I play both open and solo duo, on open even though i play alone i got onyx, and on solo duo it gives me unfair games non-stop. Even if i play better than my team mates in a game where i got a plat team mate for their onyx i get deranked, i just won a game and it didnt rank me up at all, its like the game has me capped at high diamond 5. I play just as well on solo-duo as i do on open and it doesnt matter how well i do it keeps me in the same rank.
Whats the difference between solo duo and open that my skill level isnt consistent? the only difference i see is the game gives unreasonably unfair games at a higher rate on solo duo.
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The difference is probably your opponents in each game.
Beat a team who is ranked lower than you and you (rightly) don’t rank up much. Lose to a team who is below you though, and your penalised accordingly.
Your personal performance is only a small weighting. The team result is the key.
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I find it so frustrating that the game will even queue you with plats or golds. It’s tough to win when your teammate is guaranteed to lose every 1v1 they run into.
It’s random. In my experience personal performance only seems to matter when you do bad lol. If you win against a higher ranked team, and you’re number one in your team, all too often you’ll just get a pixel. But the moment you’re even number 2 and lose the game. They’ll strip you half a bar of rank. It feels like a coin flip.
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Exactly, ranked games shouldnt be based on youre teammates performances, or else they are giving low ranked tier players on alternate accounts the power to derank someone by throwing games, which happens a lot, either they do not play or just leave right away when the rest of us are trying to play properly.
Here is a classic example:
You’re diamond 5, you get teamed up with a plat 4, diamond 1, and an unranked player.
The other team is two diamond 2 and two diamond 3.
The games poor algorithm is gonna pull so much more weight on your rank alone than anyone else’s. If you win….you were expected to, you were the highest rank. Here’s a pixel (can you see it)?
If you lose, and even performed the best on your team. Say your prayers, the algorithm expected you to carry everyone you just played with.
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It sucks… but it’s a team game. The team result is the only thing that matters.
To some extent yes.
And a lot of good players do this.
I’m only Platinum 5… but I get to play with a lot of Onyx players. Some work with you… offering some protection, while helping to clean up players you couldn’t beat yourself. They go hard and are willing to die to make sure the opponent with the camo and/or sword doesn’t got on a killing spree.
Others run off and rack up the kills leaving you at the mercy of the other team.
Like you said it’s a team game. Part of being a team member means making significant contributions to the outcome of the game. Going 3 and 15 in a CTF isn’t helpful. In these types of modes those confirms are needed. It’s too much of a liability for the team when you can’t hold your own.
Having to rely on one team member to clutch it up for you every game isn’t what it’s about. That’s why queuing up with ranked teammates who are literally and entire rank above you shouldn’t even happen to begin with.