along with Reach's failed attempt at "ranked" in Arena).

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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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