Quote Originally Posted by BloodRubyXII View Post
Unranked is dead though, so you'd actually be further gating people from playing ranked when getting queues at Bronze/Silver a few weeks after the season starts is already difficult enough.
That's part of why I said it, to make it not dead any more. If something is a requirement it means it needs to be played.

If queues are that bad in ranked (you're right, I have to stop at silver because can't get matches any more) then I think progression through ranks should be based more on some individual metric rather than team win or loss, and you can put everyone into the same queue then instead of only your rank+1.

I know that makes downsides to match quality, but can't get matches at all in the current system if joining season late. I like to play other content first, the new content they add in patches...