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The way I see it,in order for the ranking system to work is by your overall K/D Divided by your downs.
Right now I have 25,284 Kills with 361 downs that equals a K/D of 70( 25,284/361=70 )
My current Rank is the skull with a knifeI was told that the skull with the knife requires a K/D of 70.0, before I heard this I was at a 69.0; So I decided to test this.
During a game of Grief I had 200 kills with 0 downs when viewing my rank during the game I noticed I had the knife through the skull. After the game I took my kills divided by my downs it came to what I said above "70.0387812". That seemed to work, so I went into a private match and downed myself twice, got revived from "Quick Revive". I still had my knife even though it wasn't a K/D of 70. I believe once you get your rank you don't lose it.
Ranks for "Zombies"
"Blue Eyes" are revived from being active. You can lose them by not playing for a day
***Not Confirmed***
"Skull with Knife" K/D of 70 with at least 10k - 15k Kills
***K/D Confirmed*** *** Required Kills Not Confirmed***
"Skull with Double Shotguns K/D of 320
***Not Confirmed***
Explaining how the ranking system works
Ranking System
Players have to ability to rank up during the Zombie mode of Black Ops 2. You increase your rank by performing well overall and maintaining a high Kill / Death Ratio. Your KDR has a great impact on your ranking.
Every player starts with the same rank and can rank up 4 times.
Rank 1: Wooden Shield with 1 Bone
Rank 2: Wooden Shield with 2 Bones Crossing
Rank 3: Wooden Shield with Skull
Rank 4: Metal Shield with Skull + Knife
Rank 5: Metal Shield with Skull + 2 Guns
You can see how close you are from entering the next rank by the tally marks on the top left of your ranking. Your rank starts with no tally marks and goes all the way up to 5 tally marks, at this stage you will also gain the blue eyes with the emblems that contain the skull (rank 3,4 and 5). After 5 tally marks you will jump to the next rank.
Deranking System
Performance: As mentioned above, your KDR has a great impact on your ranking. When your KDR goes down and / or you perform below your average, your rank will go down. How much it goes down by depends entirely on how poorly you performed. Don't look surprised when you lose a few tally marks at a time.
Time: When you don't play Zombies mode for a 24 period you will start losing your ranking. The rate at which you lose your ranking is 1 tally mark per 24 hour period. It isn't possible to lose your main ranking, only tally marks.
For example: Say your current rank is the Shield with Skull and 4 tally marks. If you go don't play the Zombies mode for 24 hours, you will drop down to Shield with Skull and 3 tally marks. If you don't play for another 4 days, you will only drop down to the Skull with Shield and 0 tally marks. You won't drop down to the Shield with the Crossing Bones.
The ranking system is updated at 12 AM GMT (7 PM EST). This is the exact time you will lose a tally mark if you haven't played for 24 hours.
Players have to ability to rank up during the Zombie mode of Black Ops 2. You increase your rank by performing well overall and maintaining a high Kill / Death Ratio. Your KDR has a great impact on your ranking.
Every player starts with the same rank and can rank up 4 times.
Rank 1: Wooden Shield with 1 Bone
Rank 2: Wooden Shield with 2 Bones Crossing
Rank 3: Wooden Shield with Skull
Rank 4: Metal Shield with Skull + Knife
Rank 5: Metal Shield with Skull + 2 Guns
You can see how close you are from entering the next rank by the tally marks on the top left of your ranking. Your rank starts with no tally marks and goes all the way up to 5 tally marks, at this stage you will also gain the blue eyes with the emblems that contain the skull (rank 3,4 and 5). After 5 tally marks you will jump to the next rank.
Deranking System
Performance: As mentioned above, your KDR has a great impact on your ranking. When your KDR goes down and / or you perform below your average, your rank will go down. How much it goes down by depends entirely on how poorly you performed. Don't look surprised when you lose a few tally marks at a time.
Time: When you don't play Zombies mode for a 24 period you will start losing your ranking. The rate at which you lose your ranking is 1 tally mark per 24 hour period. It isn't possible to lose your main ranking, only tally marks.
For example: Say your current rank is the Shield with Skull and 4 tally marks. If you go don't play the Zombies mode for 24 hours, you will drop down to Shield with Skull and 3 tally marks. If you don't play for another 4 days, you will only drop down to the Skull with Shield and 0 tally marks. You won't drop down to the Shield with the Crossing Bones.
The ranking system is updated at 12 AM GMT (7 PM EST). This is the exact time you will lose a tally mark if you haven't played for 24 hours.
How each rank can be earned
Rank 1: Wooden Shield with 1 Bone
Rank 2: Wooden Shield with 2 Bones Crossing
Rank 3: Wooden Shield with Skull
Rank 4: Metal Shield with Skull + Knife
Rank 5: Metal Shield with Skull + 2 Guns
I found out that your highscores TOTAL KILLS / Deaths are the answer.
1 - 5 KD/R Rank 1 - Wooden Shield 1 Bone
5 - 15 KD/R Rank 2 - Wooden Shield 2 Bones
15 - 35 KD/R Rank 3 - Wooden Shield Skull
35 - 50 KD/R Rank 4 -Wooden shield - blue eye skull
50 - 75/100 (NOT SURE YET) KD/R Rank 5 - Metal Shield SKULL & Knife
75/100 - 150 KD/R - Rank 6 - Metal Shield skull blue eyes
150 - 200 - Meta shield skull shotguns
200 - 225 (AROUND THERE) - Metal shield skull blue eyes shotguns
Rank 2: Wooden Shield with 2 Bones Crossing
Rank 3: Wooden Shield with Skull
Rank 4: Metal Shield with Skull + Knife
Rank 5: Metal Shield with Skull + 2 Guns
I found out that your highscores TOTAL KILLS / Deaths are the answer.
1 - 5 KD/R Rank 1 - Wooden Shield 1 Bone
5 - 15 KD/R Rank 2 - Wooden Shield 2 Bones
15 - 35 KD/R Rank 3 - Wooden Shield Skull
35 - 50 KD/R Rank 4 -Wooden shield - blue eye skull
50 - 75/100 (NOT SURE YET) KD/R Rank 5 - Metal Shield SKULL & Knife
75/100 - 150 KD/R - Rank 6 - Metal Shield skull blue eyes
150 - 200 - Meta shield skull shotguns
200 - 225 (AROUND THERE) - Metal shield skull blue eyes shotguns
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