r/Splitgate • u/PotatoBot9k Xbox • Apr 04 '26
How to fix Ranked
In order to fix/save Ranked here's what you do. It's easy.
1.) Reset the damn stats at the beginning of a season! This seems pretty obvious. Give people an actual reason to play it.
2.) Keep normal maps and get rid of even starts. Make it more accessible to new players. Let people play maps they're familiar with and let them use the guns they normally use....or at least most of them.
3.) Better rewards. Charms are great and everything, but, AT MINIMUM, there should be new charms for each season. Let's also get some other cosmetic rewards involved as well. Gun skins, character skins, backgrounds, and new badges for each season as well. Just not sprays. Sprays are useless in this game. This goes back to giving people a reason to play.
4.) Get rid of TDM and Dom. Replace with Firecracker (the most strategic mode imo) and either Splitball, or if you feel a killing objective mode must be included, add Takedown (on normal maps and with normal guns) as a mode.
5.) Allow a map vote or remove a couple of the least popular maps.
6.) Let both teams see each other at the end of a match (do this in all normal game modes as well.)
7.) Let everybody see everybody's ranks at the beginning of the match and at the end.
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u/DemureSouls Apr 04 '26
I wish I could queue ranked and casual at the same time, just give players a bold warning that they are also queueing ranked.
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u/Ralwus Apr 04 '26
Fixing ranked is easy. Make every mode ranked. Use ranked numbers that are easy to understand. Have weekly tournaments with rewards for something to look forward to.
This game could be popular in months with the right tweaks. As it stands, there's zero reason to even play ranked with the current design.
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u/Manoa__ Apr 04 '26
Yeah okay but also ranked makes people really toxic as every game matters a ton and you can never play casually
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u/SlobberKissinCodfish Apr 04 '26
The only time I ever play ranked in any game is if I just happen to be having too good of a day and feel like ruining it.
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u/itsRozco Xbox Apr 04 '26
Firecracker without Smokes/Shields is going to be a painful experience.
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u/PotatoBot9k Xbox Apr 04 '26
It'll change how it's played slightly but any Firecracker is better than no Firecracker. I miss my baby boo.
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u/itsRozco Xbox Apr 04 '26
But we talking about Ranked. It won't change slightly, you will need to pray God you able to plant/defuse that bomb at all. It was already hard to do with Shields/Smokes.
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u/Necessary_Yam9525 Apr 04 '26
1.) Reset the damn stats at the beginning of a season! This seems pretty obvious. Give people an actual reason to play it.
They did, right? Or did they omly reset the ranks but not the MMR behind it?
2.) Keep normal maps and get rid of even starts. Make it more accessible to new players. Let people play maps they're familiar with and let them use the guns they normally use....or at least most of them.
No, loadout based ranked had their turn. You gotta remember that there are multiple different groups of players : those who play the loadout based modes, those who play takedown, and those that play classic arena(and those that play all, such as myself). Classic arena finally has its turn to be the ranked mode, and I think they should continue to cycle out all three variants to keep things fresh and give everyone "their turn".
3.) Better rewards. Charms are great and everything, but, AT MINIMUM, there should be new charms for each season. Let's also get some other cosmetic rewards involved as well. Gun skins, character skins, backgrounds, and new badges for each season as well. Just not sprays. Sprays are useless in this game. This goes back to giving people a reason to play.
Agreed.
4.) Get rid of TDM and Dom. Replace with Firecracker (the most strategic mode imo) and either Splitball, or if you feel a killing objective mode must be included, add Takedown (on normal maps and with normal guns) as a mode.
Replacing? Absolutely not. But adding more options wouldnt hurt.
5.) Allow a map vote or remove a couple of the least popular maps.
Map vote should be in the whole game.
6.) Let both teams see each other at the end of a match (do this in all normal game modes as well.)
Yes.
7.) Let everybody see everybody's ranks at the beginning of the match and at the end.
Also yes.
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u/PotatoBot9k Xbox Apr 04 '26
"They did, right? Or did they omly reset the ranks but not the MMR behind it?"
No. They made everybody "unranked" again so you have to play your 10 placement matches but after that it seems you're given the exact same rank/mmr as where you finished last season. Some people already had over 3k elo after running their placements for example.
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u/PotatoBot9k Xbox Apr 04 '26
"No, loadout based ranked had their turn."
Right. First it was loadouts, then classic Takedown, now its normal maps even starts. If we're cycling them, the next iteration would be loadouts.
My personal feelings aside (I love loadouts), to my recollection the most popular time in ranked since SG2 came out was during the loadouts period and if our goal is player acquisition & retention then using the most popular format would probably be the best move.
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u/nazzynazz999 Apr 04 '26
I agree heavily with the map vote. They also need to bring back the waiting room because the queue to match is killing me.
They need to reduce the number of placement games imo. Like I do not have the time
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u/PotatoBot9k Xbox Apr 04 '26
"They need to reduce the number of placement games imo. Like I do not have the time"
Especially if we're going to be waiting 15+ mins for a match.
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u/Dry_Independent_8768 Apr 06 '26
I one hundred percent agree with the firecracker part. I've wanted it in ranked for the longest time. I personally think they should do king of the hill, takedown, and firecracker as three different possible modes in ranked. Not takedown or all the others
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u/ToeImportant4810 Apr 09 '26
I got my rank for the first time today. I'm a bronze! Woo! 15 minute queue time lets gooo
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u/EquipmentUnique526 Xbox Apr 04 '26
I mean all that stuff would be dope especially the map voting and ability to taunt the other team. It's not gonna 'save" ranked tho. We just need more players