Damn, Ternezia, it was almost a perfect picture, at least a nice one to think about, and you’ve crushed it with something that’s actually makes sense, especially for a free spirited WPvP. Good one! Seems like I can’t think of the way around it.
I didn’t play World Of Tanks, but I think I understand what you’re talking about - universal problem for ppl, when they are invested, something is not like they would want it to be, and there is some arbitrary number that shows it not only for them, but everybody else too. And then all the nasty stuff that comes with it.
On the other hand, I played a lot of EVE Online and started again not so long ago. In EVE there are “Kill mails” - a kind of battle report that show who was in a fight, did what, who’s vessel(s) was destroyed, when and where.
These kill mails serve a purpose of showing off what you can or can’t do (like a trophy and a proof), and also actual battle reports for fleet engagements and wars.
In WoW we have a long forgotten Statistics. Don’t know how it is for everybody, but mine stopped updating World kills sometime during Legion pre-patch. Point is - maybe a re-work and expand of this is long overdue, and it can be used for WPvP - like a hunter’s trophy-case.
Something like:
- World kills when solo
- World kills when in party
- World kills when in raid
- Notable kills
- Bounties killed
- Bounties collected
- Etc.
And all those stats only good for a PvP season, then reset and go again.
Put some breakpoints in those stats, and award titles for them, like for example “Sinister bounty”. Or at least make it a part of tool-tip info or maybe an icon near nameplate that shows what player is better at - solo, party, bounty hunting, etc - take best stat into account of what to show.
With this you could see if you fight a seasoned duelist, or these players in a party know what they are doing together, or that it’s just a fella from a raid.
And then maybe expand it into a battle reports system - to show even in a format similar to BG end table, that are all stored and can be viewed by others from Armory. This can be great addition for future War Mode additions like Control points and battle for control.
So system will be not an actual rating, but more of a hunter’s trophies with a rating-like titles/public info about player’s accomplishments.