Quote Originally Posted by Nakanishi View Post
RNG shouldn't be a given obstacle, its the big factor as to why despite people playing hundreds of matches, they barely move at all.
When it comes to luck in matchmaking, I'm not going to argue the point. For the most part, I actually agree with your sentiments on how utterly easy it is to get royally fucked by the terrible "balancing" job that the DF does. I've been in and out of Gold something like 3 or 4 times now, and I know that the smart thing to do would have been to just quit when I was ahead. If I'd done that, I would still be sitting pretty for the season ... but I also wouldn't have been playing, and I certainly wouldn't be hypocritical enough to pretend I wasn't exploiting a horribly broken system.

Further, it's not just 1 or 2 people who stop queuing. It can be anywhere from 1-100 people, all of whom are trying to protect their rank. Given how small the PvP community is, that's a huge hit to the queue line. It's fine and dandy to say that it's easier to climb when the top players are out of the way (which is not necessarily true, but whatever), but you can't climb at all if you can't get in. There's already been a post right here in this thread from your server which claims an hour queue and no match in sight. That doesn't make it easier to climb. That makes it impossible to climb. Either way, the bottom line is that people wouldn't stop queuing to protect their rank if it didn't work. It does, which is why it's by far the most common way of maintaining position on any Data Centre.

Now, again, SE is still the biggest offender here, because it's their dumb-ass system. I agree that it definitely doesn't produce the most conducive environment for good and healthy competition. Some odds are just too high to beat, but I do place a lot of value on experience. You don't get experience by sitting on your thumbs, so the total matches played does count for something. The competition might be totally bogus and twisted, but it's still there. The same can't be said for a dead queue.

Quote Originally Posted by Nakanishi View Post
No one is trying to intimidate average-ness, I'm talking directly to you, just as you are me. I'll rephrase for you. Februs, you are not good enough to weigh in when it comes to comparing Aether vs Primal high skill levels. Yes, I would love to fight Primal people, particular you at this point in some Light Party games. Would be a landslide against you. lol
And, this is where you lost me. The second you resort to a "my penis is bigger than your penis" argument is the second I simply can't take you seriously anymore; although, it is amusing to see someone behave in such a juvenile fashion lol.

I'm assuming your self-assured assumption on a landslide victory comes from a judgement based on our respective ranks? If so, I find that hilarious considering you just made a very valid and serious argument concerning how heavily RNG effects the success rate of solo-queue. The sound of the other shoe is echoing for miles lol. Sadly for you, I don't consider ego masturbation a valid or convincing argument. Sorry, but the simple fact is that you don't know a damn thing about me, how I play, or how good or bad I may or may not be; just as I don't know how good or bad you may or may not be. The number next to your name doesn't mean a damn thing to me. What you can do in the arena is all that matters. As I said before, lacking first hand experience allows me to give you the benefit of the doubt, but that's all you're getting. Maybe, one day (if SE gets their heads out of their butts), we might be able to go head to head and see what happens, but until then it's all just hot air. I have much more pressing and real opponents to deal with on Primal.