Originally posted by 6890

Question:

Is there still a rank gate that prevents players from teaming up if their rankings are too far apart? Will this be based on LP or MMR?

I ask because I play the game exclusively with 2 IRL friends. Both of them being single/childless have far more free time than me. If they choose to chase ranks will I be prevented from partying with them even though our MMR may be similar but they have more LP? In the current system we avoid playing Ranked unless we're all online to prevent this issue, but is the new system going to change that?

Originally posted by christhefirstx

Love seeing a dev chime in on the thread, appreciate all the hard work you and the rest of the team put into a game that's given me much entertainment (and stress) over the past few years

Originally posted by snornex

Some thoughts:

Since "KP" no longer scales with placement, the new system greatly discourages fighting, and conversely encourages ratting much more strongly than the current system. Right now, after reaching Platinum 1 or so, you gain zero to negative RP if you get zero kills/assists in a match, even if you rat to 3rd place. Compare this to the new system, where you will now earn 150 LP (i.e. 15% progress towards the next division). Keep in mind that this will apply whether you are in Bronze 4 or Diamond 1.

This means there is no more roflstomping your way up the lower ranks, because: A). The MMR matchmaking means the teams you face will always be close in skill to your squad, B). The rank you are in no longer influences the teams you are placed against. That means players who favored racking up kills to gain RP (even if they are highly skilled) are now at a massive disadvantage. They will either score a bunch of kills against lower skilled opponents (which earns ...

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Originally posted by soren_ra7

yeah, i bet shahin or josh medina were the ones handling over the suitcase with cash.