Will there be a rank system so I don't have to play against better players?asked by Hellrein
TL;DRA ranking exists behind the scenes, but proper matchmaking will come later and needs more online help from Turbulent; the broken leaderboards are to be reworked, with Squadron Battle and Duel pushed as competitive modes.
So there's actually a lot to this question. Now, right now, behind the scenes, we do have, there is a ranking. And behind the scenes, it works here and there, but it's really not as simple as just a single value. We've come a long way in matchmakers in the game industry overall, where it's got to be region-dependent, it's got to be skill-dependent, it's got to be time-dependent. There's so many different angles of matchmaking. Sort of with that, Duncan, do you want to talk a little bit about what we're going to do for these guys?
Yeah, so as you guys know, we have the leaderboards that are currently online and they haven't really been representative of, well, leaderboards for a while now. The algorithm behind them broke. People have found many exploits behind them. So we want to completely rework those at the same time as doing this proper matchmaking. And that matchmaking is the thing that will have to come later because it needs more help from Turbulent on the online side. But the competitive community in Arena Commander and Star Marine is so passionate, I'll say, about leaderboards and that matchmaking behind it. And we really want to hone in on that and especially push Squadron Battle and Duel to be our primary competitive modes because we think those better reflect those as well.