Guild Wars 2

Got to last tier of Diamond with about 75% win ratio or so. Stuck in the last tier for about a week, doing win/loss 50% pretty much all the time (actually got literally to 1 point away from Legendary, lost 499 – 501). Now yesterday and today… Played during different sessions (morning, afternoon, night, this morning). Ridiculous. The worst part is those games were completely lopsided. I’d say 75% of those losses we never even stood a chance, the matchup was completely rigged. Last game, for example, 2 team mates died within 5 seconds of the mid fight being started. They just ran in the opposing team, died & that was it. And the one game I actually won, we completely dominated. Seems this far in the season, at the high tier of Diamond, fights should be a lot more even. Something is clearly kittened up.

Looks about the same as my streak. Its a joke tbh

Yea, the difficulty definitely ramps up at the end of Diamond. I was in a similar position. I got halfway through Ruby before I ever lost a match due (outside of a teammate DCing) and from there through most of Diamond, I probably had a 75%+ win/loss.

The last tiers of Diamond, however, were really rough for me (pun intended) and I bounced back and forth a lot before I got in the groove enough to pull off some consistent wins.

Yea, the path could have been a bit smoother, but the reality is that if you want to hit Legendary, you’ll have to play better and smarter than you ever did for any of your previous games. Good luck!

Is the same as in the T6 of Ruby, which is abundant in matches against Diamond players.

The time period you decide to queue in has a huge impact on match quality due to several reasons: AP hunters, Backpack grinders, Achievement players playing for reset ach. On top of those issues, due to the safe zones between divisions, players cannot drop down and matches within the 15 pip range between divisions can end up being like amber matches due to players not giving a hoot about losing while grinding out achievements.

Achievements need to be removed from ranked play, instead end season rewards should replace them; too late to change anything this year due to the implementation of the backpack. Division drops need to be implemented as well.

I got to t6 Diamond about 3 weeks ago, and I may play 1 or two matches a week now, but around reset you can either have the worst players in the world on your team or the complete opposite. Ranked is not worth the frustration in it’s current form. I’d say around 75% of my games this season have ended up with a 300+ point difference, 20% with 100-50pt difference, and 5% within 20-1 point.

My other guild mates and I have noticed a trend in match quality based on time, most of the players that hit legendary a few weeks ago played more during off times/ early EST hours and also had much closer/balanced matches. From 4pm EST onwards past reset, match-making can do some crazy stuff.

To top this all off, I’ve seen some AWFUL “Exalted Legend” players in unranked. Whether they were trying or not who really knows, but when a necro proceeds to call players scrubs and bads then tries to spam cast staff autos against a thief dazing each one for pulm procs, go into shroud @ 70% hp to cast charge and spiral, only to pop out by deactivating shroud just after to die to vault steal BS interrupt, then blame it on 400ms ping, I have very little hope for how well system has represented skill this season.

The majority of “Exalted Legend” players I’ve seen have relatively poor mechanical knowledge of the game and tend to be a rev, mes, or necro. So TLDR, don’t feel bad about your ranking, there are worse players ranked higher and better players than can be ranked lower.

Well it’s reassuring somehow to at least see that I’m not alone in this boat. You see I’m not really concerned about pretty titles or fancy wings. I play this game as a hobby, to change my mind and because I actually like playing PvP. Nothing forces me to play. I don’t care about a few losses here and there or not acquiring Legendary tier, in all fairness. It’s just extremely frustrating to lose so many matches in a row, all with pretty much no chance at all. Some people say “get better” – however, it seems in many cases, it doesn’t matter how well I rotate, how many 1v1’s/2v2’s/2v3’s even that I win. If the team you’re paired with is completely overwhelmed by the other team, there’s absolutely no fun in that. Only frustration.

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Well it’s reassuring somehow to at least see that I’m not alone in this boat. You see I’m not really concerned about pretty titles or fancy wings. I play this game as a hobby, to change my mind and because I actually like playing PvP. Nothing forces me to play. I don’t care about a few losses here and there or not acquiring Legendary tier, in all fairness. It’s just extremely frustrating to lose so many matches in a row, all with pretty much no chance at all. Some people say “get better” – however, it seems in many cases, it doesn’t matter how well I rotate, how many 1v1’s/2v2’s/2v3’s even that I win. If the team you’re paired with is completely overwhelmed by the other team, there’s absolutely no fun in that. Only frustration.

Sometimes you just have an off night. It happens and it sucks. If I lose a few in a row I log an alt account on a different build. It puts you in a different mindset with a different pool of players, and usually ends up turning around my whole night/mood around.

I actually found diamond way easier than ruby. I spent 2 weeks in ruby, 1 week in diamond. And i play thief which heavily relies on getting good team.

among ur timezone, u havent try midnight, try it.