Re: Ranked mode need requirements
@EA_Blueberry There should be no limit on who you can queue with in terms of ranks above you. I have friends who are better than me but don't have the time to play as much.
From Platinum onwards there's no way you'd invite someone who couldn't pull their weight as it would be a guaranteed loss so there's no harm in allowing it.
In terms of when someone should have access to ranked - it would be better if the RP system was reworked to help people stay at an appropriate level for their skill, rather than a minimum level requirement before they can play it. This would mean an overhaul in how RP is awarded and a mechanism for falling to lower brackets brought in. This would be complicated work, especially to do it in a way that doesn't empty out the top brackets, but it's essential if ranked is to be more than a brief novelty. A lot of players I know who would slot comfortably into the Apex bracket in my region seem to have stopped playing ranked, partly because of not being able to get games to pop and partly because the guys who are great players but don't have time to grind and grind aren't really getting better games anyway because of how many bad players get to gold as a matter of course.
From Platinum onwards there's no way you'd invite someone who couldn't pull their weight as it would be a guaranteed loss so there's no harm in allowing it.
In terms of when someone should have access to ranked - it would be better if the RP system was reworked to help people stay at an appropriate level for their skill, rather than a minimum level requirement before they can play it. This would mean an overhaul in how RP is awarded and a mechanism for falling to lower brackets brought in. This would be complicated work, especially to do it in a way that doesn't empty out the top brackets, but it's essential if ranked is to be more than a brief novelty. A lot of players I know who would slot comfortably into the Apex bracket in my region seem to have stopped playing ranked, partly because of not being able to get games to pop and partly because the guys who are great players but don't have time to grind and grind aren't really getting better games anyway because of how many bad players get to gold as a matter of course.
