Increasing the importance of overall rankings

Discussion in 'Update & Idea Pool' started by Blobuloid, May 19, 2026 at 8:34 AM.

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  1. Blobuloid

    Blobuloid User

    Increasing the importance of overall rankings
    What if, at certain intervals chosen by the community, all ranking points were deleted for all players and clans? This would create a systematic fight for the top spot in the rankings and for the highest rank. What fields could such a change open?
    Improved activity
    Bots' awareness that they also lose points like everyone else
    Creating new rank thresholds adjusted to the time of earning ranking points
    Complete changes in the galaxy dictated by the new ranking battle
    Creating statistics for the average pilot
    Removing inactive players and detecting abuse
    New achievements
    Pantheons and frames
    Etc.
    In summary, everything remains the same except for the cyclical ra
    nking reset
     
  2. Honestly, I don’t think a full ranking reset would work well in DarkOrbit.
    The biggest problem is that a lot of rank points come from one-time quests and old content that can only be completed once. Veteran players already finished those missions years ago, while newer players would still be able to gain all those points again after the reset. That would make the system unfair for older players who spent years building their accounts.
    And if Bigpoint decides to reset the quests too, then another problem appears — it would become extremely repetitive and annoying to do the exact same missions over and over every season. Most players would eventually lose interest.
    The only real solution would be for DarkOrbit to create completely new quests and new content every single reset cycle so the game stays fresh and players don’t get bored. But honestly, I think that’s almost impossible to maintain long term.
    To make a ranking reset truly fair, Bigpoint would basically have to reset everything: quests, achievements, progression, clan stats, event history, and probably even the accounts themselves. Otherwise newer players would have a massive advantage over veteran players.
    A seasonal leaderboard could work, but a complete ranking reset in the current system is almost impossible to balance fairly.