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Tad844's avatar
4 years ago

Ranked

The grind to diamond was so freaking hard this season. At least 2 times harder than grinding to masters in previous seasons. I also changed mains this season, I used to main wraith and now I main pathy.

For those who still play ranked after the rework, what rank are you at right now and what rank did you get in previous seasons? For me, diamond is my peak now, while in previous seasons I consistently placed masters.

The grind was very boring. Plat lobbies are ALGS style now. You just loot for 80% of the game and go for position/placement. It's extremely boring and it doesn't feel right at all considering that the game at its core is fast paced with heavy emphasis on movement and momentum.

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  • Asmodeus566's avatar
    Asmodeus566
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @Tad844 

    From your last post what I interpret is that you suggest rewarding ONE type of playstyle, and from what I read that is the shoot and move pushing everything you see no matter what, see notes in red below on some of your suggestions.

    smart loot when you kill a player (the player who died has in his box or drops on the ground loot that you need, even if he didn't originally have it, like heals/shields, ammo). What really? one should only be able to get what the player that was killed had. 

    once you squad wipe a team all your members who are knocked down get auto ressurected at the pace of a normal rez (basically everyone who is downed gets LL's bot to rez em automatically) No I do not like this since this allows for bad decision making, push everything and the consequences for making a bad push can be nullified. This lowers risk but gives a very high reward, unbalanced.  

    also after a squad wipe everyone gets fast health regeneration. Sam as above, where are the consequences for bad decision making. 

    Smart playing and actually having to make choices on whether to push another team and or disengage is part of this game, your suggestions are geared for only one type of playstyle and more so does not really add to any team play decision making but benefits the Tryhard solo's that push all they see. 

    Ideas are great but we really should be looking at what would benefit the greater player base and in line with the design of the game as a whole.

    I am glad that you have suggestions and keep them coming, just because I disagree with them does not matter, creativity is a good thing and part of why we are here.   

  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @Tad844 I like the backpack idea. I'm tired of looking for them. But the rest are too extreme the other way. Part of the beauty of the game is it allows different playstyles. Well it did before. Now as you mention it's too much like algs. I plan to not play ranked ever again. lol
  • @Tad844 Agreed. Its been a bit boring. Ranked has become "Apex Looters".

    If nothing else, they should speed up the first couple rings so instead of a 20 minute game with 1 minute of action its more like a 10-15 minute game.