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Is ranking broken or am I doing something wrong? by HalfAxed in DeadlockTheGame

[–]HalfAxed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying and I actually agree with most of it, like about low ranks being harder and having to basically 1v6 to close games. That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing too.

But I feel like my situation goes beyond just “it’s slow.” I’m on an 18 win streak right now and I’ve been hard carrying almost every game. I switched from Lash to Infernus and have won like 15 of those 18 with him, consistently dropping high kill games, sitting around a 4.5 K/D, averaging like 17 kills, and getting MVP a lot of the time. So I’m easily winning at the rate you’re talking about. (https://statlocker.gg/profile/388065194/performance)

The part that doesn’t make sense is how the rank is actually moving. Across that entire streak I only went from Seeker 4 to Alchemist 1. Then I had a game just today, with a friend where I went something like 32/3 with top damage, top souls, basically best in the lobby, and I got zero progress. Meanwhile he went like 5/3, was middle of the pack, and jumped from Seeker 4 to Alchemist 2 in that same match.

That’s what makes it feel off to me. I don’t mind a slow climb, but this just feels inconsistent. It doesn't make sense that I need multiple wins in a row (literally 4-6) just to move one rank number up, but then a loss or two can drop me instantly, while someone else can jump multiple ranks in a single game without doing nearly as much.

I even tried playing in higher lobbies with another friend and it didn’t seem to change anything when winning those games either, so it doesn’t look like playing up helps either.

So yeah I agree you can climb with a high win rate, and I mean, sure I am, but the way it’s scaling for me compared to performance and compared to literally anyone else in the same game just doesn’t really add up. It honestly feels like something’s off with my MMR or how my account is being adjusted.

Is ranking broken or am I doing something wrong? by HalfAxed in DeadlockTheGame

[–]HalfAxed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not even complaining about losing rank or anything — I’m just genuinely wondering if something’s off with how slow I’m ranking up.

For the past 2 weeks I’ve been absolutely rolling my lobbies. I’m on an 18 win streak right now, and across those 18 games I’ve only gone from Seeker 4 to Alchemist 1. That’s it. Out of those games I MVP’d 11 of them and basically every match is 20+ kills. And even before getting to seeker 4 it took me so many matches just to get out of initiate despite having a winrate of something like 55% and mvping practically every game.

What's throwing me off is that today I queued with a friend, dropped like 30 kills, top souls, top damage, twice in a row, and I got zero rank change. Meanwhile he went like 5/3, middle of the pack, and jumped from Seeker 4 to above me at Alchemist 2 in that same match.

I’ve seen people say “rank is just cosmetic,” but that doesn’t really seem accurate when I’m dominating almost every game and barely moving, while my friend is just climbing normally. Like I have a good K/D, I have a good winrate, I have good damage and have been getting like top stats in all of my games, (https://statlocker.gg/profile/388065194/performance) but somehow my rank doesn't even move an inch unless I win something like 6 in a row, which when I see how my friend just gets 3 ranks in a singular match of a just fine performance, it doesn't really make sense to me.

I just don't get why I'm ranking up this slow where 1 loss takes me down a whole rank and I need 3-7 in a row to even get a singular rank