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Hero+

3 years ago

Increase Rank Level Requirement

To enter rank, the requirement should be level 100 and up. All these low level players are ruining the game. I'm tired of smurphs, and I'm tired of these bot/noob/terrible teammates. I had a player w...

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Balladalidila

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

@Midnight9746

I have nothing against increasing min req level for ranked to 100 but I honestly dont think it will help one bit when it comes to the issues you are describing. As a matter of fact; as a solo player, you are forced by the system to play egoistically like the guy who ran away from you. From your POV, he ran away and didnt help but from his POV, maybe you ran into a fight he didnt want to take. Who knows; maybe he pinged "back", and "no" several times but no one listened etc etc.. So many times have I rushed to a premade duos aid just to get totally screwed by them, for instance; I try to help, the premade duo decides, on their private discord, to back away, leaving me to die... And when stuff like that happened too many times, you learn from your mistakes and never trust a premade duo before they actually proves to you that they will treat you equally.

All comes down to how bad this game is to play with randoms, ESPECIALLY premade duos, its really as simple as that; there are really no viable fixes for this. And me, as a human with my own free will, can choose to play solo but then I guess I have to play by its rules. If that becomes too unbearable, I always have to choice to play with premades. Solo has its charm and so do playing with premades.

Also, I think its maybe too harsh to complain about bot/noob/terrible teammates when you play in Bronze4 =)

Midnight9746

Hero+

3 years ago

@BalladalidilaI reached Gold IV this split and last split. I can maybe get to plat again, but haven't yet this season.

And no, the guy purposely ditched and was twerking the whole time like "hahahahahahahahhahahah"

They literally ran away from the very first fight we encountered, they didn't ping or anything. They just shot one person and then took off.

Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Midnight9746

Was more referring to the screenshots of your trolling teammate who was Bronze4.. But its totally messed up if a Bronze4 solos can be teamed with gold4 in average gold/high silver lobbies, assuming you were Gold4 at the moment of the screenshot. All I mean was that you cant really expect a Bronze4 teammate to know up from down.
And there are ofc plenty of jerks in this game. But once again; I kinda stand by with my very pragmatic point of view that playing with randoms is a risk you willingly take when choosing to play as a solo queuer. I just cant think of any solutions that would work to fix this so therefore, I also dont see any reasons to complain. Should there be a law, enforced by punishment, that you, as a solo, MUST go in and die with your two randoms/premade duo?
OFc his "twerking" was unneccisery but I have found myself in plenty of situations where I, as a solo with a premade duo, literally spams "lets go here" away from the fight and they just ignore me, dies and blames me.
As a solo queuer, I will always prioritize whats best for me and I advice anyone else playing solo queue to do the same. The frustration otherwise would be unbearable
- BigMacAttack8u
  Seasoned Ace
  3 years ago
  @Balladalidila This is why the old ranked was better, if there was a premade duo that wanted constant fights. You as one person would be left behind and ignored. In the old ranked you were in your proper ranked with reasonable enemies. You could know how they react so you could hide, or attack. The old version of ranked was so much better than the new one.
  - Balladalidila
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @BigMacAttack8u
    I agree that the old system was much better for solo queuing players. But I still think they are on the right track with the changes. In the old system, it said very little about you as a player if you were a Gold4 or a Diamond4. I had IRL friends with 0.8 overall KD who managed to grind to Diamond4 which is supposed to be the first "high elo" rank.
    But I think the new system need adjustments for sure because its really only playable as a premade duo or trio. Ive been hearing rumors that they are exploring some kind of handicap for solo queuers, like RP bonus etc. Hope this is true.