High ranked players were constantly teaming to abuse the system to farm kill points to get a higher rank. (Not low ranked players)
People were constantly complaining about it, suggesting to even remove MRB's and do various of things to get rid of them.
From what I've heard, this definitely wasn't a small issue.
Keep in mind that Apex still has a relatively large playerbase.
Whilst you might have not encountered it yourself, doesn't make it so that it barely happened.
Most players discovered that players were doing this after spectating the final few players, which I doubt a lot of people do.
If the previous system was fine, then there was no need to change it.
People farming kills wasn't of course the sole reason for changing a system, that would of course be a bit stupid.
A new ranked system IMO would work well with giving the game a new fresh coat of paint.
Though of course, it takes time for a new system to be improved so match quality goes up.
The previous system may be better in some areas, though once the newer system improves to cover it, there would be no need to return to the previous system.
After all, the previous system has existed much longer than the newer one, so I don't think it's completely fair to compare the 2 in every aspect.
The current system isn't great, though I believe the matchmaker is mostly to blame for it, which would be a completely separate issue.
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