Question to players

[Tridus]

That's exactly what they would do. They would purposely drop their rank.

Or they use "smurf" (secondary) accounts.

This is rampant in other games that use ranking systems.

Ranking systems in games are usually competitive. Dropping your rank deliberately gets you easier matches and effectively lets you stomp on newbies or players well below you.

While I'm sure you could do it in a cooperative game... what's the point? You'd be putting yourself into a lower rank to get slower dungeons because reasons?