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− | Ranking serves as the competitive aspect of Kantai Collection. You compete against other Admirals on your server to see who can earn the most points in a month doing [[#Earning Points|various activities]]. Ranking rewards players with rare equipment. | + | Ranking is the competitive aspect of Kantai Collection. On each of the 20 [[Servers]], players compete against each other by earning "Ranking Points". |
| + | * Those points are earned by doing [[#Earning Points|various activities]]. |
| + | * The ranking on each server is determined by those points only. |
| + | * Ranking rewards players with "valuable" equipment, and sometimes consumables. |
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− | * You can view your rank in the [[Military Record]] menu under the Ranking tab.
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− | * Ranks are updated twice daily at '''0300 and 1500 JST'''. | + | =Overview= |
− | * Rank points stop counting for the daily update at '''0200 and 1400 JST'''. | + | The [[Military Record#Ranking|Ranking menu]] within the Military Record page, displays the 1000 players with the most points in ranking order. |
− | ** This means any points earned after this cut-off will count towards the next update.
| + | * When having a rank inferior to 1000, the ranking page corresponding to the current rank is also displayed. |
− | * The final cut-off for the month is at '''2200 JST''' on the last day of the month. | + | * Ranks are updated twice daily at '''03:00 and 15:00 JST''' (at the same time as PVP). |
− | ** Any points from sorties, expeditions, and exercises earned after this point '''count towards the next month. | + | ** The point counting for both daily updates stops 1h prior (02:00 and 14:00 JST). This means any points earned after this cut-off will count towards the next update. |
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| + | * The final cut-off for the month is at '''22:00 JST''' on the last day of the month. |
| + | ** Any points from sorties, expeditions, and exercises earned after this point '''count towards the next month'''. |
| ** Any points from [[#Extra Operations|EOs]] and [[#Quests|Quests]] '''will be lost'''. | | ** Any points from [[#Extra Operations|EOs]] and [[#Quests|Quests]] '''will be lost'''. |
− | ** The ranking page '''will not reflect''' the points earned between 1400 and 2200 JST on the final day. | + | ** The ranking page '''will not reflect''' the points earned between 14:00 and 22:00 JST on the final day. |
− | * Rare equipment from ranking is not necessarily useful. Please see [[Ranking/Rank Rewards|Rank Rewards]] for a list of historical rewards.
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− | * Difficulty of ranking varies from server to server. Please see [[Ranking/Rank History|Rank History]] for the general pattern of rank thresholds for your server.
| + | Ranking rewards are not necessarily "useful" nor "rare". |
− | ** Note that rank history before August 2018 is not indicative of current ranking difficulty because those were from [[KanColle Phase 2#Phase 1|Phase 1]].
| + | * Those rewards range from: |
− | * You '''will not''' be able to rank if you have reached the HQ experience cap of 360,000,000.
| + | ** Ultra-exclusive unobtainable equipment, |
− | * Admirals who have breached the Terms of Service may be banned from ranking. They will be unable to rank for an unknown period of time.
| + | ** "Event" equipment, generally linked to upcoming or ongoing events. |
− | * Admirals with the same amount of rank points will be sorted by HQ experience.
| + | ** "Valuable" equipment, that would be either expensive to obtain or/and limited in number. |
− | * For tips on how to rank, please see [[User:Minhfongboy/KC Phase 2 Ranking|the help page]].
| + | ** "Normal" equipment, |
| + | ** Rare consumables. |
| + | * Equipment rewarded can also come with some [Improvement]]s, the higher ranks have generally more stars {{Star}}. |
| + | * ''Please see [[Ranking/Rank Rewards|Rank Rewards]] for a list of historical rewards''. |
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| + | The difficulty of ranking varies from server to server. |
| + | * ''Please see [[Ranking/Rank History|Rank History]] for the general pattern of rank thresholds for each server.'' |
| + | * Note that rank history before August 2018 is not indicative of current ranking difficulty because those were from [[KanColle Phase 2#Phase 1|Phase 1]], with different server populations. |
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| + | It is '''not''' possible to rank after reaching the HQ experience cap (360 000 000). |
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| + | Admirals who have breached the Terms of Service may be banned from ranking. They will be unable to rank for an unknown period of time. |
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| + | Admirals with the same amount of rank points will be sorted by HQ experience. |
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| + | ''For tips on how to rank, please see [[User:Minhfongboy/KC Phase 2 Ranking|the help page]].'' |
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| =Reward Tiers= | | =Reward Tiers= |
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| Higher tiers provide more and better rewards, but also get more and more competitive. T100 and higher require careful planning, resource management, and strategy. Because of the way [[#Yearly Points|points are earned]], it becomes marginally easier to rank throughout the year when ranking consistently. | | Higher tiers provide more and better rewards, but also get more and more competitive. T100 and higher require careful planning, resource management, and strategy. Because of the way [[#Yearly Points|points are earned]], it becomes marginally easier to rank throughout the year when ranking consistently. |
− | *Rewards are distributed '''with a month lag'''. I.e the reward for June's ranking is distributed at the end of July. Finalized ranks are also displayed at that time. | + | *Rewards are distributed '''with a month lag'''. I.e the reward for June's ranking is distributed at the end of July. Finalized ranks are also displayed at that time. |
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| ===Special Tiers=== | | ===Special Tiers=== |