[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] pinkmist ripper This point may already have been adressed but I can't be -blam!-ged to read through 29 pages of idiocity. I understand the system in most aspects. However, one flaw as far as I can see is that rank in a particular gametype(25 or whatever) and rank in the game(colonel for example) don't coincide. As a Major for example, one can play brigadiers or generals who are ranked similarly to you in a particular gametype. Therefore, it is likely that you are playing someone who either has been playing the game much longer than you and will therefore possibly be correspondingly better than you(obviously, this isn't always the case). Or, they have a better connection(upload speed etc) than you and will therefore almost cetainly beat you. A higher overall game rank should therefore be expected to beat a lower one. So, playing a player of much higher 'game rank' but perhaps lower 'gametype rank' would result in you ranking down in the same manner as if you were playing someone of much lower 'game rank' who had only played that particular gametype? How does the system counter this? As an example(although I'm not complaining as such), I tend to play in a team in which we are ranked similarly(around 30 or a couple of ranks either way) and are all roughly majors. We almost always get matched against teams which contain colonels and brigadiers and occasionly generals for some reason who are ranked similarly to us in a gametype. We win most of the time, I'd say at a win percentage of about 80% against these colonels/brigadiers but without exception lose a rank when we lose the 1 in the 5. I know it has been stated that losing against lower ranks hits you hard but a colonel may have gained all his skill playing objective and then is lower in slayer than you.[/quote] It's not a flaw in the system for you to get matched with colonels and brigadiers. Fact is they neeed a way to rank up in a playlist as well, and that means by beating you and me. They should not have to fight level 40-50's from rank 1 all the way up. It seems odd you are winning 80% of games and ranking down (I didn't look at your history). One problem could be the match quality (which is one of the greatest weaknesses of Bungie's system...but they are working on it). The other possibility is you are simply not winning 80% of your games. In general, you should be ranking up if you are winning 80%, as matchmaking quality should be on average ok. Go look at your win/loss record for recent games. I find that whenever I think I am winning 80% of my games, when I actually go to audit it, its more like 60%.