Ranked is so messed up
This didn't happen to me but i was watching a stream where this guy was a Master, and he got two Platinum IV teammates. What's the point of having tiers if you get in the same lobby people with a ver...
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@Cro_Pittt It was working better before without any changes so I think it's intentional. Maybe they are punishing solos to try and force premades or Apex has lost a huge portion of their ranked players.
@apostolateofDOOM I'm inclined to think it's the latter to be honest.
Punishing solo players is essentially punishing the majority of your playerbase, which is counterproductive to say the least.
I think people have been put off ranked this season due to things such as the NoReg issues we had at the start of the season and the random server screws happening where you get continuously rubberbanded. Which all impacted the game at a point where ranked is usually at it's busiest.
So there are probably a lot less people playing at the upper echelons of ranked at the moment dur to starting later hence the weird matchmaking we're seeing.
@MandatoryIDtagThey didn't have a problem punishing path mains. :P
Previous seasons I would get put into the same servers of similar ranked but now they are in different matches so I don't know if it's to reduce q times or what but I agree for the reasons you mentioned there are probably a lot less right now.@apostolateofDOOM I have a feeling pathy will be seeing some more changes in the future anyway,and not necessarily negative ones. 😛
As for the topic at hand it really is hard to say lol,we don't have access to the data respawn have so it's literally just speculation unfortunately. :3
@MandatoryIDtag Agreed, some might give it a week or two then try again. I just started playing ranked infrequently again.
When major updates like this drop. I also tend to play some rounds in PUBS to see buff/nerf impacts and get a solid idea of the load outs and legends I want in ranked.
i think ranked could benefit from slightly more incentive to play it. Maybe an apex pack or additional cosmetics as reward. The rewards have to excite the players.
- @DarthValtrex Or let us level past 500 to earn packs to be fair across board. =D
@apostolateofDOOM Well for sure in high ranks there's a very little number of players but still, Masters or Predators with Platinums is a bit too much. Also i don't see why they should force people to play with premades, if someone wants to solo queue he should not be penalized, it's a choice which already puts him in a disadvantage. Anyway this should never happen, makes the lobbies even more unbalanced and Ranked becomes useless.
@E9ine_ACUsually London server all times of day and night and I frequently get 2 golds which has put me off and like you said that shouldn't happen.
@Cro_PitttI totally agree but my point is there are at times enough players to fill those lobbies but instead they're mixing the categories and spreading them into other matches instead of prioritising the rank.
@apostolateofDOOM Yeah i'm aware of that, that's why i think they should stimulate people to play Ranked a lot more. As it stands now the rewards are very bad tbh, maybe introducing unique skins to higher ranks as rewards could solve partially this problem.
