It used to be different long ago in V7 - used to be an algorithm based on K/D, Level, Playtime, etc. rather than sole EXP.
Actually we might change it again. We'll discuss this internally.
Could add a second ranking page just based of KDA, with a minimum amount to be in that list (say at least 500 kills or something).
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