@3rdFloorerwell that's your case , s17-19 was the worst gaming ranked experience i've ever seen having to play against pred/cheaters from rookie was really a garbage system.
Sbmm should never exist in game especially when the anti cheat doesn't work.
till now the only players i saw defending s19 were ppl playing in bot lobbies.
I dont think that anybody defends Season 19 Ranked.
The feedback was clear, people were not happy because all ranks were playing together, the hidden MMR and the „Win a match barrier“ (promotional matches to rank up one tier)
Ok bad I agree.
Rookies and Predators could play in the same game, which makes no sense - but it was balanced.
Players of the rookie rank could kill the players currently beeing in the predator rank and reversed.
As I played my way up to masters, I played with all different ranks existing in the game. And it was harder than now in Season 20 but:
- My random team mates were matched at the skill level of the current lobby including me
Maybe you disliked the fact that you were killed by a predator in season 19 (while you are still playing in silver), but due to the matchmaking you always had a realistic chance to defend and win against this predator / master players. The odds were even.
It was unfair and it makes no sense for ranked - but it never felt like I was having unfair matches.
Every match we played for the win, placement and kills came automatically.
Ok, a hot drop in ranked or a contest with one team - you can do that, that was also the case in S19.
But in Season 20 it is just:
-Hot drop and both randoms die in miliseconds,
-First fight and die
-Randoms decide to third party but die instantly
-Randoms decide to ape to every gun shot they hear, giving up the best position of all teams (for the KP!!!11)
-Randoms run outside the zone to get kills, but die due to ring damage as soon as ring 3 starts to move (they forgot the distance is too long and they do not have any syringes left)
-Randoms quit the game despite the fact I can respawn them safely
I am always (or always trying to be) in the range to my team to trade a knock with the enemy team or defend a team mate who is under pressure.
But 8/10 matches are just impossible.
I played in the first two weeks and got to Platinum 4.
Then I stopped for the month march, and reached Diamond 4 in 2 days (March 26-28), but D4 is just stupid.
Second split I will just try to do my best, but I do not expect anything.
@3rdFloorer-No it wasn't balanced at all especially when there isn't different Q between solo/duo/trio players , it was the most unfair/unbalanced matchmaking ever.
-random teammates were definitely not in the same skill level of the lobbies , most of them would heal in zone to get free kp instead of playing thanks to the garbage system.
-everyone still hot dropped even in s17-19 since no one cared about rank anymore thanks to hidden mmr.
that's how it was on EU servers at last.
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