Guild Wars 2

Right now, the number of pips gained or lost are determined by a shady algorithm.
We saw examples of matchs where a team with composed exclusively of rank 1 players lost 2 pips after a lose again a team of rank 2 players. Such result is perceived as unfair and is confusing.

My proposition is clear, fair and only based on visible things.

The number of pips at the end of the match is the sum of:
+1 if victory
-1 if defeat
Bonus of unfairness: +1 if( Max rank in the other team > Max rank in MY premade)
Flawless victory: +1 if the adversary have less than X points and (Max rank in MY premade <= Max rank in the other team).

In short:
- If the match is unfair, I don’t lose pips if I lose the match.
- If the match is unfair but I win, I gain another pip.
- If the match is not favorable to me and I win by a large margin, I gain another pip.

The motivations:
- You don’t need to be penalized if you lost because the matchmaking is bad. You already lost 10 minutes in an unfair match.
- It’s not because you are at higher rank than the other team that you must lose more than 1 pips. Ok you lose, but the MM system did that unfair match, it’s not like you chose to farm lower ranks and fail.
- If you win an unfair match, it’s maybe because your rank is lower than it should be, so a bonus for you.
- If you win a match against a team of same rank (or higher) with a larger margin, it’s maybe because your rank is lower than it should be, so a bonus for you.

Edit: Maybe adding a Shameful defeat malus of -1 if you don’t cross the X points tree-hold against a team of same rank or lower. Without that, we can imagine 2 teams with high ranking trading victories to progress.