Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
de-ranking is fine. The problem is crystal should be crystal only given that it has an entirely different ranking progression. They shouldn't be mixing diamond players into the crystal ranks.
If they implemented this as their solution, I'd be fine with it, but I'd rather they simply remove the Diamond-Platinum de-rank because:

1. The Crystal population isn't always big enough to support Crystal-only games. There are barely enough Crystal players to support a single Crystal-only match on Materia, for example. Also imagine you're the first person to make it to Crystal in a new season. Then what? You can't queue up anymore because there's nobody to play with.

2. Diamond players need exposure to Crystal skill. Otherwise, the problem remains unchanged. Diamond players will still get destroyed by super-veteran Crystal players as soon as they set foot in Crystal, and then they have to spend a bunch of time fighting Diamond/Platinum players that aren't as skilled.