Feedback on Ranked...

[Xeresbos]

Hello. I am writing this post as someone who bought the game on January 2, 2015 and has around 1700 hours of gameplay.

I'm not even sure if this post will be of any use, and I'm guessing this post won't change much in the game overall. But I think it would be beneficial to at least raise awareness or gather the voices of people with common thoughts in one place.

ELO and Base Ranked System

This topic is probably one of SpeedRunners' most long-discussed issues, and while an ideal approach seems elusive, I'd like to say what I see in the current situation.

In the past (before there was an ELO system), I was one of those who complained about how time consuming and unnecessary the current rank system was. But when I saw the current ELO, I realized that there was at least "stability" in the old system. It was clear how many points we could gain and how many points we could lose. The current system varies a lot in this regard and it seems like there is a real imbalance.

If the community was large, perhaps the current ELO system could be played well. But there don't seem to be many active players as in 2017. Most players have no league, some are smurf, there are low league players with 900 hours. There is barely a lobby and we are usually matched with people who are lower in our league. Sometimes +0, sometimes +30 points can only be collected. Then I get matched with a new player, he is only one league lower than me, I lose a match to him and get -100. All the players I barely found and the 300 points I barely collected are gone.

The system is demotivating and I sometimes get reactions like this in the lobbies I enter:
Player: xeresbos, ♥♥♥♥ off, go play your own leagy
Xeresbos: Do I look like I was able to find any player?
Player: so instead you ruin other lobbies?
Player: big man

Why don't we keep the old system permanently and lower the point requirements?
People do not have to spend 1000 hours for leagues such as platinum and diamond, and in situations such as gaining and losing points, we at least stand in a system where we know what we will win and what we will lose.