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Will the ruin nerf finally filter unskilled killers out of high ranks?
I know many killer players have reached red ranks and did so relying on ruin or toxic builds/play styles. With the new ruin nerf, it seems many of these unskilled red rank killers will now be pushed back to purple or green ranks, which seems like a good thing.
So in a way is the new ruin nerf helping to sort or filter out some of the more unskilled killer players from high ranks? Isn’t this better for game in long run?
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It's been so long since I've seen a red ranked killer that I believe that most killers are going to drop out of red ranks.
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You could say the same about dogshit surv teammates that play swf and get boosted in a way to higher ranks where soloQ has to suffer with those that got boosted. I guess it will help filter those really bad killers who just used ruin for no reason on strong killers and got to red ranks that way. Idk what you meant by "toxic playstyles" but if you meant tunneling,camping etc... That will just ######### you over if you do it for no reason. You do it when it lets you gain some momentum if you tunnel someone off hook that already used ds fr example.
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Also, there already weren't very many red ranked killers due to how busted the emblem system is. Whenever skill based matchmaking is implemented though, rank will be irrelevant.
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Perhaps. But there's no doubt to me that at the moment there are too many killers that are completely unviable against optimal survivors. And the same can be said about survivor, I would say that even before Ruin nerf, it was probably still easier to reach red ranks as survivor than as killer.
I guess if killers had more viable options to choose from, and the thousands of survivor players that are at red rank but don't belong there would also get "filtered out", it would be a good thing. But alone the fact that survivors of all kinds of skill level can reach red ranks is a problem.
In the end I believe no one will be able to ignore the fact that queue times for survivors are much longer than for killers. Making more killers viable and improving map design would probably solve this problem.
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No, because the current ranking system and rank reset is piling lots of survivor potatoes into ranks they shouldn't be at which gives easier games at higher ranks. This effect is what's covering up some of the other problems in the game at the moment.
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Will the devs finally delete all posts regarding the Hex:Ruin nerf?
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Define unskilled killers. If you mean by unskilled killers, killers that make some mistakes then most are. The way I see it, there is way less room now for killers to make mistakes which is why it’s so stressful to play as killer. However everyone makes mistakes and the fact you get punished so heavily as killer for making one, especially when comparing to survivors is making it unbalanced. Just my view on it.
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I agree, whilst I'm a survivor main, I'm a red rank on both sides. In most of the games I lose as killer I can pinpoint the moment that cost me the game. Even just missing one swing can cost you the game.
Whilst as survivor unless I get facecamped for the mistake I make, a single mistake won't cost me the game.
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Only after they delete all the posts whining about tunneling, camping, slugging and lobby dodging.
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My brain cells won't survive to that part of the apocalypse.
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They exist as well but I was referring to killers in this post.
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Ummm, I prefer the term "Differently Skilled"
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*survivor wait time intensifies*
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It'll only filter out the killers you play against. No more fun and easygoing builds with unique gameplay. A whole lot less variety of killers to play against. And more sweat builds, thats whats going to happen. Killers will have few and scarce opportunities to play nice now.
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So call killers boosted when evidence suggests the issue is boosted survivor randoms as is supported by hundreds of hours of gameplay footage and testimony by content creators and fog whisperers alike..but hey I'm sure you've cracked the case with this one super constructive post
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Yeah enjoy your 30 century wait times
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wth are some of you talking about. I am rank 2 survivor and every killer I face is red rank. Red rank is by no means rare now. Not to say I agree with ruin changes because they're BS.
Wait times taken a huge increase lately and killers dodge so much more now. Nothing like waiting 5 minutes to get placed in a lobby then get insta dodged.
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Have unskilled killers in red ranks ever been a problem? Pretty sure that's only the case for survivors.
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There is something unique and wron on your platform then. I play on Xbox which if I had to guess is the smallest population enxt to PS4 and PC. Possibly bigger than Switch but even switch could be bigger by now I guess. I NEVER see that happen.
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No this has been happening on ALL platforms for a lot of people.
I can say I have been on both ends of this(As the high rank surivor(Purple) vs a rank 20 trapper with no perks unlocked(Also when I was ranking up my killer to purples this was a common sight))
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That's ok, soon there will be a hidden matchmaking score :D
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probably not but if so have fun with longer survivor queues, not like theres any real benefit to being in red ranks
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I have been getting red rank killers on PS4 between 7-11pm est. My red rank teammates are a different story how the ######### they got to red let alone stay there.
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Sometimes you just dont want to try when playing killer. Played Insidious Bubba for hours yesterday going form Rank 2 to Rank 7 while getting 3k's and 4k's/. It doesn't make a difference for killers because its still Rank 1-4 survivors all the way up to around Rank 12 as killer.
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Xbox population definitely isn't small. The game been on game pass for months now and is on the list of most popular games for xbox game pass
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I don't know, man, for actual red rank killers games are a cake walk lately. So many weird ranking matches. Red rank survivors are often too easy to trick, and not mentioning when some low ranks get there. Today I had a random solo survivor of rank 12 matched against me ("kinda" rank 1) and with a team of other 4-3 rank survs (they confirmed that in chat), so I can't even tell if that's just some crazy swf shenanigans. I got so used to that I was caught off guard when a team of 2-1 ranks decisively beat me on hawkins. I'm afraid I'm getting worse with current state of things, so I think surv ranks need weeding out :P
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ruin had to go at some point.
not because it "boosted bad killers to rank 1", but because with an objective rework this needed to go or it would have been too strong.
also the general design of the perk was punishing towards bad players and basically non existant to good players, which made it a lot harder for lower ranked survivors to go up against it, so it kinda helped you in matches where you didnt necessarily need it, while it did very little for you when you did actually need it.
so yeah the timing isnt good, but ruin had it coming for it sooner or later.
i just hope they fix the objective times now...
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I've been stuck rubber banding from rank 10-12 on killer for the last three months and can't progress any higher without resorting to trashy tactics that I hate using (which often result in depip anyway). Regularly I'm being matched with rank 1-6 survivors with the very rare actual green rank matches. Rank means absolutely nothing in this game when playing as killer and hopefully once this hidden skill rank matchmaking starts I can stop sweating do much as killer and have actual fun games.
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For every two games I de-pip, I only need one game against some potatoes to make up the difference. Between that and the changes to rank reset (when it works, at least) I'm pretty sure I should be safe in low red ranks for the time being. :P
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Don't forget God mode SWF.
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WAIIIT I HAVE ONE MORE!!
I actually don't... its all been covered in some way, shape or form o.o
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Most survivors in red ranks are garbage, especially nowadays when you can face rank 20s even if you're red rank.
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Do you hate killers?
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i'm rank 9 currently on xbox and i am going against red ranks exclusively. but i think a lot of those are unearned, so it balances out.
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