@Asmodeus566 Happy Friday, friend! As to the Knights Templar bit, for anyone that is not familiar with the history there, go read up on it a bit!
As for the ranked changes, I'm just gonna copy my opinion from another thread: "I'm actually a fan of the new ranked system, because it's a more accurate measure of a BR game. These changes will hopefully reduce the amount of hot-droppers, simply because the early-game kills are not weighted like they were in previous seasons, as it should be. The entire point of a BR is to be the last team standing. Yes, kills help you achieve this, but they are not the sole factor. In previous seasons, you could drop hot, get a few kills and gain positive RP even if you placed 15th, which makes no sense. You didn't come close to winning, so why should you rank up? In the new system, your kills still get you 1 RP each, up until you reach 13th place, at which point they start to get the multiplier and carry more weight, as they should. Kills mean nothing without placement. The higher you place, the more points your kills are worth.
Ex: If you hot drop and get 15 kills and die in 14th place, you will get your 15RP for your kills. Congrats!! But you barely got out of the bottom 25% of the lobby. In that same match though, if someone wins with only 1 kill, they get 25RP for that ONE kill of theirs, plus the placement RP. Why should they get more RP for that 1 kill? Simple. That 1 kill got them the win, which is the ultimate goal of a BR.
As I have said in other threads though, I do feel that the entry costs for Bronze/Silver tier are currently too high."
As far as the solo-queue journey goes, I can't speak to that as of yet. I haven't played a whole lot of ranked the last few seasons, but in light of the new system, I am going to see how far up I can (mostly)solo. I'll reserve my judgment for when I have more data to base my opinion on.
I haven't gotten around to playing NC yet either, but my buddy was running him last night, and it was working pretty well for us. I was using Bangalore (challenge) and our random was Wattson. I went into the Firing Range last night after the session, just to test out his abilities. He definitely seems like he'll be fun to use from time to time, but the defensive Legends aren't really the best fit for my play style, so I likely won't run him very often.
Speaking of the Firing Range. Why in the world are my queue times for FR longer than for ranked BR??? XD
