"How to implement some sort of "ranking" with the help of Battle Trees."

#PokemonGO: Hey everyone. One thing I am really missing in Pokemon GO is some sort of ranking. I know, however, that a global ranking is rather pointless because I don't feel like comparing myself with someone who has 200kk XP. So I came up with a solution.What if Niantic implemented some sort of "Battle Trees". Those "Battle Trees" could be spread around the world just like gyms (but not as frequently). The core mechanic I have in mind is similar to how Battle Trees work in Pokemon Sun and Moon. You have to fight your way through floors filled with hostile Pokemon. On floors 1 to 10 these Pokemon are rather weak, like 1000 CP Vileplume, 1500 CP Pidgeot etc. If you manage to battle your way from floor 1 to 10 without your Pokemon Squad fainting, you receive some sort of reward (Stardust, Candy, TMs etc.). You are also allowed to heal your Pokemon on every tenth floor. Then the battle continues with floors 11 - 20. The hostile Pokemon become more powerful and it will be more difficult to progress without your Pokemon Squad fainting. I think you get the idea.But how can this help to implement a ranking? Well, every Battle tree could show the names of the 10 Trainers that managed to reach the highest Floors. For example, if you manage to reach floor 44 and no one has done that yet in this specific Battle Tree, you get the number one spot and everyone can gaze in wonder at your achievement.In my point of view this is an excellent way to implement some sort of ranking combined with a really fun new feature. And there would finally be some incentive to power up your Pokemon in order to reach higher floors.This could really help to maintain the long-term motivation, since you can always strive for better Pokemon to reach a new Personal Best Floor.Some things that could be added are:--> You can enter a battle tree once a day, and you need a pass to do so. (Similar to how Raids work)--> Every tenth floor you will have to fight a "Mini Boss". An extremely powerful Pokemon (Maybe even a legendary).--> If you reach a high enough floor (like floor 40 or something, depends on how it is balanced) you can get a legendary egg as a reward. This way even rural players who cannot get enough players to raid with them are finally granted access to legendary Pokemon if they put in enough effort.I really want to hear your opinion on this idea, for me personally, this would improve the game a lot, and I would definitely love seeing it implemented. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2m7U2OG