Levels do show how much time/games you played, which is nice and it should be unlocked higher since we paid for the full game. Doesn't exactly show off skill but if you're WAY up there, you obviously better be good. Right now a lvl 9 can beat a lvl 20 easily on splatoon so the cap doesn't prove much which is why I understand where you're coming from- but I'm having fun getting high scores and beating people in matches tho, which is what I cared most about when buying the game. So levels don't exactly make or break the game for me personally even tho they're nice >u<
Just thought ranked might make it interesting for you, ranked forces people to fight where as in turf wars people are spread out so not too much interaction goes on.
I get what you're saying, but for me I'm not really saying that a level 1 can't beat a level 20, I just want higher levelling systems for the sake of it. I mean, if they had announced that the level cap would be removed in the future, and that all your levelling after you reached level 20 would be added, then I
might be more inclined to play, but right now, I just can't, which sucks.
I hate comparing games but this is really the only example I can think of. In Monster Hunter there's a thing called HR (Hunter Rank), which increases as you hunt more, blah blah blah. Same as Splatoon really (but HR becomes irrelevant after you reach 100, then it just increases for show), except there's no cap. And again, with Splatoon like you said, a level 9 player can beat a level 20 player, and in MH a HR1 person can easily be a better player than a person with HR 523, but like I said, I don't really want it for show, I just want it to be there for the sake of being there.
And yeah, I got the game to play online and beat people too, and what not, but like I said, without anything to show that I've surpassed level 20 I find it really hard to find any reason to play, because I'm pretty goal driven, and it sucks, because if the stupid cap didn't exist there's no way I would be bored, and that's just stupid LOL.
Yeah, that's partly the reason I'm not a big fan of Ranked. I really like sneaking up on people and getting skills, avoiding fighting and then getting them form behind, I find that a lot more entertaining than ranked. Most times in ranked there's a clear winner from the get-go (I've only ever had like 3 close matches and I've probably played around 20), so basically when I play ranked, if we don't take the lead at the start, chances are you're going to lose, which is kind of boring... and then you don't even get anything for losing.
