I suck

Just grind it man, you will get it done. Are you playing trapper or what?

You have to remember a lot of players derank or aren't at the skill level they should be. Also what perks are you using because they could be outdated or there are stronger perks you could be using. Are you playing weak killers because with the knowledge survivors have over the years and tutorials on how to counter them it just makes weaker killers even weaker. Although the buff was a nice touch it doesn't mean killers are overpowered now or anything wasn't it like a 10% on certain actions? Either way it feels the same to me

Yea, Trappers life its rough, especially on trash maps like eyrie of crows. I recommend using the iridescent and honing stone addons.

Windows is a good perk buts it's like shadowborn with nurse you will struggle playing without it. It's better to just learn the pallet spawns (A lot of them spawn in jungle gyms or the main area of the map)

Pre dropping pallets is actually smart when the killer is chasing you because he could have spirit fury or the killer could hit you through the pallet. (Unless you want to stun the killer to ruin his bloodlust speedboost) it's better to drop it a little early

This part is more my opinion, I know a lot of people are not going to agree with me on this but exhaustion perks aren't as good as they used to be and have a ton of counters (Lithe is what I would choose if I had to pick one so good choice :) ) I realized this after watching big streamers on YouTube and I realized a lot of them don't even use exhaustion perks. But that's just my two cents

Breaking line of site and throwing the killer off your trail is a great sign. Im terrible at stealth and losing the killer unless they are new even to this day.

Your post reminds of younger DBD me who actually made a post on this forum (You can still find it it's a strange feeling looking back on it) about being stuck in purple or green ranks for years (Which would be silver or gold rank today which is what the op is talking about) I will tell you what everyone told me, are you sure you are trying to max your rank emblems Lightbringer, Unbroken, Benevolent, and Evader? Because if you aren't you probably aren't going to rank up.

For an example if you run the killer around for the whole game but if I get a few saves and heals for Benevolent, complete generator repairs for Lightbringer, and walk around the map for Evader I'm probably going to rank up over you. Another example is if we both run the killer around for the same amount of time and your method is being smart with pallets and losing the killer but my method is throwing down every pallet I come across the game is going to think my method is the same as yours when it comes to Evader. what I'm trying to say is your team isn't as good as you think and you are probably better than you even realize. ;)

Another secret is this game will ALWAYS be stacked against you with players who derank and just the general competitive toxic attitude the players of this community has. You will get better at countering them as time goes on but you will still have moments when you are clearly overpowered by another players skill level. And the gloating never ends for both sides that's actually normal

Let's just say over the years of playing Dead by Daylight I have broken 2 controllers and it wouldn't surprise if I broke another one even though I'm red ranks on both sides. Also I have left games MILLIONS of times.

I wish I had better advice to give I hope this helped a little

That sounds normal especially with the perk Lucky break. Even without perks with the hook distances or certain maps survivors hoping off your shoulders is definitely going to always be a thing. Also this game is filled with cheetahs so you just don't know what you going up against most of the time. Even OTZ a wholesome killer who rarely gets mad or rages complained about cheaters which says a LOT about the problem

It's really hard to say just play until it's fair, but yeah that. Survivor's have been taking better and better stuff lately, at least for me. And if you are not playing a top tier killer, there is no need to worry about losing to survivor's like that.

Well, if you didn't play much then it's probably rust.

And from what I've read, you're playing weaker Killers like Trapper, Pig for example. Those are weaker Killers, so don't expect results with them.

I'd say, find some favourites, play them a lot and find a good build for each and just play, and with time you will improve again.

The days of Killer rotation are over as there are way to many now to rotate and play everyone. 30 Killers is way to much for that.

Pick like 4 to 5 Killers you like most and rotate between those and master them. They should ideally be unique. If you master Wraith, you won't do as bad with most M1 Killers. Pick like 1 or 2 chasers, 1 stealther, 1 area control Killer and 1 Killer who's just versatile.

But the biggest tip, just play and train and you'll get there eventually.

I have kind of having same problem I did reach gold now after try harding and using killer I have good success. I either have 0-1K games where survivors destroy me and I depip or 3-4K game where I destroy them and then don't pip because I end the game too early.

Really I would of suggested the addon that hurts them if they disam a trap and the one that downs them if they escape by themselves from a trap....those usually make games more of a challenge for Survivors