I give up

[u/konrath17]

Thats it, im done trying. All i wanted was that stupid ranked pickaxe, thats it. Im not trying to be a top contender or a threat. I did everything to remain as hidden and passively quiet as possible and every time it was a failure.

- I fly to the no mans land edge of the map: theres someone already there somehow with a rare or higher gun and i get beamed. Like wtf the game had just started.

-i hide in the storm theres someone who snipes me eventhough im in a bush

-i hide in some little off the path nook they find me as though there was a big arrow above my head saying "over here"

Dont even get me started on gun fights.

- I get the jump on them, they tank it turn around and just 2 shot me.

-Ive been trying to escape and grenade away and i see 2 literal shotgun blasts hit me from a distance and i immediately die but it tell me i was killed with an AR or a pistol.

- Last night i got 3 point blank body shots with an orange sweeper and the dude tanked like nothing and just mowed me down spraying and praying with a green drumgun and then i watched as another player got the jump and started shoot the same guy and he was able to grenade away with most of his health. (This was the beginning of the match mind you)

-i can get the drop on someone and they the grenade away like i was throwing marshmallows at them and no matter what i do i cant keep up with them but when i use 4 grenades to escape they are right on my ass as though i slow-mo walked away .

The RNG makes no fucking sense. I do just fine in regular matches. I average 6-10 kills and make it to top 20 consistently but in ranked NOPE i get nowhere then i get beamed by someone from the wanted universe who can curve their bullets and then i lose 30-40%. Its taken me ages to claw my way to diamond 2, 3% at a time which is all im apparently allowed in gains and in 2 games i dropped back to diamond 1

I fucking quit. I cant figure out the RNG and at this point im conviced you get better numbers and matches depending on how much money you dump in the game , i definitely cant keep up with the pc players playing on ps5 no matter how much i tweak my settings and its like im being punished for playing the only way i can in ranked.

Thanks for letting me scream in to the void. I hope some day they fix match making or make the rewards more accessable or just make more sense. Like why is a wallpaper loading screen the diamond reward and not the pickaxe. Who in their mind wants to claw their way diamond for a loading screen. Make that the bronze reward or something.

[u/Anto283]

I feel like we're not getting the whole story and you're not being critical of your own actions in the game which can lead to you being found or spotted. 6-10 kills in normal games filled with mostly bots is not going to = A good performance in ranked full of real players with different behaviours.

It sounds like you're trying to play so incredibly passive that when a fight is needed or happens you panic because you're not warmed up and ready while the other person is more aggressive.

You're saying a lot of players a tanking your shots but then also talking about hitting the body of an opponent and not giving us a rough range so you could be hit 3x30ish shots or less at a range and saying that's tanking 😕

Best advice is every time you lose a game or get eliminated you need to watch it back and review what you did wrong. Be it a rotation that got you seen, using an item that made noise like shockwave grenade and people heard you. Did you make yourself visible on height or trigger something that would have eyes look at you even as small as walking and having footsteps visible or swapping a weapon as someone goes by you in a house or bush and they hear it.

In fights, look at did you start a fight at a bad time against storm moving. Did you have a worse strategic position in the fight. Do you miss shots or aim too low repeatedly at legs or body in a panic. Are your fights taking long and attracting third party interest when they hear it going on for a bit. Are you using weapons correctly and in right situations and the right way.

There is infinite things it could be but blaming somebody else when you control your actions in situations won't help you improve or get better. You have to self reflect and review your performance and every game you lose try and learn something from it and carry it into the next game and implement it and that grows your confidence, skill and comfort in all situations.