A trial we can all get behind?
Okay so as a struggling solo queue with some trio queues with friends making it into masters and doing all the trials this is what I found...
1) Consistency and being top 2-3 / 3-5 with getting a little KP here and there - Too bad for Plat-->Diamond / Diamond--> Masters
--> I get its a gatekeep, but winning with 20 teams that are competitive in your range of mmr? a bit rough (especially solo queue!)
2) with saying #1 -- I did get most of my 'trial clears' with a win. This was buy a stroke of luck with having teammates along the same mentality and what not but it was always a... Please don't throw the game with 4 squads and don't just w key in moments.
So with ALGS consistency is key. You don't HAVE to get wins but placing top 3 or 5 consistently should be a good thing right? not in higher trials though so how can you fix that without just basically giving a free pass? Because my mmr probably goes up with the consistency and just face tougher teams but my divisions are stalled.
This is what I propose . Make it an LP bench mark. i.e. in the next 5 games 500 points (lp wise) to get to masters / 400 for diamond / 300 for gold / 200 for silver / 100 bronze / etc. with a max of 10 games.
so this means if you get that d/c in your game and you can still place and get points accredited to the end goal. Instead of... top 3 and 6 kp 3x. Like wtf? that is disgusting. Most top tier players can barely get that but just randoms? ewww. And basically you average 100 points a game for 5 games you consistent you should get a clear. And even at maxed 10 games you need 50 points per game on average which is still a 'challenge' in its own right. It may also make better games because people want to play for the placements and kills for the lp. Instead of... I want to hot drop and get some lp because i'm in trials but my random guy wants to play strat for a victory. Everyone still should be on the same page of Placements + Kills. Regardless if you climbing through divisions or you are at a trial. Because when I clear trials and get into the division IV. I'm just 0 care safety is off. I play my best but it's not like man i have to go for a win now. I can play the game differently. Whereas if I'm just going for LP all the time I can play more consistent game.
I know these are random thoughts but I feel like rewarding consistently top placements and some KP. Because right now i can get 3/4 kp and top 2-3 and yup your game means absolutely NOtHING because you didn't get a win in trials. too bad , see you next game. Another 5-6 kill kp but oh wait you just got thirded and whelp that's too bad. Come back next game, your points mean nothing. (sure they get you 999/1000 when you fail trials because yes i failed.... 15 times or so? maxed out and everything). Oh my teammate just went 1v6 died and well... we lost because yah... no worries you get punished and come back next trial match! it's depressing and the rank distribution shows it. You see those division I cliffs?
I want to try and get a community happy trial (I know respawn probably won't listen but it is what it is) and not just whine about how bad the system is without solutions.
Thanks for hearing the gambling and good luck friends in those trials.