Ranked matchmaking is broken
“Is it fair that a you need to get all the way to ruby in this broken system to even start legendary back reward?”
No, but only because it’s broken. In a better system it would be fair like if they had seeding and had its own official teamspeak function that allows voice disguising so PUGs could organize on par with premades.
My rank percentage is 76% last time I checked so I should be sapphire but caught in emerald since my MMR is too high. Ruby looks like it should be 86-92%, diamond 92%-98%, and only the top 2% should achieve legendary.
“Because devs has put legendary back in ranked system and I want it.”
The devs want you to learn to play so you can earn the right to wear it as the entire point is to symbolize your PvP skill. Yes the ranking system has its flaws but should reflect skill and the top players need to invite lower ranked players in order to queue up faster.
if you graduate from amber into emerald a few more times over a few seasons throughout the year, you will eventually get enough pvp league tickets to get everything you need for the legendary back pack.