Ranked is mega unpopular even though it offers the same rewards as Unranked

[Ransu]

Yes it is. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...llineconflict/

Top 3 conveniently have the same first name.

Also https://youtu.be/Ncy6Mgv5K14

Look, I never said there are no cheaters. I have a clip from my stream of a player literally blipping out of existence and appearing somewhere else back in season 2. They are definitely out there, but ranked isn't infested with them and I honestly haven't seen any cheaters in awhile. There's also always going to be win traders, especially in less popular games where its easier to do it, but it doesn't mean EVERYONE is doing it. Its also entirely possible Jay is just extremely good, but I don't really care enough about the top 10 to really look into what that player is doing because I've also been in similar scenarios in similarly less popular games like dead or alive 6 where the skill level is extremely low on the xbox compared to playstation as all the good players play on playstation and I would routinely go on 50+ win streaks and topped the leaderboards for several characters. Got called a win trader/cheater quite frequently, so excuse me if I tend to not jump down on every claim that someone is cheating just because they are better than me.

The only reason I play ranked is for the skill level. Playing casual mode with jobs you're trying to learn is all fine and dandy, but with the jobs you actually have experience with, it's just seal clubbing, and it doesn't challenge you nor punish you for playing sloppy.

Ya which is why it really sucks that queue times are so long for ranked.