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 mistakes and allow you to collect your wits before the next push. The shields are not indestructible 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.
