Rank System Ideas
First up, this is just an idea. And I'm down for criticism and other suggestions. All in an effort to make the game more fun! Let's try not to be salty. And work on a game we all enjoy(ed) to some extent (otherwise you wouldn't be here).
In my opinion, killer ranking up is much harder than survivor ranking up. A 4k killer can still depip if they "don't do it right" where a survivor can die but gain pips. Now, in some regard that is okay based on the gameplay mechanics. However, with ranking being primarily for matchmaking, I think a change could benefit us all.
Killer: The new change to gatekeeper hasn't been out long. So I'd say it's a step in the right direction to making killer ranking a bit easier. Pushing some less-skilled killers just a tad bit higher, thus spreading out the killers more evenly among ranks. This is one change. I'd vote that we shouldn't change too much at once. Feel out the gatekeeper. And see how it goes before more changes are made.
Survivor: making ranking a bit harder would result in less survivors in the high ranks, lower skill survivors being more spread out. Making the matchmaking closer to balanced. I don't think changing BP earnings or perks or anything is necessary. Just some tweaks to emblems and ranking to better our matchmaking.
I read a lot about survivors being mad at OP killers. Perhaps it's not the killer itself. Nor the survivor itself. But simply the players skill levels not being matched up properly. If a survivor DEEPLY believes the killer is OP and loses a match to a 4k in a few minutes. Clearly that killer is either too low in ranks (fixed by making ranking easier for killers). Or if it's happening at red ranks. Perhaps the survivor is a bit too high up (fixed by making it harder to get to red ranks). Because that killer likely doesn't kick butt every game. There are survivors who can be competitive against even the best killers. It's all skill based. The skill of the player.
So. All in all. I vote on some ranking tweaks instead of gameplay changes. See if we can fix... Or at least improve our matchmaking. Thanks for reading. Hope to hear from ya!