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.
@ILostT0LobaPutting a level cap is saying "you can't play ranked, regardless of you being ready or not or if you want to get the taste of it knowing the risks". It limits the options.
A lot of the bronze players can genuinely have hundreds and thousands of kills. Many that want to just practice for a season and a split to learn can easily have 500-1000 kills by the time they decide to start ranked. Some basic math: 1k games per season = 1.5K games for a season and a half. To get 500 kills, the kdr only needs to be 0.33. If some players that join Apex are Titanfall 2 veterans, I'm sure they can clock even 2-3K kills by then. Then, there are cases where people join their already experienced friends, or get helped by coaches, having clear goals to reach masters / preds and maybe pro careers as well. The mindset for starting ranked can be pretty different from that of a true beginner.
Now, back to pub smurfs, I was just watching this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLV8T2dTfe0&ab_channel=TheGamingMerchant
Apparently, the game does push smurfs out of the beginner lobbies way before reaching 100 kills or level 20. There were talks that ranked system is about to change soon, maybe they want to do the same faster push of good players out of the low tiers.
@DoYaSeeMe Even if you have really good aim, the mechanics at first can be pretty overwhelming. You can't expect someone really new to get familiar with looting system, positioning etc in one session even when you play with friends. I watch some random streamers here and there who have good aim but are relatively new to Apex and they genuinely struggle a lot. That's why a level cap is necessary so that they can familiarize with core mechanics first.
As for rank escalation similar to how Riot does in Valorant, I think it will be a good addition(if they do it). It will solve the problem of 'tier demotions stacking up' to some extent. Like if someone drops 15 kills, 3k dmg in Bronze you escalate them to maybe Gold(silver?) , it's not possible for a true newbie to post that high of a score unless you are Shroud lol
There is a high percantage of players smurfing at ranked!
I guess 90% are smurfers!
They play much much much better than me!
Since there are 0% new players all players at bronce are rerolls or smurfers...
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