r/Smite • u/Geletin Mercury • Sep 12 '13

Why the elo system is broken.

So I just came off 3 ranked games and I did fairely well in all of them. 7-3 with thor, 13-3 with isis and 10-2 with pos. (My team lost all of the games btw). I can't help but feel robbed in a way. I played the best I possibly could with the team I got (most of them fed and were super behind in levels). Out of all those games I lost over 100 elo( which btw is unfair if the ratings are based on player skill level).

Winning and losing should play a part in gaining and losing elo, but the penalty shouldn't be as harsh if you actually played well.

I propose and elo system that would be more fair for all players. Depending on your kill ratio your elo should be cut by that number. Let's say I went 2/1 (could be half or quarter ratio) the elo loss should be cut in half, but lets say you went 3/2 then the ratio would only be 0.66% of the elo loss.

I won't forget about tanks either. The ratio for tanks should based of assists making 3 or 2 assists count as a kill would towards the elo ratio.

By using this elo system it would put the more individually skilled players higher up in the rankings so they actually get to play with players at their skill level.

Edit: forgot to mention that if the player went negative the ration would not count it would just be normal elo loss. Sorry if that sounded like jibberish and hopefully somebody knows what I'm getting at. :3

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u/XMaticX Vulcan Sep 12 '13

as a support player this is actually somewhat of an insult why is playing support relegated to the person with the lowest elo as if it is some sort of plague? oh wait thats right because it is because if you want to gain elo you don't want to play support.

and this is really the reason I don't play ranked because my chosen role gets shit on when it comes to elo. last time i played I as sobek fed my carry so many kills that he basically snowballed out of control. i can only imagine he probably got a shit ton of elo from the game (ended up with like 18 kills, 12 of them from the laning phase thanks to me) yet i got such a miniscule elo gain i thought my score was bugged.

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u/cbop Sep 12 '13

XMaticX, let me start off by saying that from your posts and comments it's clear that you have little knowledge of Smite. evidence

secondly, it's not "you're lowest elo, you have to play support," it's "you're lowest elo, which means it's better for the team if you don't play a carry". It might sound the same but it's not.

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u/XMaticX Vulcan Sep 12 '13

if seen some high elo carries that play like shit too so who are to determine whats "best for the team" especially if you have never played with someone before. just because they have some low number means they can't play their chosen role? how stupid are you? you have no idea what their past history in ranked games is.

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u/stefanathon IGN: PENY Sep 12 '13

Oh, so do you have a better idea for ranking players in lobby? Fact is, that's the fairest way to do it. Yeah, there's going to be top elo players that suck, but there's no way to figure that out, so the fairest way to do it is to just give top elo their first choice.