So I was playing the slayer playlist like I have been for the past 2 years and I was ranking up steadily for the most part, up to around onyx 1715. I was on a winning streak for a while and noticed my rank seemed like it wasn’t really changing. I checked to see 1716, then played another game, and it was 1717, then another two as it went to 1718 and 1719, so i knew something was wrong. Then I lost a game finally because of a random teammate going like -15 or something and I noticed my rank dropped down about 15 points, and then after winning again then losing again for a while my rank kept dropping around 15 or what seemed like 20 points. I just decided to quit because I had no motivation to play since my rank would only plummet.
I don’t think this has anything to do with how the ranks are balanced because I was playing multiple games with onyxs and diamonds on both sides, and before yesterday (after the matchmaking update), I was bouncing up about 10 points every time all the way up to 1780 just for beating platinums and diamonds, sometimes even golds or bronzes. So why wouldn’t I get 1 CSR point then? I even took pics of my rank as it was increasing in the onyx rankings.
There is clearly something broken about this playlist or the matchmaking system right now. I even played a couple games of HCS and both sides were all platinums, and my CSR wouldn’t move when I won, but lost half a bar when i lost. someone on my friends list even messaged me saying “hey man, slayer playlist is broken isn’t it?”
If this continues, I’m simply gonna quit playing halo 5. Matchmaking isn’t really fun when I don’t have anything to strive for. If I don’t have to even try to win against my opponents then I’m not gonna push harder to improve and the whole competitive aspect about it that makes halo 5 appealing is gone.