I am not sure how they are ever going to balance the matchmaking. I make diamond solo q every season I play through. Right now was gold 1 and consistently getting silver and a few bronze teammates. Mostly duos so there is that. Some current plats and diamonds here and there but mostly gold enemies. Watching streamers in predator lobbies you can see their wait times suck sometimes and occasionally they are encountering bots that are either carried or significantly lower tiered.
My suggestion first is an option for no duo full as a solo player. Never going to happen I know. Second is a rank lock, duo with lower tier is nerfed to the lowest tier player. The higher player is handicapped on their rp as a result. They are choosing this option not me. Being punished with a low tier boy who stands in the open and takes repeater shots to the face while they are sniping with a p20 is ridiculous.
To be fair my duo teammates get pissed because almost everyone hot drops, and I get sick of knocking 1 or 2 enemies just to see my squad is crawling on the ground with me having to decide in an instant leave or rez. Leave and my kills won’t count rez and probably back to the lobby.
I know this is long, but this hasn’t really changed since season 2 of ranked. It literally has changed format but the overall feel is the same. You will be crippled before leaving the jump ship. I leave chat to text on now just so I can read all of the wholesome comments about what an awful teammate I am. There will not be a better ranked experience if you solo q.
Respawn has stated over and over again that you need to be in premade to enjoy the game. So I just hop in try to find some enjoyment and then bounce. Good luck to all of you, on a side note I hope they shut off the leaver penalty in ranked so we could leave duos to their hot drop of shame and just return to the lobby.
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