Rank RP is Toxic
Plain and simple rank needs to be revamped at least in platinum plus expecting people to constantly win points wise and come out positive is just a terrible experience for majority of players. And af...
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I hate the steep jump in difficulty comparing Gold lobbies to Plat lobbies. The game just changes in plat rather than a gradual increase in difficulty. I'm all in for rank points changes.
@Cheese9Man My exact thoughts, the first time I cracked into Plat IV a few seasons back. Decided to give the ranked grind a try for a season. Cruised through somewhat easily up until I migrated to the sweat-fest that is Plat. I didn't expect it to be THAT much different. I simply don't have the patience to solo queue through that, so I basically just have fun in pubs these days. It just isn't worth it, without a permanent divetrail, for me
Honestly I think a lot of the recommendations above for ranked are not good.
Theyre all about hot dropping if you think about it, all gun play and none tactics.
The problem with ranked scoring is it cuts your performance from mattering unless you get top 2 teams at a certain point. I hate to say but if everyone is getting points for damage and knockdowns, but you don’t change how tiers work, you aren’t getting any different results.
@KelRieveroh yeah?, I want you to remember all the times you had a trash squad, and you down 2 out of 3 of that squad or at least that one guy, and your teammates can't either kill the others or finish the downed one
You knock down someone, you do your bloody job yet you get -24 RP depending on rank.
- @damsonwhufndthis total nonsense. You getting a knock or dealing X amount of damage does not automatically mean that it was the right decision FOR THE TEAM.
Ranked is about winning (or for some maxing out on kills/assists) - either case requires tactics, teamwork and coordination.
And you say running into a squad and getting a lucky beam does not mean that team should follow and die for it, because it might be tactically wrong decision e.g. risk of getting 3rd partied, maybe team has other range weapons and can't be as effective as you were in the current battle range etc etc.
You win as a team and you die as a team, that's why it is 3v3 not 1 vs 57.
- I hit a wall in Plat when ranked launched in S2 because of a clear lack of mechanical skill. My team was of no match against enemies, we would get wiped out instantly. I only played Pubs mostly after that.
I didn't touch Plat ranked up until S5, bear in mind that I already had 1500 hrs by that time(slow progress on my part as a new fps player). Just think about it even if you get better twice as fast as me, skill difference for Gold and Plat lobby is still 500 hrs plus(easy 2 seasons).
I have hit Diamond 4 times as a solo now I think, but I have never played in actual Diamond lobbies because I know there is a skill wall waiting for me. Well maybe total 5 games in which I died to blatant aimbot.
TL;DR- if you are stuck in Plat IV for two week it's time to GIT GUD in pubs.@BaldWraithSimpback in season 5 when I hit plat, I did knew it was kind of my skill cieling, but I still had at least that reward feeling and I even sometimes had fun
@BaldWraithSimpmy experience with ranked:
Started playing Apex after ~15-year break from FPS in March 2021, joined in the last split of season 7, did not know about ranked.
Season 8 hit P4 and P3 accordingly - playing with randoms and still learning the game.
Season 9 hit P2 still playing with randoms, in the second split found one guy whom we played with together daily with 3rd person being random - hit D4 somewhat easy.
Season 10 my dude had school started and could not play, we split, still hit D4 in both splits again playing with randoms, this time mostly from the Discord channel.
Never saw Gold being a problem, Platinum - only during first splits when there are a lot of ex diamonds, Diamond - have the same feeling that it is where the hacker paradise is, playing there with randoms is just a waste of time unless somehow your brain, mechanics improve from mostly solo-fighting everyone.@Eshshshssyeah but you play the game every season....
like I played only second split in season 5 and got plat 4
season 4 I played like 16 games
season 3 I played like 34 games
season 6 37 games
season 7 13 games
Season 8 214 games
S9 8 games
- And this season 340 games
you probably played like 100 to 200 minimum games from season 7
You easily have over 1000 games over those 3 seasons
you can't just compare me to you
If I played as much as you I'd be surprised if I wasn't in Diamond or higher
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