The last four or so games I have played all have come down to who has the better/bigger stack of players. As a solo player i feel like it has been not fun nor rewarding overall whether I won or loss. I know it’s only a week in so I will continue to play but it feels so much worse personally than it did last season so far. Specific problems for me: the connections are sketchy, people are quitting really often, spawns are being flipped cause the stacks just camp them, and I never really feel like I contribute in a meaningful way to my team when I am on a team with a 4+ stack.
I also have been finding it hard to play with non meta weapons or just trying something new. I am genuinely uninterested in playing crucible on my other characters because I know I am not as good with them but will be in the same lobbies. Also I just don’t feel like I am as good as the people in my lobbies are. It feels way more sweaty in every match I have played.
Now I don’t know how other peoples experiences are overall. I hope the experience for other players have been fun overall because it’s been kinda rough for me. I don’t know if this is the right direction for the game mode in my opinion. I would rather get blown out by a solo player getting 10+ kda in a connection based Freelance every once in a while than this.
From what I have heard stacks can match down if they have someone from a lower skill ladder in them. I would really look at that if it’s true. Not only would it encourage stacking (which in and of itself is not an issue because people should enjoy the game with friends but as a mainly solo player I might as well be playing d1 blindfolded half the time) it also completely defeats the purpose of the ladder in the first place. People in that upper echelon of skill should never be in my lobbies when I already am playing people around my skill level. It makes it almost impossible to have a balanced lobby. It just really exacerbates my main problem with sbmm as a concept: you have to be your best with the most meta load outs to have a shot at winning.
Sorry for the essay, I just wanna give my early and honest feedback. Also sorry for the redundancy in parts.
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I understand, it's even so difficult to impossible for me to get the SUROS Regime Catalyst. I can't go into the Vex Underworld and defeat Atheon to obtain the Vex Mythoclast. Yes I am talking about the Vault of Glass and these sweaty Tryhards make the Iron Banner into a torture fest until your mind breaks down. Seriously, just let me have the Catalyst and then I will be free from this prison.