Killer in red ranks is a horrible experience

I don't believe you. :) No, you didn't go from Rank-20 Killer to Rank-4 in less than a week. Is that possible? Sure. Does it happen often? No. Moreover, the stuff you are saying convinces me you are using hyperbole because you think saying you are a Red Rank somehow lends weight your rant. It doesn't. About the only thing you said that is true is that matchmaking is rubbish. For the record, I am a Red Rank Killer. Unlike yourself, I do not claim to be a savant. It took me a good long while to work myself up to Rank-1. Now I hold on to it, rarely having it shift further than Rank three before going back down. The reset, of course, hits us all. The games are certainly challenging in the Red Ranks, and you face a lot more SWF, but impossible they are not.

That's good, because I don't. In regard to your negative experience, you always can vote with your wallet. That will have far more effect than any post here. Matchmaking is terrible. It has been bad as long as I can remember, but that is neither here nor there. Sometimes it is awful in your favor and sometimes not. We are in the Wild West of DbD matchmaking; I suspect it is 1st in 1st out to speed up the queues. :)

I do agree that I would love to see a leaderboard go up, particularly now that Rank will be utterly meaningless except for the reward system they are going to put into play. I'm not holding my breath. In regards to feeling you have no power over the Red Rank matches, you are simply wrong. You have all the power you exert. I could care less what Killer you play; why would I? Spirit is an effective, high mobility Killer with very few direct counters. She is particularly effective against SWF because it is difficult to keep eyes on her. Nine times out of ten they don't see you coming and you should just be leaping out of haunting and downing them before they even get a chance to loop you. Your description of your experiences simply do not jive with what I know of Red Rank Spirit play.

The loss of the Undying+Ruin combo is hardly the end of the world. Oppression+Pop is actually a better option for a high mobility Killer like Spirit anyway. You can hook someone, force the Great Skill checks, instantly find out where other peopel are and haunt on top of them and get another hook. Wash, rinse, repeat. I know Red Rank Spirit players who pride themselves on doing grabs off Generators only. I play a very SLOW Killer by comparison. I'm a Myers main. Most of the time I'm a Spooky Myers main. I play him on all the maps, not just the smaller indoor selections. If I can play slow Spooky in the Red Ranks and get by, so can you. Judging by your description of things, I'd actually peg you as a Green Rank Killer. You are just good enough now that you are facing regular SWF and Solos that know what they are doing, and you get a lot of Red/Purple (who are a lot better than you) Smurfing. Regardless, if you aren't having fun, don't play. But don't assume your inability to compete as a Killer at a certain level is shared by the rest of us. It isn't.

Ok? Your feedback says you aren't having fun. You claim to be doing AWESOME, a savant who in less than a week is fighting with the best. You claim you don't have a problem with anything that you ranted about in your original post. Do you see the contradiction? Clearly those things you are ranting about aren't really a problem? You just implied you can compete, you just aren't having any fun. Ok? So you want things easier than you have them now? You need to make some sense for your argument in feedback to hold any water (or get any attention).

I know you didn't ask for any tips or help, but I'm helpful guy. If I find someone moaning and whining in pain, I'm going to stop and render aid. Take a look at your first post, and tell me if that sounds like feedback or a moaning, painful rant? :) Do you see my point? I don't like inconsistencies in arguments. I don't like things that don't ring true. This game (like all games) does have its problems. Some of the things you mentioned are worthy of discussion, but the overall sad song you played us is tired, redundant and untrue. I'm giving you feedback on your feedback. I'm also posting in your thread because I feel an obligation to weigh in on this since you chose to speak as a Red Rank Killer. I think the DEV should hear from lots of Red Rank Killers, even those (like me) who disagree with you.

The Red Ranks, if you are truly there, are supposed to be hard fought. That is the entire point. Why else would you or I work so hard to get there. I would think you want to fight against the best of the best if you can find them. Naturally said people are going to min/max the crud out of their builds. Just like you, they are going to do their level best to win. That just makes killing them more satisfying. It makes the victory special. So, please clarify the inconsistencies in your statements. And answer one simple question; if you aren't having any fun, why are you still here?

No; that is not how this works. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. If you start a thread and leave feedback, it is an open forum (if you will) for all of us to also chime in, supporting or disagreeing with you. And do you really want me to take your OP apart paragraph by paragraph, word by word, and demonstrate that you were in fact trashing their game? You also seemed to be trashing Survivors too, as if they are doing something wrong using those darn LEGAL Perks that they paid for with blood, sweat, and tears. Seriously, if you want to let this drop, let it drop. But if you want to keep defending your post as if it was some polite, friendly commentary, well then I'm going to quote you and demonstrate why it isn't. So, shall we play a game?

I'm making my point over and over again and YOU are helping me. You are proving it for me. Your answer to my question of why are you still here if you aren't having fun was "because I want to have fun." Ok; that is a bit cryptic but it is an answer. I'm going to suggest that you do a little research. Look back through the years on this Forum. Start counting the threads and posts where people complain about the things you ranted about. You will quickly discover why I point out that your sad song is redundant. You will also quickly discern why I am suggesting you will get no traction with your post.

If you want to have fun, then go play something you find fun. If you have fun posting passive aggressive posts here, and yes "trashing" the games you play, by all means continue. I know there are people that derive pleasure from that for some strange reason. Just be realistic. What is it exactly that you are asking the DEV to do beside establish a Leader Board (which I agreed with by the way)?

Your first so-called point was a slam on Survivors, complaining about Survivor Perks. Well give some specifics about what you want done about them. There are lots of threads discussing that. You don't give any constructive feedback there. You seem more fixated on the "obnoxious" Survivors. I don't think I need to go on about your 1st point.

Let's look at your second one. Mostly you are lamenting YOUR inability to exert control over the match. How is that the DEV's problem? Isn't that more your personal failing? What is it you want them to do, make things easier for you? How? There is the passive aggressive commentary about Ruin+Undying so I'm guessing point two is really you wanting to complain about that? If so, be direct. There are plenty of threads discussing that too. Let's try point number three.

You don't like matchmaking. That makes it pretty unanimous. Nobody is happy with matchmaking, including the DEV. That is why they are working on MMR again. This is the only section where you state anything which has validity and where you make a straightforward suggestion (the Leader Board). Great. I wish more of your OP had been so concrete.

Now let's tackle point four. You whined about stuns a lot. Apparently you don't like this basic mechanic of the game. I hate to break it to you, but it isn't going anywhere. You are just going to have to get better, so you get stunned less. You would have to be stunned twelve times to lose a minute in game. Are you getting stunned that much? I know you said it "feels" like a minute. Even if I parse your words and assume you are only getting stunned half what it feels like to you that means you got stunned six times? No, someone claiming to be a Red Rank can't be be getting stunned that many times. But even if I half that again, you are saying you get stunned 3 times in a match? Seriously? You wonder why I don't believe a word you say when you claim to have gotten to Rank-4 in less than a week? I mean, come on, why don't you just come clean. It is good for the soul.

So your points are largely just a rant, and you don't really suggest much. You are complaining a lot though. Constructive? No. I also wanted to address that 1v1 situation you seem to enjoy. Of course you win 1v1 chases in dead zones. You are faster than the Survivor. Their only option is to use terrain to outplay you, and/or stun you. I know it is inconvenient, the Survivors doing their best to stay alive and all, using the game mechanics provided to try to offset the fact that Killers win 1v1 most of the time. Do you see where I'm going with this? I'm also going to let you in on something; I'm like a snapping turtle. Once I bite down, I don't let go. So you and I can go round and round on this forever. I have the facts on my side. I have your post. I can quote it from here to eternity. I haven't even gotten into the fallacies of your various arguments yet. You can keep going, and so will I. You can drop it, and of course I would too. Or you can admit that maybe your original post wasn't as nice as you think You can perhaps accept that some of what you are complaining about is on YOU, not the game and not those "obnoxious" Survivors. Accepting personal responsibility goes a long way.

While most killers are easy to pick up and understand power wise. Actual killer methods of playing tiles and knowing when and where to be chasing takes a little longer.

Chances are you just won a lot against survivors who were also new, and because the ranking system sucks and is based more on time played than skill you're getting placed against survivors more experienced than your current level.