Our system is similar to ELO in that experience changes are based solely on the game’s final outcome. ELO is a statistical system for calculating skills developed by Arpad Elo to track chess rankings. You may have heard the term “ELO” bantered about in reference to Halo 2. And without knowing how many experience points are up for grabs in a game none of this really has any meaning. And that stuff about the player being like the team is just confusing. We know, this is all just a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Which level your experience corresponds to is determined by the following chart. Your level is nothing more than an abstraction of your experience. every other member of every other team, then averaged.Īlright, on to Levels. Experience change for a member of a team is calculated vs. SueMe’s final experience point change will be negative, but not as bad as Ralf’s will be, as she earned something for beating him. This means that SueMe gains points for beating Ralf but loses points for getting beat by Sly and JoeBoy. In SueMe’s case the game will calculate vs. The result is Sly’s change in experience points, in this case positive. SueMe, then for Ralf, then total it all up and divide by 3. Halo 2 will calculate experience gained or lost first for Sly vs. Let’s say JoeBoy, Sly, SueMe, and Ralf all play a game with the following results: All that matters is the end result that your team achieved. It doesn’t matter how you got there, and it doesn’t matter whether you were the one that planted the flag or that got the most kills on your team. For discussion purposes it’s useful to think of a free-for-all game as a game where every player is his own team.įirst off, the only thing that matters for experience and level calculations is your current experience points and your team’s final standing, your place at the end of the game. And games with up to 16 players and 8 teams! How does that work, huh!?Īlright, alright, don’t get antsy. But Halo 2 supports games with up to 16 players. If you only ever played the Head to Head playlist against one other player this would make sense. Well, alright, there are few things that complicate this system. Your total experience points determine your level. When you lose a game in a ranked matchmaking playlist you lose experience points. When you win a game in a ranked matchmaking playlist you earn experience points. Halo 2’s stats system is actually pretty simple. This will put the less experienced player at a disadvantage, possibly in over his or her head, so be careful! Level CalculationsĪlright, on to the pressing question: How are levels calculated? For example, if a level 12 player forms a party with a level 1 friend, because the level 12 player can only match with levels 6 and higher, the player at level 1 will be considered level 6 when finding matches and calculating experience. When this happens the lower level player is treated as a player of minimum acceptable level for all matchmaking and experience calculations. The only exception to this rule is when groups of players that exceed these limits enter matchmaking together as a party. Note: This chart and all others in this article are controlled by Bungie and may change. In fact, the matchmaking system prefers games with opponents of the same or very nearly the same level, and if it must stretch these boundaries it will not match players beyond the following limits. Thus skill (level) is one of our matchmaking systems most important criteria when searching for games. Games against similarly skilled opponents and with similarly skilled teammates tend to be the most fun. Your level corresponds to your skill at games in a particular matchmaking playlist. Levels, as you have probably already realized, are important for more than just bragging rights. Level IconsĬlick here for updated graphic including ranks 44-50. If the current playlist is a Clan playlist then the Clan’s level in that playlist is shown instead of each player’s level. The Pregame Lobby, Matchmaking Screen, and Postgame Carnage Report all show a player’s level in the current matchmaking playlist. The Friends, Clan, and Recent Players lists show a player’s highest individual level achieved. Levels are represented by level icons, shown below. New players start at level 1, the highest level is 50. If you’ve never played a game in that playlist you will have no level. These stats are summarized in the form of a “level” for each playlist. The end result is that each player has separate stats for each ranked matchmaking playlist. These stats are then used to calculate your experience for that playlist. When you complete a matchmade game your stats are recorded for the matchmaking playlist that you played in only. Original Post URL: Halo 2 Stats Overview
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