Guild Wars 2

Been trying to do forum searches and checking posts, but I surprisingly can’t find an answer to the incoming question:

Why, when I currently check my leader board position, does my current rank show as a percentage number?

I initially assumed that this just meant that maybe I had not played enough higher ranked players to establish a leader board placement; but now I am more than 80+ tournament matches in and still no leader board placement.

Since the leader board came out, I have checked it several times to see my placement, and every time it is just a different percentage number. Sometimes the number is lower; sometimes the number is higher. I have seen leader board placements in the top 1000 that have WAY less matches under their belt. Why are they established on the leader board?

Thanks ahead of time for any responses I could get on the topic; much appreciated.

Something about their current leaderboard system is causing this issue. I believe it mostly deals with players who (ranked low) win against players (ranked high) and in addition, haven’t played many games yet so they surge through the leaderboards. Anet is already making an effort to fix this issue.

As for the percentage…Anet only wants to show the top 1000, they believe any rank number greater than that is not significant so you are put in a percentage range. The higher percent, the closer you are to the top 1000.

The leaderboards are pretty much completely bunk.
I wouldn’t worry about being or not being on the leaderboards.

Press the buttons you like and have fun.

Sudden.8729:

Been trying to do forum searches and checking posts, but I surprisingly can’t find an answer to the incoming question:

Why, when I currently check my leader board position, does my current rank show as a percentage number?

I initially assumed that this just meant that maybe I had not played enough higher ranked players to establish a leader board placement; but now I am more than 80+ tournament matches in and still no leader board placement.

Since the leader board came out, I have checked it several times to see my placement, and every time it is just a different percentage number. Sometimes the number is lower; sometimes the number is higher. I have seen leader board placements in the top 1000 that have WAY less matches under their belt. Why are they established on the leader board?

Thanks ahead of time for any responses I could get on the topic; much appreciated.

Why are they on the top 1000?
Because they are higher ranked than you are.

What is the % number? Its your rank in percentile. If you’re 75%, that means you’re better than 75% of players. The game has around 3 mil copies sold. If all of those accounts are placed at some default point level to start, then the top 3000 players are in the 99th percentile. Your number changes because relative to the rest of the population of the game, your relative ranking fluctuates when you win and lose.

Alright, some food for thought than. Thanks for the info.

Just to clarify… if you are 75% that means that you ar better than 75% of players outside the leaderboards.