Yesterday, I attempted to play my Wolf Mk II (IV) in a lineup with my Achilles (III) and my Hawk (II). These are ships spanning between ranks 6 to 10, which is apparently what is being accomodated in “Tier 3” PvE right now. Each time I did, it slapped me in to a “Tier 4” match and even mademy Hawk available for use (hey, not fussed, a bit of extra synergy is nice…).
Does the implementation account for this sort of thing or does the Rank 10 thing just apply to bots?