The topic I created last week, more this one… I have the feeling that a lot of people are going to think I have a beef with CA =D

Ranked games, oh my dear ranked… just the mention of you was what made me come to TW:A three months ago. And today, today finally played you.

What are ranked games? Before we go any further this is what needs to be answered by each and every one of you reading this post. Depending on your view, you may agree or totally disagree with what is coming next.

For me ranked games, it's a mod where players test their metal, their knowledge of the game, their SKILLS. Ranked in a team, is all of the above with and x an extra number of players, making the dynamic of the game a totally different beast from ranked 1vs1. You need to think about team composition. The unit players are best at. If you have players that are specialist in Y units or that guy that is not as good as the specialist player but can play a more broad type of units.

Ranked games, is the place in which you are given a position. A place where you can show how good or bad you are. A place where you look at your rank, and you can fight to try to improve yourself, and when you finally can climb that position you wanted, the smile in your face comes. Can also be the type of game that simply shows how much you still need to improve, that after all there is a whole world outside, where players are vastly superior to you, and you try to improve from the bottom to the top.

For me, this is what ranked games are in essence. I know it’s as only been a few hours since ranked came. But for me, I can already see too many bad things on this first beta of the ranked, that I can already make this topic.

Why can’t we choose our units, together with the rest of our team? Why are we throw in a mixer, and whatever crap comes out we have to eat it? Just this one move, made this game go from a 10vs10 to a 5vs5. Nothing else. Why not make a screen like for example the custom games, we don’t see the enemy units, and we have like 45 secs to 1 minute or whatever, to choose our units?!

Why do we have to play with 3 cav players, and 2 archers on our team? Why do we have to play against 9 elephants on the other side, when we are full infantry on our side? Think whatever crazy comp you want, and that is what we can have… This is not a test on team composition and skill, it’s a test of who the MM is fucking less. Elephants and artillery are special units… they need to be considerate has such… Of course, a team of 5 arty has really prob of winning, but 2 artys on the game when a team decides to go defense and knows what is doing, can be crushing. Elephants alone do not win games, but they are such a brute force on the field, that with the support of 1 or 2 extra units from inf to cav, can end a game before it even has started. There needs to be a hard cap on how many of this units can be on each game.

I had the idea, the maximum was a platoon of 2 players in a team of 5. Not, two platoons of 2 players in a team of 5… that went against a single platoon of 2. Please, make a maximum of one platoon on each side, and when a platoon is present on one side another platoon is on the other side if possible.

And the 3rd big thing is this new type of ranked mod I have been seeing in games in the last few years. Hey come play ranked, try to see where you can position yourself, but do not worry my panda… if you can farm your position to x position, you are not going down…

We have 20 rank position. 5 of them are no existent. Everyone and I mean everyone, is going to reach rank 15! Them, after that, we have a fixed position after every 3 ranks… Soo, is this a rank system or a farm system? Did I reach rank 12? 9? Let’s just troll, now is time for me to play for fun, no more in the edge just trying to maintain or improving my position. After the same player that thinks and as done this goes like “OK, time for me to go to the next stage of no demotion”… just to reach the conclusion that now it’s time for another 1 or 2 players to do the same thing and the toxic environment starts…

Ranked games are not in essence for the casual player. Ranked, is not for everyone to be the top player. Ranked is not a place for you to try and learn new units if you want to stay at the top. Ranked is not a place for you to farm upgrades for your tier 7 units if you want to go up in the ranks. But… I’m in a no demoting zone, I’m a rank 12/9/6 whatever ^, I’m not going down, so I do whatever I want. And after an X time, every single rank is basically the same shit. Being rank 15 or rank 6 has basically the same meaning, besides the difference that one was able to farm is way to the higher rank in a fashion or another.

I’m sorry, and in a T.L.R.D note. This is not ranked games, it’s a let’s try to appease a bit the more “hardcore” players showing then something called ranked and make the teddy bears feel happy because they can go to the top of the ladders if lucky or carried by someone and keep playing at the “top” with no fear of demotions. I do honestly hope, that the next interactions of the Ranked mod, will be quite different. Of course, this is my opinion, and I really want to know how many do agree and do not agree with me on this one.

BamouT