Ranked is far more interesting than casual! From my experience the ranking system makes it very addictive; the gambling element is really there. Ranked is also much more aggressive and toxic which can be testing for those who respond to such things emotionally. You are not likely to make any friends there since everyone is sus and you literally cannot tell who is a friend or a foe (this is further complicated by tons of alts). It gets worse the closer to the top you are, you will know you are high enough once the hellos stop complately. Players fear being ostracized and rightfully so! It's very understandable. Regardless, I do wish more laid back people would join and dilute all the toxicity. I just wouldn't want anyone to do that at the expense to their mental health <3

Unranked IS kinda silly but great for practicing. Also it helps to go for a few unranked matches or frontlines before ranked cc simply to detach emotionally and get into the swing of it. I'm not sure if there is a need to say this but for those who are planning on doing ranked, stay away from discord and pvp community unless vulgar and dodgy behaviour are to your taste...or you want to test your stoic stance.

If you are playing ranked cc on regular, at least ask yourself, how addicted do you consider yourself to be and what is the element that you find most compelling. I find that there is no other content that pushes you this hard to respond fast and make quick decisions in a changing environment, the margin of error is huge and every team member owns a fair chunk of it but that is what makes it fun.