Guild Wars 2

So, i have around 200 pvp games, i think i know basics of most of maps ( temple of silent storm is for some reason bit weird thou). mostly unranked and hotjoin, how much different is ranked from unranked(less people trying weird builds? less rage afk?). and is it better to have premade team or just go solo?
There are so many topics complaining about ’’noobs’’ which has kinda made me to stay in unranked( which is nice, you can test new classes, like for me going from condi ranger into bunker guard and shatter mesmer, even thief even if my stealth gameplay sucks).

there is no point to play ranked atm imo, unless you want to farm leaderboard.

No tiny asura animations, no skyhammer.
Enough said.

During the off season there really is no point, besides the map pool. The only reason I’ve been playing ranked is so I don’t have to deal with Skyhammer or Spirit Watch.