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I go into ranked modes to chill with games I enjoy. Why? I am (in games with a good ranking system) placed into games with others who play at about my skill level, which makes the game more fun - and I can usually play a full game in ranked, whereas people are more likely to quit early or just not try at all in quick play modes. Do people complain if I'm not meta? Sometimes, sure - but I just think about how they're still the same rank as me anyways and I don't sweat it too much. Its fun.
I met some good friends during my days of online multiplayer. I’m still glad those days are behind me. I’m pretty much exclusively a single player gamer now. When I do need to scratch the multiplayer itch I play boardgames with friends.
Not saying this approach is for everyone! But some single player games and some in person gaming may be nice to mix in. Anyway, whatever you choose to do, I hope you have some good experiences in the near future!
Don’t play ranked then
Play casual
plays casual
Same meme
My friend group refers to Left 4 Dead 2 versus mode as "the grand finals" for this reason; the players in it treat it like it's the most important event that's ever happened in their life, and a single mistake is completely unacceptable
It's not even a ranked thing, but it's why I'm sticking to my friend group or solo for monster hunter wilds.
"YOU ARENT RUNNING META!? IM OUT!" ...thanks for forcing the monster to be scaled for multiplayer now that I have to solo it...
Meanwhile I'm running wide range drinking 50 fucking pots a hunt making everyone invincible.
Don't play COD 2v2 Gunfight then. This is where the demons go when bored.
They aren't sweaty lobbies, despite what people think. They are usually ice cold assassins testing their tactics and skill against other ice cold assassins. Occasionally some new players wander in, and it's a bad time for them. The tough ones take their 6-0 loss like champs. The cheaters cry. Not your thing? Play Valheim on an easy setting cooperatively and enjoy. Something for everyone.
Is this like a bit?
When Halo 2 and Xbox Live came out, i was so pumped to finally get to play some new people...
I prefer offline solo games now.
Yeah. The most I'll do with playing with other people is co-op. PvP is just exhausting now a days. Helldivers is good for filling that gap for me at least.
Part of why I like Helldivers is that there's some element of shenanigans baked in.
That and the community is usually pretty solid. It is exceedingly rare for me to end up diving with someone who is a douchebag or not a team player. Everyone just wants to help everyone else and spread managed democracy. I tend to get on the mic and roleplay it up to help out for extra energy lol I'm the dude pulling Starship Trooper quotes out of his ass
I hate to say it but sometimes I get a lvl 150 on my team (I'm 120) or I join 150 person they take it so seriously like it's their day job. They get killed by something once by you it's "I better not die again or I will kick you". You ran in front of my line of fire, what?! Other than that great times all around!
Ranked is for being a try hard and coordinating with a decent amount of game knowledge. People are gonna get heated and toxic, you're playing with humans.
Just play unranked with comms off when you just wanna chill??
Just play unranked with comms off when you just wanna chill??
The issue comes from the fact that any games with a ranked mode also have a perpetually fucked casual mode. They stopped doing anything with 'skill based matchmaking' and just lump you in with whoever is available. So you've got ranked players who are toxic as hell who go into casual to test things or just be dicks in the exact same lobby as people who are just wanting to vibe and play the game after a long day of work.
I've completely given up on any games that have any ranked modes in them at all because this shit always fucking happens. Casual gaming is being consistently abandoned by game developers for competetive modes. Locking out anyone who just wants to relax and play a game. Like I used this example elsewhere, but I have others. This just comes to mind to me because it bugs me. Yugioh Master Duel. You will NEVER find a casual game there. Everything is meta'd to hell. Why? Because ranked players use casual to test their stuff. Casual players then have to start acting like ranked players in order to even play. So if someone comes in and wants to play a casual game, you are going to get instantly cheesed by broken ranked decks.
It just happens constantly across everything. Ranked mode is introduced and it pushes all the casual players out and leaves hostile competetive bullshit.
In Halo they've given up on moderating unranked. Unranked is where ranked people to to "practice" now, you can see their shitty clans running around and 360 no scoping all of us just trying to chill. Inevitably every game is crazy one sided, they high five and move on, and we get swamped 50-13
The trick is to either not give a shit or be amused by their rage over something that should be trivial.
The reason I can't quite get into Deadlock
IF YOU AREN'T PLAYING YOUR MAIN YOU'RE GRIEFING MY GAME