Reach milestones safely
As you already know, there will be 15 Ranks in the upcoming season (the higher your rank, the better). Once reached, Ranks 1 and 15 are always with you, so you’ll never lose them. But the season will be long and intense, so we’re introducing a “shield” system that grants you protection when you reach a certain Rank.
How it works: Ranks 5, 10 and 13 offer shields that let you keep your Rank, even if the rules say you should have descended a rank. This will give you room for mistake and allow you to collect your wits before the next push. The shields are not indestructable, though, as you’ll have a respective number of defeats for each “safe” Rank before they “break”, pushing you one step down the ladder.
- Rank 5 allows 3 losses
- Rank 10 allows 2 losses
- Rank 13 allows 1 loss
Remember that every defeat will lower the protection of a shield by one. However, a single victory will be enough to fully restore it.
To the victor go the spoils
Chevrons are still your way to advance up the Rank ladder, and we’ve reconsidered their distribution to encourage the most aspiring tankers.
At the end of a battle, chevrons will be given to the ten best players of the winning team and to just one exceptional tanker on the losing side. However, if you reach the Top 3 in a winning team, you will get an extra chevron. If you end up in the bottom 10 of a defeated team, you will lose one chevron. Ending up in any of the remaining positions will not change the amount of your chevrons, so you can exit the battle safely and have another go in the next fight. This will allow the best players to advance in Rank faster, providing an extra incentive to win.
Climbing the ladder
To secure a place on the leaderboard, you need to earn at least 5 Rank Points, which means reaching Rank 5. Getting further isn’t as easy as it sounds. Just like it was before, you'll receive one Rank Point the first time you climb one rank. Once you reach Rank 15, it's time for your vehicles to do the work: every time your machine earns 5 chevrons, you get one extra point with 25 Bonds. And, starting from this season, you can check your position both in the game client and on our website.
Special accolades will be handed out to those who participate in Ranked Battles, and just what they are depends on how successful your performance is during the season. So be prepared to step in as both an individual and as a team player!
Supercharged rewards
As long as the next season is a single heat, there will be no stage rewards. Rank rewards are still here, and they have been revised to become more worthwhile. Reaching Rank 9, for example, will grant you 1500 Bonds, with bigger numbers given for higher ranks. All in all, reaching Rank 15 will add 4,000 Bonds and over 3 million Credits to your wallet.
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