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Rank needs to be reworked or removed

CronaWins
CronaWins Member Posts: 650
edited August 2019 in General Discussions

Being a rank 1 player, there is no incentive to rank up. The reward for being in red ranks is longer wait times that lead into lobbies being closed before you get enough players (which needs to be removed).

I'm from a smaller community. 'Higher' ranked players, killers in particular, are sitting at green ranks and below. This in turn prevents survivor players from ranking up, and prevent me from getting games at red ranks.

I've been watching a streamer in my region, that has 7k+ hours over several accounts. He is on an account that is rank 13, and i just finished watching him slaughter 18-20 ranks with all 5 gens still up.

The ranking system needs an entire rework or it needs to be removed, for players like myself that cannot get games and players that need to stay in green ranks to play. Either that or incentive needs to be added and rank needs to mean something.

I swear that after a certain time, matchmaking used to search for lower ranks in order to fill the lobby. Was this removed after you started changing how matchmaking works? If this is not what it does now, then why not, and if it does do that now, then why can i not get games and have my lobby closed instead?

Comments

  • LegaacyFreddy
    LegaacyFreddy Member Posts: 1

    Roadmap

  • FixThisGamePLS
    FixThisGamePLS Member Posts: 59

    Even green ranks on PlayStation have 40 minute wait times and you’re still paired with rank 20 killers and survivors anywhere from 20 to red ranks. At this point it’s like there isn’t even a system to match people with players of similar ranks. I’m a rank 17 killer, only play killer to finish rituals, just got matched into a lobby full of rank 5 survivors.

  • CronaWins
    CronaWins Member Posts: 650
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/617710#Comment_617710

    Listing 'improvement of algorithm' means absolutely nothing to me and could mean anything.

  • TheGorgon
    TheGorgon Member Posts: 777

    Removing ranks is silly, very. Having a company introduce such game mode and take it out, it would be atrocious even if there isn't any particular incentive to win or obtain. I'm also at low red-ranks, don't like it, but that's why I stay kinda away from DbD and other games currently. The section dedicated to DbD is lackluster, and it really seems unfortunate.

  • CronaWins
    CronaWins Member Posts: 650
    edited August 2019
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/617725#Comment_617725

    Ranked is the ONLY game mode. Removing ranks won't do anything since i have to derank to actually play the game, giving myself an unfair advantage over players with less experience.

    That is not fun for a new player trying out the game.

    Ranks don't mean anything. You don't get rewarded for being a better player. There are no leader boards. Nothing. A number that means longer wait times and less incentive to play.

    The ONLY incentive is to DC because i don't want to play a lobby simulator. I want to actually play the game. I want to queue up without my lobby being random closed and having to start the whole process over and over again.