Masters & Preds Need Restrictions
If you have achieved Masters & up within the last 3 seasons you shouldn't be allowed to play in lobbies ranked below diamond. The amount of Masters I'm getting in GOLD lobbies is ridiculous!
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@Palette24caratsIt does solve some issues cuz I guarantee you not every Master or Pred has a Smurf account. And any account that has achieved Master or Pred in the last 3 seasons would be restricted to diamond minimum. So if a smurf account got Masters 3 seasons ago they could only play in Diamond lobbies minimum also.
Restricting making multiple accounts is also a good idea but I doubt Respawn does that. Streamers get views showing themselves grinding Rookie to Masters & would complain.
@Lord_Scorpion34 I've always said they should restrict how far people drop more. The issue with this is people would climb too fast and that hurts retention. Plus people would just make more accounts.
@hayhorYep. I don't play ranked for this reason.
But, as an aside, regarding MM - Predators/Masters should *NEVER* be in some lobbies. It just shouldn't happen. Maybe it means it is hard for them to find a game but... not my problem. I am tired of being a KD pill just so they can get a game. It just makes a miserable experience for the majority of people there. I've said it before, I'll say it again; I'd rather *not* get a game than get a game full of people who are just going to stomp the lobbies. Just a waste of time.
But there is a trend I've noticed. At the beginning of a season and end of a season the lobbies are dominated with these sweats. Just avoid those times. When it gets towards the end of a "season" most casuals have got he BP and are taking a break so the lobbies are just full of sweats. The game is unplayable then and there is little MM can do about it... if it's 90% sweats then that is probably what you are going to get. Just don't play it at that time. I don't see a solution to that as the MM can only work with what's in front of it. As I said above I'd rather it just came back and said "sorry, I can't find a reasonable game for you now; try later". I'm fine with that. The alternative is I quit anyway and I've wasted my time and I feel like I've been screwed.To be fair, for the most part, I've felt MM this season has been the best I've experienced in a long time. But I fret that end of season sweat fest will start soon and I'll have to stop.
- @RockDokRock Yeah, it's begun. Just played 3 games. Instantly dead (nobody misses) when spotted. Just quit. I want to play but there isn't much point when it's like that.
- @hayhor How would it hurt retention if you goal is to see how far you can climb? If someone is competitive, they should want to play against people in their rank. The people who make Smurf accounts are not competitive.
Or maybe there should be more incentives to stay playing in Masters once you reach it.
But also they should restrict how many accounts a person can make. Honestly I don't see the point of smurfing constantly unless you like playing the game on easy mode. You're not challenging yourself.@Lord_Scorpion34It hurts retention because people would have nothing to play for. People don't really want to play people at or above their level over and over. You see this when people claim they just want relaxing, casual games but then get mad when they die or celebrate when they get a massive game. If they just wanted casual fun, they wouldn't care about the result, they'd enjoy the journey. But that's not the case in any competitive style game. People want to have success, even if they fool themselves by fighting lesser players.
The biggest problem with gaming started with online gaming. Playing a game for fun died the moment people started playing other real people. It was one thing to lose to a cpu or a couch buddy but getting beat by some stranger somewhere else that might think less of you....no way! lolNot sure I 100% agree with that. A good session, with my squadmates, is generally when we feel like we are "in it". If it's a good fight and you had a chance then that's fine if you get wiped. That's all I ask really. I know you can't guarantee that but I'm not asking for noob lobbies and I don't want to play against people well over my ability. Around our ability-ish is good enough for me and those tend to produce the most memorable and fun games.
- @hayhor You shouldn't really drop down the ranks at all, except when others push you down. "If you don't want to hot-drop EVERY game, play ranked"... plays ranked, and everyone still hot-drops, through Rookie to Platinum. You're Diamond? Well, here you go, twice a season, back down to Gold, Silver, whatever.
What's the point of ranked? It's just basically the same as pubs, with a pseudo rank system and arbitrarily distributed points.
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