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3 years ago

Solo Quers need a different rank system

The new rank system disproportionately favours 3 stacks (even more so than before). For us casuals/no-mics/soloquers the new system is miserable. it's extremely difficult to make up for problematic t...

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AcidicSoda44031

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

I agree. Honestly I wish the game would take in account individual performance as well. I am tired of losing points due to trash teammates. Especially in arenas. It is very disturbing that I need to constantly remind them to stick together and to not rush 1v3 fights. I also hate when they go in the opposite direction of the circle and then get beamed out in the open with the ring closing in behind their backs. I could end up getting more damage and kills than them combined, but it doesn't matter.

I am just tired of babysitting them man.

@Balladalidila bruh, you reached plat 4 in 90 matches? Damn I wish that was the case for me as well. 400 matches now, still in Silver 3... I hate myself, really.

Balladalidila

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

@AcidicSoda44031

I am an ex-master (S12 but whatever =) but I havent played that much the last few seasons and last split I didnt play a single ranked match so I guess I was "smurfing" even if I technically wasnt since it my main account. That is just another part of the problem with Apex ranked, i.e old "semi-active high elo" players who have their accounts reset to low elo whether they want it or not. I think there should be some kind of limit, for instance that an account can only reset down to two full divisions, so in my case Platinum4 etc. Seems like Apex ranked is designed with focus on player retention and not competitive integrity.

But I dont think you should hate yourself or even be ashamed that you struggle in silver or gold etc. The new ranked system IS harder than the old. Like I said before; I peaked master s12 but in this new system, I know that I will have to tryhard and grind to even reach D4 which wasnt the case at all in the old system (in the old system, I could easily solo Q 3-4 accounts to D4 in one split). I actually think its a step in the right direction that the Apex player rank distribution start to look like other games where the majority of players never get passed the equivalence of Gold rank. Perhaps its just that mid silver in this new system is your peak rank.