Finally I've reached Diamond solo queuing

@Cro_PitttWay to go my friend. I also achieved it last split btw. Gratz!!

im a couple hundred points away from plat 3 after a week of struggling to make decent progress. Switching to crypto from bloodhound and using my main bang made a difference

@GonepunkHe's the 2% cream at the top of the trash heap now and well on the way to creme a la creme. xD

@Cro_Pittt Congrats! 👍

Congrats. 

I don't really think I ever would care to get Diamond, or even Plat III though I won't stop myself if I do, mostly because seriously, the way this ranked system  works is you only go up if you only play this game.  Or you are a natural Apex Predator...which is absolutely no one. 

The amount of time it takes to go up rank is simply too long for me.  I have other things to do.

This is why while I do think kills should be a part of the equation, placement counts simply for too little as you go up rank.  I mean, you ARE playing people supposedly of your own skill level so placing should mean a lot more than it does. 

The reason I think they want the scoring system to work the way it does is that all Battle Royals have nosebleed dreams of being Fortnite, and they want there to be lots of action in their games.  What Apex, and other games, don't really realize to me is that if you are a copycat game, you simply will never be the top place game.

It would be much better if Apex kept improving its design and made its scoring system more balanced for all rank levels.  That takes work of course, but unless that work is done, the scoring system will always be lopsided and mutated, and never be better than their competitor games.

@Cro_PitttCongrats! Can I help you stay stuck in Diamond?! I guarantee you won't gain any RP with me on your squad.

@KelRiever I don't think that's necessarly true. I think your average and slightly above average players can make it to platinum no issue. Going beyond platinum is a whole different challenge. 

Ranked and PUBS are two entirely different games. Ranked there 8 squads left in the final ring and you have no idea where or how they found hiding spots. 

PUBS the round is almost over by round 2 and typically done before round 4 even starts.

PUBS I can run around with crazy loadouts, like duel triple takes.. 

Ranked I need a volt or 99 and a longbow or G7.. Anything else just won't cut it. 

Playing ranked especially platinum lobbies will make you better at the game. When you go into PUBS after hours of grinding ranked you'll shred everything you see.. The only way you'll die is if you get overwhelmed by multiple squads and even then it can be questionable. I've been putting a ton of hours into ranked. Burnt out and switched to PUBS, I've had 3-4 900 damage games and a few 1500-2200 damage rounds. Sitting here thinking, hey why can't ranked be this easy?!

Well, we'd need stats @DarthValtrex , because for example, in Overwatch...your average player for sure is Gold according to their stats for where their players are ranked.  And everybody calls the ranks below them trash and the ranks above them good in that low brow community.  I just don't really have time to bother to try to rank to Diamond, when your placement at even 5th can't carry your debt.  I think that's a fairly terrible system, given you are, again, supposed to be playing people equal to your skill.

Having said that, yes, generally Plat is where you start to play the game.  But I'm a little appalled in how there are plenty of even Diamond players I get who don't even bother to mic up.  And, by the way, how many Diamond Horizon solos there are.  One really god awful thing about Apex is that of the universe of characters used, so few are chosen.  And like most game companies, they can't get over how off their own designs are so they tweak in only small increments.

It's the excuse of the ego of game design...that certain things need just a little tweak and then they'll be fine.  Because it saves you the excuse of that you might have done a really bad job (like Rampart's design, for example).

Anyway, it doesn't matter.  I try, and you know, in pub land, I won't bother with Diamond.  And while I do play with friends and will do my best with them, I don't play with others long enough (which would be like ALL the time) to justify caring so much.  The game is fun enough, and go ahead, tier protect me because that actually encourages me to keep going.