Just to clear some of the info about halo 3 ranking system. It took us a long to figure out but basically this is how it goes. Before a match beings the program will run some odds on the outcome of the match based on rank NOT number but like private, Sargent, captain, etc. There was also xp you can gain. So if you were level 20 with rank and had about 400xp you should be a captin. If you had a lvl 20 with 600xp you'll get a little bar under you captain (remember the bar). You can get up to 3 bars and then they turn gold. now you get 1 xp for wining any type of matchmaking game and to go from 20 to 30 shouldn't take much longer than avg 30-50 games. So you can see that someone with a lvl 20 and 1,200 xp is very unbalanced usually people in this piston suck. It shouldn't take you 1,200 wins to get a 30 unless you loss most of them. So with these gold bars on your captain (this also goes for every rank expect general) the program running will think you suck. so now picture 2 teams ( 4 people) everyone is a captain. 1 team is full of captains that have no bars and the other team "team 2" is full of gold bars. The program they use is very harsh against the gold bars and assumes that team has a very little chance of winning. There for if they will they will get a huge boost on their rank. If they lose like the game thought they would it wouldn't hurt them too much. MY PROOF. There were websites that sold lvl 50s for as low as $35. How were these people ever going to pump out lvl 50's to meet the demand i mean i saw a destiny lvl 30 warlock hunter and titain sell for $400 on ebay so we know there's people buying these accounts. well the truth is a lvl 50 can be made in just 17 games... You start off a fresh account and play with someone who has a rank of 10 (i think it's a lieutenant) and make sure he has those gold bars. If you play doubles and win every game you can get it as low as 17 games because they game will think you're team is going to lose. HERE'S THE PROBLEM. The more xp you had the longer it takes to rank up. accounts with a max lvl of 10 with 2000 xp (bad kids) were for some reason put in a spot where ranking seems impossible. The 2nd dude with the lvl 10 and 2000 xp might go up a rank or 2 after 20 straight wins but could lose 2 games and lose a rank. The fresh account playing with him will have very different ranking effects. So people who weren't good for a year or two who started becoming good will have a problem ranking up if they gained to much xp. (note you don't lose xp) Bottom line the ranking system was kinda of broken. However this whole talk of k/d is pretty stupid are you trying to promote campers? It has to be based on wins and to avoid having crappy teams you are presented with a choice play with people you know or don't simple as that. I didn't go into no halo 3 ranked match without a full team, no randoms for me. If you made it based on score some people would be at a disadvantage like the snipers. Me i like fusion rifles and on a normal game i'll go 2.0 or above with 5000 and points in control. However i do like my sniper but i get a score with an avg of 3000 points and a k/d of 3,5 or higher. So if it's based on points people who are up in front with the action fusion/shotguns/auto rifles will have an a better chance with more points. Make it k/d snipers will have a better chance. THE PERFECT RANKING SYSTEM.... If there was one every fps that has a ranking system would use it. We can only pick the best one with the least flaws.