Quote Originally Posted by ShirakoTheFirst View Post
All I'm asking is a way to eventually earn commendation crystals through time invested.
If I understand your point right, then I'd also assume that you share the same feelings for Ultimate weapons only being locked behind clearing an ultimate? Maybe there should be a way to earn a fraction of an ultimate token's worth if the game is somehow able to detect that you cleared a phase or something?
It's not a very popular opinion, but it's fair, I guess.
Personally I don't think time invested alone amounts to anything, because you could've been doing anything in that time, such as trolling your team and running into the enemy team to die. Not an activity that makes sense to reward.

I think climbing is hard because the queue rarely pops from Bronze to Platinum, and when it does pop, you're usually going to play the same 10 people for a good while, which means a higher chance to get someone on your team that doesn't know what Recuperate is. The only advice I have to offer is to unlock all your jobs and play as one that someone you don't want on your team is playing.
Diamond to Crystal is where the queue pops more often, and also where you'll see an extreme shift of playstyle to targeting one person with stuns, silence, and burst damage at a time. I think it's a significant learning curve here, as you'll have to adjust to bait cooldowns and figure out when it's time for your team to be defensive or offensive.