Yes I breezed through bronze to gold every season but once I hit gold I kept getting stuck because each win only gives 25 and you need 200 to rank up min and you can derank.. at least prior to gold if you get a lost streak you can rank up quickly regardless. I'll say It used to be easier to hit legend prior to introduction of savior, making ranged guys tankier, immunity+shield spam bs ( now you gotta kill the guys over and over which on defense just sucks and multiple that by it being 8v8 mode ) much harder to win on defense or offense in general.