@DarthValtrex I don't know what the number of players are who played ranked for the 2.71% but i would argue they're the most active to keep grinding and least likely to go AFK being invested at that point. It's something i have only had a couple of times but if that changed then my opinion probably would too. Combining all diamond, master and pred should be able to get you a match within 10 mins though.
People on my friends list who were all climbing through diamond last split in Germany were in different games when matching at the same time getting put with plats or even golds and all agreed we would prefer to wait a bit longer to have same rank on our team. I would rather take the chance on more distant servers (with a cap) with equivalent team mates than try will golds.
That's the current rank system with preds being top 500 and with a job + kids is practically impossible to maintain so either way it's not something i'll even bother to try in the current format.
@MandatoryIDtag I agree 10 mins is a bit extreme and worse case scenario but hopefully with some code and crossplay they can cut that in half while improving the current situation.
@apostolateofDOOMCorssplay amongst console with ranked I think would be fine and really cut down the queue times for higher skill lobbies. Especially if it's a combination of Diamond, master, Pred. It would also help prevent some of the teaming that has happened.
@MandatoryIDtagI think it will make it easier to push to Platinum. But platinum will still be the big divide. You'll have a group of people who just get stuck at Platinum 4. Unless they change the point system, you'll still have loads of campers making it to Gold/Platinum. Platinum is really the rank at which you have to get kills to maintain a positive RP balance. You really need to hit the maximum points from kills most rounds. If you don't you won't be getting enough RP to make up for the bad drop rounds or rounds you get eliminated early for different reasons. Camping to top 3 just won't give you the positive RP you need to cover the losses.
I also think it will push some of the people who are on the lower end of the Predator ranks out of Predator. Take the top 50% of Predators from Xbox and PS4, those will be the Predators once crossplay is released. The bottom 50% won't make the cut because the top 50% from each platform will push them out.
i would imagine diamond and Master will become harder as well.
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