Why, in my opinion, purple ranks are the best ranks to be on

It is usually a player's goal to get to rank 1 or any kind of red rank, as they technically are the top players of the game, it feels good to be at the top rank after playing many matches.
But once a player manages to stay in red ranks it becomes a very tedious experience as both killer and survivor to stay at the top. It becomes very stresfull to get the typical "4 man SWF with flashlights" or "OP add-onn killers" on many games in a row. Many players also think that red ranks players have amazing builds that let them kill/survive for a long time and have special strategies, but this proves wrong when we see survivors teams running so similar perks that you can count them with two hands (Balanced Landing, Decisive Strike, Dead hard, Borrowed time, Adrenaline, Oblect of obsession, Urban Evasion) and killers having to rely on the same perks over and over to get a chance of more than one kill (Ruin and NOED). Red rank games are very predictable on how they end, there are mainly three results, all gens get done in five minutes and escape, all die or disconnect because "X build/killer is OP" or a three gen scenario happens and more than one survivor leaves with a key. There are hardly any original builds in red ranks that don't rely on at least 3 meta perks just because "I can't win without these"
Which brings me to my topic, I've been stuck on purple ranks as survivor for a long time and most of the times I prefer to stay there as killer. This is not because I want to have an easier game, but because here I at least have no idea on what will happen in my game. I enter as survivor and I get a killer with original builds and add-ons that I don't expect (A purely silenced wraith with save the best for last for quick surprise attacks, A demogorgon with make your choice and Pop goes the weasel combo for extreme map pressure that puts many portals across the map, A Michael with haunted grounds to save Tier 3 while having an exposed status effect) I feel like I can't expect what I'm getting at this rank since the players don't need to rely on the same exact perks every game. I feel like both the killer and the survivor have to actually play differently every game to survive instead of always going for loop after loop.
As killer in purple ranks you get matched with a variation of skill leveled players, sometimes there are god tier loopers but most of the times chases end at a decent rate for both the killer and the survivor. Sometimes there are a few SWF teams but I even manage to enjoy these matches despite some of them escaping, mostly because they are truly not toxic or entitled and actually have nice strategies to play instead of just unhooking each other with DS right next to the gate.
Matches are fun and you don't have chases that last ten minutes or survivors that just flashlight spam and then run to every loop and are impossible to catch. I know that this kinds of matches happen sometimes at red ranks, but honestly I wish I could stay at purple ranks forever and avoid the toxicity and monotonous matches
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I always try to stay at 5 straight in the middle but then I end of going to 4 then 3 and then it makes me sad it's to easy to rank up as survivor
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Never gotten to red ranks, never want to. Purple/Green is the sweet spot for me, for many of the reasons you listed.
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I agree, it sucks. I usually don't pip to much since I prefer to play a stealthy way and suck at chases
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Only going to be easier to stay in red ranks soon.
Next reset we will only be sent back to 5 since its color based chapter 14 onward. :/
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Red Rank survivor makes you hate the game :)
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Rank 6 and 5 is that sweet spot definitely
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Rank red survivor is easy to reach but not always fun to play in
Rank red killer is definitely not fun to play
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I wonder what red rank games will be like with ranks 1-4 only going back to 5 at reset. Will it lead to better games? Will everyone always be red ranked? 🤔
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But you're missing out on an achievement!
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They could be on console game actually doesn't have rank achievements on there
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Totally agree. I got to rank 1 once, got the achievement, never want to go back. Once I get to about rank 6, depipping starts to feel like a win.
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Purple ranks are so toxic atleast after this reset. Red ranks are much mire enjoyable imo.
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