Add a League System

[narrow linden]

There are many good and well known games with a similar style to WB, like Valorant and CSGO, etc, and they all have a league system.

I feel like there is very little incentive in matches to force players to win over the other team, and not just "lets just willy nilly slaughter as many players as we can". While I'm aware there's an XP system in place, I don't think its enough.

I propose to create a series of "leagues" such as iron, bronze, silver, gold, platinum, etc, that would show up on users' stats page and on the match leaderboard. By winning/losing a certain amount of matches, the users's league would increase/decrease.

That way, I believe the quality of gameplay would improve and more people would want to play and stick around.

Edit: This change doesn't have to be compulsory, but instead be included as a separate gamemode.

[mint gull]

bruh that's just comp

[karmic merlin]

Pls no

It wouldn’t be as fun

[flint ferry]

now if it was OPTIONAL i would say yes

[narrow linden]

Maybe that could work instead, add an optional "competitive" gamemode, instead of making it compulsory.

[flint ferry]

just like it was before

[narrow linden]

They had it before? Then why did they get rid of it?

[mint gull]

4vs4 used to be comp

[flint ferry]

2v2

it was a blast!

[high sorrel]

So it's basically elo but with ranks and less accurate? (since this "league" system does not check what players did you win)

[neat scaffold]

If it's optional it would be useless

and it doesn't need to replace elo, it simply works in the background

Ranks are determined by elo, but groups you in broader catagories (1400-1600, 1601-1800, 1801-1900, 1901-2000, etc) and displays the rank instead

[neat scaffold]

The devs removed comp due to lower player count, then replaced it with 4v4 and removed stats from being counted in the mode as having no stats "makes players more competitive/motivated to do well"

[static rover]

stats originally were counted

it was only after frequent complaints about players using 4v4 to quickly bot farm for stats inflation that stats were removed from the mode

[neat scaffold]

Both can be true at the same time, but it's because of joja's beliefs

[karmic merlin]

Or we could just use the competitive game mode we already have

[flint ferry]

I would like to see the return of 2v2 without the gun pickup mechanic

Me and many others had so much fun with that mode. When we got bored of classic and BR we would play Comp for fun. Not for stats. I really want that to return

[karmic merlin]

gun pickup?

[flint ferry]

Yeah, the original mode operated like this:

Both teams consistented of two players per side. The selection of maps were the maps that are in 4v4 right now that don't look like your in a preschool playroom. Then the timer ticked down and both teams started with nothing, you had to pick up weapons scattered throughout the map with limited ammo. What I liked about that is that the weapons that were scattered around changed every round. Then once one team was completely killed the other team won. You also couldn't heal which I thought was a nice touch to add to the intensity of the mode.

@karmic merlin

[karmic merlin]

thanks

cool

that seems really fun

[flint ferry]

It was!

It was my favorite mode

It was also fun to spectate the matches too

[karmic merlin]

nice

id like that to be reimplemented

[flint ferry]

Indeed

[hot flax]

yes

@flint ferry how about a suggestion

sadly they will probably say it won't work

but it is worth the try because I think almost everyone liked it

[static rover]

yeah, especially when the only weapons spawning were pistols

[pseudo ore]

I think this would be a great addition to the game

[pseudo ore]

or when your team got pistols and the enemy got aks

[static rover]

old screenshot of the server

[pseudo ore]

classic austrailan comp experience

[static rover]

yes

I would have played it more often if it weren't only in NA

[pseudo ore]

I really like this system. It incentivizes you to play well, if a rank of sorts is something you prefer. If you don't care about elo and whatnot, that's fine, you'll just be placed in a lower rank. This means that there is room for those who strive to climb and improve and those who are happy enough to stay where they are and play around. Both are valid pathways. It also should not be optional as it would be useful, like tank's said.

[pseudo ore]

How it it "just comp?" there has never been a league system in game before

[pseudo ore]

No. The existence of a system of ranks doesn't mean that everyone is going to be transformed into a sweat.

[static rover]

Pistols

[pseudo ore]

do you have the ss with the tower of pistols

[static rover]

no I don't have that handy

[flint ferry]

That was fun

[neat scaffold]

Were there ever even bugs with weapon spawning?
Especially on hangar, I never found that they were unequal, and it was fairly easy to memorise all the layouts

I know in dungeon since it wasn't symmetrical that weapon spawns were unfair, as one side could reach them faster all the time

[pseudo ore]

I remember it being pretty bad in dungeon, sometimes an issue in quarry (both mostly pistols spawning and unbalanced weapon spawn), but hangar having few issues.

[flint ferry]

I remember the .50 cals spawning only, THAT was fun