How to fix ranked?

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appa

Have thought about this, but curious on thoughts? A lot of people keep saying it needs to be changed with no legitimate solutions they are proposing.

Creating more ranks were a thought but the player distribution would make so the same players are probably getting queued up together anyways.

I play in immortal and felt like diamond was half decent in terms of compotent competition.

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I feel like in any team game, there are going to be complaints on the ranking system.

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Show real MMR instead of projected MMR

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This pretty much. Invisible elo making you queue with people that have similar invisible elo in the same rank. So TenZ etc had to play with platinums that had max elo instead of any plat (this is how stupid it can get)

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wait, does this really happen? So you're telling me, if I'm in Iron but the game thinks I'm Bronze-level, the game will match me with other Iron players it thinks are Bronze?

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Yep, and if there aren't enough of them you'll end up in Bronze lobbies. It's funny when it happens in Plat cause I'll see Immortal act ranks but then they really are just Plat players now

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if you team MVP in a loss you lose no RR

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that's a terrible solution. There will always be a team MVP in a loss no matter what, and frags do not mean everything. That just mainly gives duelist players an advantage in ranked which is stupid.

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Combat score is what determines positions on the leaderboard, not frags. That's why a 15-10 Sova who stays alive to clutch rounds will be below a 15-20 Raze who entries and gets first bloods. Assists also factor into combat score, whether through damage or stim/recon/blind/etc. Support players can easily top frag in lower ranks, especially when they deserve a higher rank.

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this is applicable, but most duelists in low elo are mad baiters who get mad at their team
the only excuse they have when someone says something about not entrying is they say they have more kills

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WitLitning

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right, so they’re gonna have a low combat score and not team MVP. meanwhile you’re smacking out your dick as cypher and entrying because you’re an alpha who wants to team mvp as a support player.

just bait your other teammates in that scenario too lol. i have adhd i’m not trying to die first and be on tiktok until the next round that’s no fun.

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just delete ranked

#7

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No changes needed
If you are under diamond find a stack you could play with
If you are Diamond or above find good duo and pray your teammates dont suck big cock

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Viktor22

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The biggest problem with Ranked for me is that the player's arent on the same page. I mean that while one player wants to play more competitive and serious, the other wants to play more casually. This leads to frustration, mainly on the more competitive side, because if one player is not very focused on winning, while, on the other hand, the rest of the team is, he spoils the fun of the majority.

When I used to play CS on Brazilian servers, they managed to deal with this problem in a much better way than Valorant. They basically divided the community into 3, where the most casual players used to play on regular MM, the ones who wanted to play a better game but didn't aim to become a pro, used to play on GC, and the ones who were trying to become a pro or wanted a higher level matches used to play on Face it. This made less likely that someone who wants to become a pro, for example, is placed with the casual base.

I don't know what exactly is the best path for Valorant, but if they managed to separate the player-base just like it happened on CS, I would enjoy the game much more. Perhaps they could try creating in-game tournaments, where you could queue with your friends.

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appa

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I do think eventually they will have 3rd party services to make the competitive scene better.

I wonder if LOL or OW has a good ranked play system.

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HeyClassic

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Overwatch's ranked system isn't terrible, but it faces relatively the same problems and the lower ranks. I'm platinum which is slightly above average, and sometimes it's just a gg in the spawn room

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plas

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you literally cant

#14

ideekae

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I’m just tossing around ideas but do u guys think a role queue would be healthy?

Something like guaranteeing at least 1 smokes, duelist, and support on ur team.

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overwatchhhhhgh

#16

TinglyPiano

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no, especially when you can play without some of the roles perfectly fine

#22

V0sotros

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I think that would just make the queues long as shit, I think everyone knows nobody wants to play sentinels and everyone wants to play duelists

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appa

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at the least i think they gotta rock with a solo/duo queue and a three+ party queue