How the Ranking System works

[IRISH J0K3R]

Let’s take a moment to look over the ranking system in Gears of War 2, to make sure everyone understands what they’re looking at when they check out other players online. Your rank in Gears of War 2 multiplayer is based on your TrueSkill rating(how Halo3 number rank works), which calculates the relative strength of all players on Xbox LIVE.

There are five ranks total, and the first rank is achieved after you play your first multiplayer match. The more Gears 2 matches you win, the higher your rank will be, and your rank will go down when you lose matches. Rank is not affected by Horde Mode and private matches. The ranks are displayed in game using the icons to the left.

TrueSkill is like the chess ELO system, which tries to predict who should win the match based on the skill of the players. If you were predicted to lose and your team wins, then your TrueSkill goes up more than if you won and you were predicted to win. This holds true for the inverse scenario: If you were predicted to win and you lose, then your ranking drops more than if you were predicted to lose.

Rank is not a constantly increasing value, such as is typical in role-playing games (RPGs). Your rank may plateau or even drop as it closes in on your correct and accurate skill level. It will probably take tens of Public Xbox LIVE matches for your rank to move in one direction or another, and it may even take hundreds of matches to achieve a skill with the highest rank we offer, assuming you are good enough to get there.

Also, keep in mind that each rank icon represents a specific range or bucket of TrueSkill values, so while your skill is fluctuating in very small increments from match to match, your rank icon will only change when your skill moves from one bucket to the next. Therefore, your rank is not just about number of kills or experience or the amount of time played. It's an aggregated representation of your skill level based on your wins and losses during Public Xbox LIVE matches. And yes, quitting will lower your rank.


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[Baldwonder]

Thank you for clearing this up, we have been debating this far ages and finally we have an proper answer! I applaud you mate, nice find!

[OnewecallPro]

Indeed thanks joker

I am still yet to see the 5th rank then

[Rob]

i've seen it, an unnamed social loser who is registered on this site has it!

what rank is everyone on here?

[mac1210]

I suck donkey balls at this game and have only reached the dizzy heights of second rank only to lose it a few games later getting 7 shades of shit kicked out of me on wingman

[IRISH J0K3R]

I'm on the fourth rank atm. Bald your not the only one who wanted to know this bad. I tought it went by win streak, leaderboard rank in all gametypes and so on.

[Baldwonder]

Yea that was my thinking also, mainly because there seemed to be no proper system. And with so few ranks it was really hard to tell that it was a "tru skill" system.

I currently have the 3rd rank, so im slap bang in the middle. i got that on the day of release and it hasnt moved since. So not entirly sure that its accurate but it doesnt bother me too much. Iv been beaten by people below me and whooped people above me. I guess u just have to take every game as it comes and ignore the ranks of the people ur playing with and against.

[Dazza180]

Great post, though to be fair it has depressed me some what cause i now know i will never even reach the second rank as i am the worlds worse gears play and that is a fact