I've been on about this, but the part I'll add is now since you can see what rank people were last season, you can see the wide range of skill there are in ranked.
Since I didn't play ranked for a while, I got knocked to Bronze IV. But I was technically Gold IV last season because of grinding to that level at the opening of the season (Diamond season before that), and basically giving up due to hating the new ranked system.
That means here I am, showing up in Bronze IV with Gold rank if you only consider last season. And I've seen myself paired with anything from Rookies to people who were ranked silver, but who were Platinum last season. It's pretty safe to say if I've got a team mate who was gold or plat prior season, to having 2 rookies with me, the experience of the game is massively, massively different.
In silver now, just because gravity towards my skill level lifts me up naturally, even though I'm not really trying that hard. I haven't noticed much difference as I still get rookies, and plats on my team. It's just that there are more people with current Silver rank. The games are not different, though, varying massively in quality of skill.
@KelRieverWhat’s your opinion on rank “decay”?
Anyone who frequents these forums probably knows I hate strict matchmaking in pubs, but I honestly want stricter matchmaking in ranked.
I feel like the rank decay/split demotion only serves to hurt the health of the game. Choosing to play ranked is like saying “please give me the most competitive/tournament-like game possible”. I feel like matchmaking should be as tight as realistically possible in ranked. These half season demotions only increase the likelihood that higher tier players abuse lower tier players. I’m ok with this in pubs (because nothing is on the line), but the game needs to be the fairest version of itself when something is on the line (rp).
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