For the record, just so people who may not play the game as much anymore really understand how bad it is. 10 days ago I was 2540 in 5v5 ranked. Today I am 2429. No, I haven’t gotten worse. No, I haven’t trolled. Yes, the talent of the player base is just that bad. I understand I’m expressing an opinion, but as someone who’s in the NA top 20 for wins this season, I have a lot of strong evidence and data to support my case.
Solo queue is nearly impossible. I am easily (if this sounds cocky, so be it, but I wish I had screenshots to show you all ) the in the top 3, usually the best, player in the game. I’ve lost probably 20 matches in a row now I’d say, and around 15-16 of those I have the best KDA out of ALL TEN players and am top 3 in gold, despite being on losing teams that lose the gold battle by around 5-10k.
Before this streak started, I would party queue at times. We’d win games quite handedly, sometimes in the range of 34-6, I’d casually go 8/0/5 with Ylva or whom ever, and we’d move on. Granted, I have tried some off META heroes lately (Varya, Fortress, Rona) to spice things up, but I still play very well (just loss one now as Rona going 4/2/4 and having the most gold on team - we got spanked. Bad).
I’m telling you, @coltonJW, the level of play right now is extremely poor by competitive MOBA standards. I’ve been around the block once or twice. The lack of map awareness, questionable build paths, etc, makes it so party queue is essential if you want to consistently climb ranks.
I will say this, and perhaps this belongs more in @hazeleyes “missing piece” thread - I do believe the lackluster UI, progression system, and poor functioning social system is why the players are “so bad.” How does this impact skillful gameplay? Good question. It doesn’t BUT - when you have a lot of MOBA enthusiasts who dabbled with VG while playing Dota2 and LoL, and then VG gets objectively worse over time with the overall environment of game, ALL those players leave, there are fewer content creators, fewer tournaments for players to watch and learn, and you’re leff with a far inferior play base than you had before.