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3 years ago

Incredibly difficult matchmaking for Season 17. I can't beat Bronze League

Starting with season 17, I played almost every day for a couple of hours. My kill to death ratio is now 0.9, down from 1.7 in season 16. Now I'm in the Bronze League and I don't understand what su...

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creater_ua

3 years ago

@matzesingt for 2 years, I spent an hour a day training in Kovaak's in order to hide in corners for half the time of the entire game? For me, this is unacceptable and very boring, as well as humiliating. Why do we play games? In order to have fun. This method leaves me satisfied and even works in a negative way, so after the TOP10 the suffering will continue due to the difficulty of the opponents

Asmodeus566

Hero+

3 years ago

@creater_ua

There are other game modes like Pub's, Duo's, and Mixed Tape if Ranked is no longer what you are looking for.

Ranked is different right now but once one hits top 10 it does not change the difficulty any, positioning, poking dmg to deplete the other teams resources, getting other teams to fight each other, knowing when to single out trailing opponents etc is what it is about, play smart, play aggressive at top 10 but do not overextend, know when to re-set/re-group and or change positioning. That is still all the same as before, the changes just made out playing/outsmarting your opponents more of what one has to do to win, and gain LP.

creater_ua
3 years ago
@Asmodeus566 in random matches the situation is even worse, as there are also super-difficult level opponents who kill in a second, but at the same time, my team members don't care anymore, they often leave the lobby immediately, leaving me alone with the predators. Only suffering and zero pleasure from the gameplay in the new season.
- Asmodeus566
  Hero+
  3 years ago
  @creater_ua
  So far this season I have only played Ranked, my Randoms have been a mixed bag but for the most part they stick around and there are times I was able to revive and or respawn them and then rotate out of the lost cause fight (I had to IGL them) to go on from 10th place or worse and get to top 5 with some KP. Even pulled off a few wins because I was able to get my team back and have them listen to some real positional play strategy. only had about a handful of games where my Randoms were toxic and or DC-ed because all they wanted to do was push with 0 thought and or could not play and another handful where my team and I were just outclassed.
  I think (hope) that as the ranked season progresses it will get better. Lately I have been having more Randoms using comms correctly (non-toxic) then the last few seasons.
  - matzesingt
    3 years ago
    @Asmodeus566 How exactly is the season supposed to become better ? The amount of diamonds and masters will be inflated heavily by people that don’t belong there. That is pretty much a given alrdy everyone with common sense can see that.
    
    I cannot even grasp how anyone would enjoy such a design where avoiding to fight and hiding is rewarded.
    Do some people value their lifetime that little that it’s enjoyable to sit in a building for 10-15 minutes looking arround ?