Please Give Placement Matches

[RawwkinGrimmie64]

Honestly, I'm furious that Placement matches weren't incorporated into Season 2. Struggling to even contest ranked matches because my teammates refuse to fall back, regroup, push the enemy team or push the objective is insane.

I am declaring my ultimate just to have it double stacked by the other support two seconds later. I am declaring my ultimate to push just to turn around and have everyone standing still as board where I left them.

I can't do this anymore. EOMM is the biggest B.S. I have ever seen *Well, this person played 4 losses in a row, so I guess they're okay with losing! Let's team them with five other people on major loss streaks!" and to then pair it with the ridiculous rank reset "Platinum and lower now all start on the same level!"

Com ine those two things and get a dumpster fire of a system that constantly makes me want to pull my hair out. I can't even get out of Bronze. Hell, I'm back down to Bronze 3! And most of these people aren't even new to the game, their Plat peak players who have zero game sense.

Why am I regrouping with the team after a death just to find that the ENTIRE TEAM is nowhere near the mission area? Why am I constantly watching everyone play role roulette and wondering why we lose? Why is a Duelist playing 8 different characters in one match?

This has been a constant for MONTHS and thanks to the new rank reset and matchmaking, I doubt I'm even going to see Plat again before Season 3, because all of the competent players I've played with had more time on their hands and outranked me last season, so I can't even play with the friends I've made over the last three months!

Please, just put placement matches in the game! I'm tired of having to play with level 20+ players who run away from their healers who are getting dived.

[Rauf]

im sorry to be mean but usually your rank is deserved, especially if you have played ranked many hours , rng will slowly be less into the equation and be balanced out so you being in bronze 3 is deserved, if you want im in singapore i can rank with you and see how you play i guess

[Steve]

God, I love when ranks reset. You get the best salt.

The reason you're having problems right now is because everyone's in the same basic talent pool for a few days. So you're going to get ALL KINDS of fun stuff, until the tiers sort themselves out a bit and the good players are back up at the top tiers and the chaff stays hardstuck.

One way to avoid this kind of season-starting chaos is to have a set team ready to go. Without a set team, you're guaranteed five random players each match on your team. You could get ANYONE, and since lack of skill is far more common than the presence of skill, odds are very high your teams are going to continue to suck.

If a player wants to succeed consistently at a team-based activity, it would behoove them to find their own team.

[RawwkinGrimmie64]

Originally posted by Steve:

God, I love when ranks reset. You get the best salt.

The reason you're having problems right now is because everyone's in the same basic talent pool for a few days. So you're going to get ALL KINDS of fun stuff, until the tiers sort themselves out a bit and the good players are back up at the top tiers and the chaff stays hardstuck.

One way to avoid this kind of season-starting chaos is to have a set team ready to go. Without a set team, you're guaranteed five random players each match on your team. You could get ANYONE, and since lack of skill is far more common than the presence of skill, odds are very high your teams are going to continue to suck.

If a player wants to succeed consistently at a team-based activity, it would behoove them to find their own team.

Just casually skip over the part where said the dozens of people I tried to team up with for months outranked me due to excessive play time. That's an option, I guess.

I also love the notion that you think finding a bunch of randos on the internet is going to be a consistent way to group up and play the game. Like there isn't literal math behind scheduling conflicts with a group of close personal friends, let alone complete strangers.

[Steve]

Originally posted by RawwkinGrimmie64:

Originally posted by Steve:

God, I love when ranks reset. You get the best salt.

The reason you're having problems right now is because everyone's in the same basic talent pool for a few days. So you're going to get ALL KINDS of fun stuff, until the tiers sort themselves out a bit and the good players are back up at the top tiers and the chaff stays hardstuck.

One way to avoid this kind of season-starting chaos is to have a set team ready to go. Without a set team, you're guaranteed five random players each match on your team. You could get ANYONE, and since lack of skill is far more common than the presence of skill, odds are very high your teams are going to continue to suck.

If a player wants to succeed consistently at a team-based activity, it would behoove them to find their own team.

Just casually skip over the part where said the dozens of people I tried to team up with for months outranked me due to excessive play time. That's an option, I guess.

I also love the notion that you think finding a bunch of randos on the internet is going to be a consistent way to group up and play the game. Like there isn't literal math behind scheduling conflicts with a group of close personal friends, let alone complete strangers.

Tell me about it; I used to be an MMO raider too. XD

THERE IS NO PERFECT WAY TO PLAY. Every approach is going to have its upsides and its downsides. The downsides of planned play are their own unique PITA. It becomes a question of which downsides are more tolerable.

But there will never be a perfect way to play.

[Womens Deodorant]

Placements matches are better. But the devs want you to grind from the bottom so you play longer and potentially buy more skins. It is really that simple.

[Dio]

Originally posted by Rauf:

im sorry to be mean but usually your rank is deserved, especially if you have played ranked many hours , rng will slowly be less into the equation and be balanced out so you being in bronze 3 is deserved, if you want im in singapore i can rank with you and see how you play i guess

can we please stop pretending to be a bot with that statement