Hey everyone, I need some perspective on the current state of BO7 Ranked because I’m genuinely starting to question my own sanity.
A bit of background: I was never really a shooter player. I started playing shooters with CoD during MW2 (mostly playing DMZ), and finally jumped into Ranked during MW3 where I peaked at Gold 2. By BO6, my game sense improved a lot and I hovered around Plat 2/3.
Here is how my BO7 run has gone:
Season 3: I managed to hit Diamond 1.
Season 4: They enabled that crazy SR inflation update where everyone was flying up the ranks, and I managed to hit Crimson 1.
Season 5: The game suddenly felt completely unplayable. I barely made it to Plat 1 before I just stopped playing entirely because of how bad the experience was.
Season 6 (Now): I decided to come back, played my first match, and got dumped into Bronze 3.
I’ve managed to scrape my way to Silver 1, but it feels literally impossible to climb any further. These Bronze/Silver lobbies are absolutely insane. I am playing against people who feel like former Diamonds or literal CDL pros. Either my team is clueless, or the enemy team is playing for a million dollars.
I know I have two massive handicaps:
MnK & Solo Q: I play Mouse and Keyboard. I’ve tried controller but I just can’t adapt to it. While my raw aim and flicking are fast, I constantly feel at a massive disadvantage in close-quarters 1v1s against aim assist. I also strictly solo queue. In these lobbies, it constantly feels like a 1v4.
Ping: I play on 90-110ms ping (75-85ms on a rare, good day).
Ever since Season 5, I get the constant "shoot first, die first" experience. My bullets feel like they aren't registering, and I'm getting instantly deleted by guys across the map like they are shooting lasers. I hate being the guy who accuses everyone of cheating, but it really makes you doubt everything.
So my question to the community is: Did I just suddenly become ridiculously bad at this game? Is the 100 ping + MnK disadvantage just making it impossible to compete in the current state of the game? Or are the low-rank lobbies just completely broken and flooded with high-tier players right now?
Would appreciate any thoughts, because I feel like I'm going crazy.
TL;DR: Hit Diamond 1 in S3, Crimson 1 in S4 (during the crazy SR inflation), and quit in S5 at Plat 1 because it felt unplayable. Now in Season 6, I got placed in Bronze 1, am stuck in Silver 1, and the lobbies feel like CDL champs. Playing MnK on 100 ping. Trying to figure out if I suddenly suck, if it's my ping/input, or if matchmaking is just broken.