Epic Explains ‘Gears of War 2′ Ranking System


For those of you wondering what the ranks next to a player’s name in Gears of War 2 multiplayer mean, Epic is here to explain everything.

Turns out, the system is much smaller than the ranking systems in Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4.

There are 5 ranks (see picture), which are determined by Microsoft‘s TrueSkill system. There are two hard and fast rules:

  • Rank is only affected by Public Xbox LIVE matchmaking games. It is not affected by Horde or Private games.
  • Quitting games early will lower your rank.

The actual ranking is based on a player’s expectations in a game versus the outcome. If you get matched up against a team of higher ranked players and win, you’ll rating will increase more than beating a team of evenly matched opponents. This is because the higher ranked players are expected to win.

Likewise, higher ranked players will not gain as many “points” by beating lower ranked opponents, but stand to lose more “points” to lower ranked teams with a loss.

For the record, I am currently rank 3. What are you?

32 Responses to “Epic Explains ‘Gears of War 2′ Ranking System”


  1. 1 darius November 21, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    im fuking mad i have better stats then people that are rank 4 and im still rank 1 help plese

  2. 2 Cangrilady November 23, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    i dont understand this at all i mean there is no score ladder or anything, will the rank automatically change when least expected.

  3. 3 john November 24, 2008 at 4:05 AM

    im rank 3 and there were no tale tale signs that i was gonna rank up. just keep playing huys, you’ll get it

  4. 4 I7aniel November 25, 2008 at 4:48 AM

    im am rank 3 wahey !

  5. 5 I7aniel November 25, 2008 at 4:53 AM

    hey george

  6. 7 George November 25, 2008 at 4:56 AM

    wound darius

  7. 8 I7aniel November 25, 2008 at 4:56 AM

    wound darius !

  8. 9 George November 25, 2008 at 4:57 AM

    your all stupid im rank 5

  9. 11 George November 25, 2008 at 4:58 AM

    wound guys rank 1 u all faggits u need 2 learn 2 play da game properly

  10. 12 I7aniel November 25, 2008 at 4:59 AM

    proberly beacause your a BK or youve got your kills mixed up with you deaths :L

  11. 13 George November 25, 2008 at 5:03 AM

    john wtf is huys?

  12. 14 Ring Worm December 10, 2008 at 5:08 PM

    IM RANK 1 and i crap!! ha ha

  13. 16 Philly December 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM

    im a rank two and i take on rank fives the ranking system is trash

  14. 17 martin December 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM

    wtf i’m still rank 1, this game is making me stab my self in the neck……………i need some guide. i’m not like this as much the first gears of war. the first GFW is much better

  15. 18 screw xbox January 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    that’s just retarded

  16. 19 GoW 2 Suckness January 9, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    thats fucking retarded i won like 6 games in a row and im still lvl 2

  17. 20 jack January 17, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    LOL this is WROOONG… you DO NOT rank down for quitting, you rank down when you lose, and if u lose consequtively, u go down faster. If u win consequtively, u go up faster… thas my experience so far

  18. 22 gow2 January 24, 2009 at 8:12 AM

    rank 4 and 5 add me on xbox live

    uzi4535

  19. 23 JAKE January 30, 2009 at 3:40 AM

    I WAS RANK 3 AND I RANKED DWN AND I DINT EVEN PLAY ON LIVE WTF DAT ALL ABOUT

  20. 24 JoeDaKoo January 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    ha you do rank in horde but you only get to rank one if you werent already a rank one (name is gamertag hit me up)

  21. 25 nick February 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    still doesn’t make sense i ranked up to a two and i went down and now my rank will not go back up. i will all the time i just don’t get this thing!!!

  22. 26 seth February 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    so its still points, but i have more points than most people in rank two, and im still rank one i ish confused

  23. 27 PyRo4316 February 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    I was a rank 3 and i lost 2 matches and raned down,,WTF,, now i cant get my rank back up.. YO!! IF YOUR A RANK 4 or 5 BRING YOUR TEAM AND ILL BRING MINE AND WILL BATTLE!!!! OOps I forget XBOX LIVE SETS UP PEOPLE HOW GAY IS THAT ONE TOO!!!!
    HIT ME UP ,, my gamer tag is PyRo4316

  24. 28 James March 12, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    could somebody tell me how to get to rank 4 and i am at rank 3 hit me up if yoo know how gt JaiiD33

  25. 29 lsf June 2, 2009 at 1:33 AM

    I was rank 9 , then i went on vacation for 2 weeks and when i came back im back to 1 again… what a fucking stupid system.

  26. 30 Dom June 14, 2009 at 8:22 AM

    i was rank 26 and i didnt play the game for 2 days and when i went to play it again i was rank 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    why is that if any 1 knows

  27. 32 bryan December 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    come on man!

    going lvl up is the easiest thing in GoW2

    one night…like 3 or 4 hours…and i was lvl 15 before i noted it

    2 achievements unlocked…

    just keep playing!

    there are sometimes when the opposite team is in party and they just kill all of your team so fast

    but still…easy to do…climb to lvl 15…rank seasoned gear

    i recommend warzone…and kill everything u can

    good luck! cya there…

    ;D


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