Why does diamond rank even exist?
I reached Diamond IV again this season and literally every match me and my squad is matched against predators. I've fought the #1 and #2 Predators many times now and this is in a diamond lobby. There...
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My squad, platinum 4 maybe 3 champion squad all predator #100 and below
It'd make sense for Diamond 1 to face low-rank predators; they'd in effect be the gate keepers who'd push back those diamond players not good enough to reach predator.
However, atm you've got Diamond 4 regularly facing lobbies composed of the very best predators.
This makes Diamond 3, 2 & 1 completely pointless.
Moreover, as Diamond is the largest rank (in terms of experience needed to escape it), you're left with a huge grind.
This grind drives away the vast majority of diamond players, further compounding the problem of sparse lobbies.
I bet there are actually more active Apex Predators in ranked than there are active Diamond players.
For most (myself & my entire Apex friend group) it's "Reach Diamond in the 1st month -> quit ranked for the remainder of the season".
Does Respawn have a plan for addressing this issue? Are they even aware of it? Do they even care?
All I can imagine is that there are so few players at that level that it can't find enough players to match against.
Just another reason for them to add cross-play as soon as possible.
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