Still can't play with friends in lower rank

Question

Hello everyone,Am I tripping or were they supposed to get rid of the tier difference locking you out of playing with friends? I just promoted to Platinum IV, and couldn't play with my friend who's in Silver 2 anymore. The message saying platinum players can only team up with one tier-difference is gone when I look at the rules section, but Ranked now still shows 'max 1 tier difference' when I select the gamemode itself.&nbsp;My friend is on PS4 and I'm on PC, doubt that it matters but maybe that explains something?

ky-lu5 · Answer

It only works if in a full squad. Doesn’t work if you’re just a duo.&nbsp;

pandareno1999 · Answer

I don't know the ins and outs of how this is supposed to work, but I think it would be nice to make a thread in the bug report forum on this one.

ky-lu5 · Answer

Na I have no idea why, it’s pretty stupid. I found out the same way.&nbsp;

pandareno1999 · Answer

Confirmed rank restriction still applies to duo queues, only three stacks can play without rank restriction.&nbsp; I can't tell you why, though.&nbsp; If I had to guess: say you're diamond and queuing with a silver player.&nbsp; This would theoretically be placing an unfair disadvantage on the random third.

vivazuvz · Answer

@Ky-Lu5 Thanks for the reply! That explains it.Seems odd that it works like that imo, any reason why they did this that you know of?

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