I just started ranked games and i'm in bronze. Very often, especially late night, me and my squad encounter another squad that kills us in 4 seconds.
I notice that the players are insanely skilled, not just lucky shots from normal bronze players
It would make sense if there are smurfs in the game.
But i will leave the game if it continues, because it takes all the fun away for me and those that can't challenge a high rank player in a rank where he/she doesn't belong.
@DoYaSeeMeThat's a fair argument for the lvl cap requirement. But you can't just let a Lvl 1 jump in there with no experience. As for experienced player, I am sure there are not a lot of them who have to create new account to play with friends and this can be easily fixed by sending them to experienced pubs lobbies if they post highly disproportionate result(Valorant has this system both in ranked and pubs).
Let's say I am in a beginner lobby. I carry my teammate to win with crazy kills and dmg. Teammates are happy, but there are still 57 other beginners in the lobby. Lets assume one game doesn't affect the 57 players, but the real problem arises when they have to go through the same thing over and over again. The current tier demotion stacks up and a lot of people end up in lobbies they don't belong.
My suggestion is simple -
Preds/Master not below Plat, Diamonds not below gold(cuz you already get demoted 1.5 tier). Even if I don't play ranked for a season and keep playing only pubs or heck I quit for a season entirely, my skill wont reduce to that of a bronze player. That's just bad design tbh.
@ILostT0LobaTotally agree with you here.
Players can quite litterally not lose points in bronze. There are likely far fewer smurfs in bronze and silber than most people think. Anyone who is smurfing or who has been reset multiple times to end up so low will climb extremely quickly. Even if you do die so a smurf it really doesnt mattee because you dont lose anything. You may as well treat bronze like its a pub tbh. If you think you cant climb because of smurfs its actually just an issue with your own mindset and or play.
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@ILostT0LobaI think everyone knows very well what they're getting into when joining a competitive mode. You have to be pretty ignorant to be new to the game and not expect to get eliminated relatively fast in a competitive mode.
It's good for ranked to be less forgiving than casual, better to go back and practice until you're ready, rather than getting indulged all the way up to a higher tier and then shocked by the sudden high skill requirement, while also ruining matches for your teammates who probably expect more from you.
A minimum tier limit for demotion could create a problem in the tiers below. The influx of new players in ranked may be low at times, resulting in very long waiting queues.
Yes, a competitive mode where you play against people of similar skill, or at least that's what it's advertised as. Letting master/preds below Plat is the exact opposite of that. Bronze is for noobs.
Making ranked less forgiving doesn't mean letting people with thousands of hours, who chose not to play ranked for a season go ham at Lvl 50s in Bronz. And since you mention 'go back and practice until you are ready', raise the Lvl 10 requirement and there you have more time to practice. As for smurfs spending more time in pubs, I already provided a solution for that in my previous replies.
Bronze has 17% players in it, silver has 26%, Gold has 36 %(season 7 end results). That's a lot more than players in higher tier, I am sure you don't need higher tier players to fill your lobbies, or not letting Diamonds below Gold isn't going to affect your queue times in any way.
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