RANKED SERVERS!!

JT-SharpShooter90 · Post by **JT-SharpShooter90** » 2007-11-08 22:16

Maybe be a dumb question but im new

How come there aint any Ranked Servers then if there are i cnt find em. nd will they ever be coming.

Post by **IronTaxi** » 2007-11-09 02:53

no..cant rank with unofficial EA maps as far as i know...never will be ...

Doom721 · Post by **Doom721** » 2007-11-09 03:12

ABR ranking - which is ranks without unlocks and half-arse tracking that works *most* of the time - which currently acts like its on cancer!

Hopefully ABR will just DIE already so we can without ranking as a whole - its bad enough trying to explain ABR let alone try to explain how to get the client when you can't download it on the battlefieldranking.net site half the time.

Long story short - Ranked =/= PR

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-11-09 09:04

PR > Ranks.

EA dose not rank custom maps or mods so that players want to play vbf2 instead of mods/custom maps. Ranks suck anyways and the sooner players realize that the sooner players will play for fun instead of there next unlock.

M4nicMin3r · Post by **M4nicMin3r** » 2007-11-09 09:20

[R-DEV]Rhino wrote:PR > Ranks.

EA dose not rank custom maps or mods so that players want to play vbf2 instead of mods/custom maps. Ranks suck anyways and the sooner players realize that the sooner players will play for fun instead of there next unlock.

lysander_atrull · Post by **lysander_atrull** » 2007-11-09 09:30

I actualy wish PR just had its own ranking built in - separately managed from ABR or AMR or whatever. no patches or not __init__.pys . Given the server code is already on limited release it would be quite easy to achieve I expect.. and more manageable too. no more 'install X' in addition to pr itself.

I'll discuss this in the private server admin section

crudge · Post by **crudge** » 2007-11-09 10:09

i think ranks can be used for the forces of good insted of evil

by this i mean higher ranked players may be given proirity, not by server of DEVs but people who play on their team, to be commander or SL insted of newbs who have yet to learn

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-11-09 10:22

crudge wrote:i think ranks can be used for the forces of good insted of evil

by this i mean higher ranked players may be given proirity, not by server of DEVs but people who play on their team, to be commander or SL insted of newbs who have yet to learn

I think stats are a vital thing, as players can track how they are doing, see where they can improve etc. Unlocks and **** like that based on really only on how much time you have played are rubbish.

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-11-09 16:20

Who cares about ranks.. You dont get unlocks in PR so they dont really do anything...

Ragni<RangersPL> · Post by **Ragni<RangersPL>** » 2007-11-09 16:40

I can see only one purpose for the ranking system in PR. You could recognize more experienced players on the battlefield and create kind of command chain if the ranking system would work properly.

(Just a thought)

blud · Post by **blud** » 2007-11-09 20:07

I think it would have been really cool if PR integrated stats and ranks into the mod in a big big way, so that all servers would need to run whatever the ranking thing was. And then have the stats hooked into the forums and viewable on the main site (like QuakeWars). Then you could give preference to vehicles or commander to higher ranks, **** like that. Plus you could shape the way people play by how the points and awards were given (you know.. for example spending lots of time near your SL , **** like that). And I suppose they could still do it for 0.7-1.0 but, I think basically it's too late to bother with something like that. It plays fine without fully functioning ranks/stats so its not a huge deal anyway.

BetterDeadThanRed · Post by **BetterDeadThanRed** » 2007-11-09 21:28

GOD NO! The last thing PR needs is a bunch of rank whores.

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-11-09 21:56

^^Amen to that!

Teek · Post by **Teek** » 2007-11-09 22:27

The only place rank have in PR is to show Progress and, possibly, to show veterancy.

Doom721 · Post by **Doom721** » 2007-11-10 00:38

A working rank system... meh...

working stat system... that doesn't die - that would be nice

though my stats are **** due to all the missed shots - and .... spammy noob fire shooting at nothing ..... hurray for having hours on old maps that are removed...