Overview
- Bungie says ranked goes live on Saturday, March 21 at 1 p.m. EDT with weekend-only availability that typically runs from Saturday to Tuesday and rotates featured maps.
- Progression hinges on meeting a team score target set by purchased holotags, extracting with sufficient loot value to earn rating, and accepting loss penalties for wipes or early exfils below target.
- Matchmaking splits into Low Stakes and High Stakes based on loadout value antes of 3,000 and 10,000 credits respectively, with Polygon reporting only Low Stakes will be active for the first weekend.
- Ranks span Bronze through Pinnacle with tiered rewards, including season-limited cosmetics and gear caches that unlock on first reach and in some cases at season’s end.
- To clarify the complex scoring, Bungie published a Ranked Calculation Worksheet and shared design goals focused on maximizing run value, while specifics like exact map rotations and any fixed crew-size rules remain unconfirmed.