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Harder to reach Red Rank 1 as Survivor now?

After a couple year break I started playing again in December and for the first time ever I reached red rank 1 as survivor. (I know ranks don’t mean much except for BP’s)

This month it seems harder. Did something change?

Meanwhile I hit red rank 1 as killer.

And I’m not the greatest survivor or killer either.

Is it just me experiencing this?

Answers

  • Unimatrix00
    Unimatrix00 Member Posts: 459

    In my experience, it is easier to gain grades and pips on Killer than it is compared to Survivor.

  • Dwight_Fairfield
    Dwight_Fairfield Member Posts: 7,093

    Yes its harder because the quality of your team mates often determines how a match goes for you.

  • GuyFawx
    GuyFawx Member Posts: 2,027

    Its easier now in a swf harder maybe if your solo but its not impossible. Like always try to get at least 3 iri badges for the match

  • th3syst3m
    th3syst3m Member Posts: 394
    edited February 2023

    The old ranking system was "harder" however it seems with BHVR MMR system that to me has only made the game worse and the 3 gen kick/tunnel meta I find it a lot harder now to get to rank 1 as a solo survivor.

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611

    From my experience, It's easier for me to gain Rank 1 as survivor than killer.

  • Bwsted
    Bwsted Member Posts: 3,452

    In soloq it's harder, because matchmaking is worse.

    In the old system, if you played at certain hours, you would get decent teammates. And yes, rank did have SOME correlation with skills, because you couldn't pip at red without being able to pull your weight.

    But with mmr, you're basically rolling the dice every time. Add to that the gen kicking meta is worse for solos and that there's no real deterrent for tunnelling anymore and you get the picture.