Where are the ranked rewards???
There's no chance of keeping the ranked population alive if we have no rewards. This is the only way to keep the game semi-competitive. Don't turn this into a PvE game, you need to have ranked rewards like those amazing Ornaments!
I don't think that ranked will ever really be a thing in For Honor. Piss poor rewards, an unpopular game mode and a very long queue time are already deciding factors for many players. Those that do try out ranked will likely be put off by the gimmicky combat that everyone uses while playing. Ranked doesn't even guarantee rewards, only a chance that they might drop.
I don't want "guarantee rewards" from ranked at all. I want guarantee rewards from Tournaments OR winning streaks in ranked. There's no point in giving out participation trophies.
The point is that a good percentage of players are playing ranked and tournament FOR the rewards... Why would Ubisoft take that away? We don't need a new battle outfit or new 5000 steel ornaments or useless emotes, we need ranked ornament to keep the game relevant!!!