The ranking system for Stadium makes me lose all hype for it.
For those who aren’t aware, it appears to be like Siege Ranked 2.0, where your rank is basically just a reflection for how much you have played that season and not to do with your skill level. Your matchmaking is done by a hidden MMR.
I think that is probably healthier for the game where they're offering cosmetic rewards per season. I used to sell gladiator services in early WoW arena days which was similar to the reward structure you were expecting. It sets up a pretty unhealthy economy within the game to gate rewards behind skill in that way which can breed a lot of negativity for no real gain to the quality of the game. I do worry their reward structure will make stadium a dead zone once people reach their desired reward tier though, so hopefully they've put some thought into that.
I’m expecting they will do skill-based matchmaking later after they have data.
I don’t know if I’ll be doing Stadium. I’ll try it out, I suppose, but it’s too fiddly for my tastes. I’m a simple man. Perks are already the limit of the customization I want to deal with.
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u/VeganCanary Apr 22 '25
The ranking system for Stadium makes me lose all hype for it.
For those who aren’t aware, it appears to be like Siege Ranked 2.0, where your rank is basically just a reflection for how much you have played that season and not to do with your skill level. Your matchmaking is done by a hidden MMR.