Fix ranked
Is the playerbase really so small that the first match in diamond IV I should be matched up against the top 200 predators? I regularly go up against full stacked masters / predators and i'm solo queu...
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@Apathy1337 There aren't that many skilled enough players to even REACH diamond, and those that do probably aren't playing all the time for fear of dropping. Considering they only have what, 500 predator positions, Diamond is the only rank there will be a pool of players in that they'll even be able to go up against. It makes sense, there is absolutely no way there will ever be a match full of nothing but predators, and the Diamond ranks probably don't have more than a couple thousand in them.
@S8N_Spawn My issue is that I can easily solo queue to Diamond. But once I get into Diamond, its virtually impossible to continue to play. I never find teammates worth a damn to even invite. They all play alone, split, don't use mics, its absolutely insane. Sometimes they are even as low as Plat IV, its kinda crazy. Lmao.
- @Apathy1337 Weeeeeelllll, consider a few things,
#1 "easily solo queue to Diamond", congrats!! You're in the top 20% (maybe 15% or as high as 10%) of all players (over 70 mil last I read).
#2 "never find teammates worth a damn to invite" well, on this one I have to disagree, I've never reached Diamond solo queue or not (sniffed it by about 200 RP), but have met far better players than me to invite on several occasions. Maybe you're just too picky? I'm an excellent support teammate (not in the Lifeline type of support, but more like, great vision, good call outs, good tactics, just not the greatest skill) that if I have 1 better player than me on my squad then I feel like I can win any match.
#3 THIS IS NOT A SOLO GAME.... until they permanently add solos, understand you're going to teamup with 2 randy's unless you start making friends. Sorry not sorry, it's just the way the game is.
#4 Because of everything above, there is absolutely NO reason Respawn/EA need to change anything about the game to cater to YOU.@S8N_Spawn
#1) As of ranked series 1 Apex Predator was the top 0.2% in the world and Diamond was the 2.1% following that. There is still a discrepancy in that if I get top 0.1% of the world almost every single match.
#2) The players that I do want to invite have invites disabled. So I guess I have found ones I want to invite, but cant. I don't believe i'm that picky to be honest. I expect them to actually comm, stick with their team, be decently good at team fighting / shooting, and know how to rotate / not run in by themselves. Pretty reasonable at Diamond rank if you ask me.
#3) I understand its not a solo game, in that case, a mic should be a REQUIREMENT not something that is optional in ranked TBH. They also need to have a better ranked system than what is currently in place. You cant use the ping system in Diamond and expect a perfect flow with proper comms. Its just not adequate enough. As such, when i'm getting matched up against predators they should at least have the decency to always put other Diamonds on my team. I should NEVER see a Plat IV on my team. Maybe a Plat 1 while at Diamond IV, but not a Plat IV.
#4) This isn't a "me" issue, but thats fine if you think it is. I have never played a game besides apex where I get matched with such a diverse playerbase. In Rocket League as a Champion, I would see a Grand Champion ONCE in a blue moon. It was rare. Apex? Top 100-200 pred almost every single lobby. ( I get it, there are much more players per lobby, but still pretty screwed. ).- @Apathy1337 #1 Alright, so you're in the top 2.3%, and probably closer to the high end on that too since you're not going in with a full squad. Seeing how it's a lot smaller than what I thought (2.3% <<<<<< 20%), you're not going to have a large pool of players to get match up with. You're going to see that full range of 2.3% (and us struggling plats more often on your squad since, well, you're going in solo) a TON because there won't be every one of them playing all the time on all servers.
#2 I get that, just means you'll need to send out more invites. Trust me, I know how you feel, I play 80-90% of the time solo, but I understand it's going to be a crapshoot of randy's on my squad. And I fully expect anyone outside of Bronze IV to get the basics of the game like you said, but I'm just happy if I get on a squad not in a private chat that can at least hear my call outs and throw out a helpful ping, it's the life of a soloist in apex.
#3 Although I agree, I've grumbled quite a few "if you only had a eff'n mic you could've told me _____" while playing, but again, going in solo you have to expect it. The game isn't going to match you up with people with mic's (although... I wonder if that could?) or with people that use good comms, it's only going to match you up with someone in your skill range or rank range.
#4 I think your expectations are a bit high. You're one of the best players in the game whether you want to admit it or not, maybe not as good as the predators, but by your stats, there aren't many people the game can match you up with OR against. I'm guessing most in your rank are going in with full 3 man squads, you'll be lucky getting any of the top 0.2% on your squad going in solo and will most likely go up against full squads of them.
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