Call Of Duty: Vanguard Makes Significant Changes To Ranked Play Skill Ratings

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Call of Duty: Vanguard's competitive Ranked Play game mode received some significant changes to the Skill Rating system. As of March 28, Treyarch said that players' Skill Rating gains and losses should be more consistent.

Vanguard's Ranked Play went live with the Season 2 update, allowing players to compete in matches with the same maps and rulesets as used by the pro players in the Call of Duty League. Players start in Ranked Play by participating in five placement matches to determine their initial Skill Rating, which is a number that determines a player's skill level within a specific Ranked Play season. The Skill Rating is a score that rises with each win or falls after every loss. Wins and and losses have been inconsistently affecting a players overall Skill Rating, but according to a tweet from Treyarch, improvements have been made to the overall impact each match has on a player's Skill Rating.

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The Ranked Play update allows players to now earn more to their Skill Rating after wins and lose less of their rating after losses. Additionally, Treyarch said the update reduces the impact that match performance has on the amount of Skill Rating won or lost, and players should experience more consistent gains and losses overall.

Treyarch developer Lawrence Metten also used a long Twitter thread to give a detailed explanation of how Skill Rating is calculated in Ranked Play, saying Skill Rating is a visible representation of a player's