I'd like to see one of the following implemented:
1. Remove the "soft cap" that prevents players from being demoted below Platinum IV.
Actually, I'd remove it from every rank. I don't really see a good reason for it to exist.
If you joined late in the season, that cap becomes the biggest obstacle because you constantly get matched with people who simply don't care. They AFK in base, queue on jobs they're clearly not comfortable with (you'll often see players switching jobs every match while barely dealing 100k damage), or just don't take ranked seriously.
As a result, climbing from Platinum to Diamond feels much harder than it should, while Diamond to Crystal is comparatively easy because you've finally filtered out many of the players who reached Platinum mostly through luck or by being protected by the soft cap.
2. If you really want to keep the soft caps, then please make ranks job-specific.
I may be very good on Machinist but much weaker on another job. Being Crystal on one job doesn't mean I should automatically be considered Crystal-level on every job.
I personally play 3-4 different jobs in PvP and rotate between them, so I wouldn't mind having a separate rank for each job.
Bonus request: Please, please, let us blacklist at least one player from PvP matchmaking. If I put someone on that blacklist, I should never, ever be matched with them on my team again.
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1. Remove the "soft cap" that prevents players from being demoted below Platinum IV.
Actually, I'd remove it from every rank. I don't really see a good reason for it to exist.
If you joined late in the season, that cap becomes the biggest obstacle because you constantly get matched with people who simply don't care. They AFK in base, queue on jobs they're clearly not comfortable with (you'll often see players switching jobs every match while barely dealing 100k damage), or just don't take ranked seriously.
As a result, climbing from Platinum to Diamond feels much harder than it should, while Diamond to Crystal is comparatively easy because you've finally filtered out many of the players who reached Platinum mostly through luck or by being protected by the soft cap.
2. If you really want to keep the soft caps, then please make ranks job-specific.
I may be very good on Machinist but much weaker on another job. Being Crystal on one job doesn't mean I should automatically be considered Crystal-level on every job.
I personally play 3-4 different jobs in PvP and rotate between them, so I wouldn't mind having a separate rank for each job.
Bonus request: Please, please, let us blacklist at least one player from PvP matchmaking. If I put someone on that blacklist, I should never, ever be matched with them on my team again.
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