[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] THECROCE so umm would you mind expalining the skill increases with a mixed team? there 52 pages, and couldnt seem to find what im looking for. Im currently a 31 and 21 in team slayer. my friend is a 30 overall and 12 in team slayer, and my other friend is just an 11 in team slayer. None of us are increasing in skill very much. they both have extremely low exp while i have about 500. both of them have only lost a couple of games. weve won 20 games straight, and theyve only really ranked up from 7-11, and ive gone from 20 to 21. what gives, how many games are we expected to win before we rank up? most of the people weve played are better skill levels than them, and around my skill level. care to rexplain how skill gainign works in a multi skilled team? / seems ridiculous to win 20 games in a row, and rank up 1 skill level. does severely beating the other team have anything to do with it?[/quote] I experienced the same on my test account. The mixed party restrictions are less than they were, but they definately still severley penalize you when trying to rank up. Also playing with the same people NEVER helps...which is really unfortunate because it discourages you from playing with friends. I think its pretty much as simple as that.