This is why It's nearly impossible to rank up effectively in solo queue.

[Rufo.3716]

Literally had the whole team telling me I was dumb because I told them to leave the beasts alone and cap points. Seriously wish there was a way to not rank up without depending on who you get paired with or paired against.

Gets very frustrating when you get these types of games.

[LUST.2305]

Most games with solo queue have this problem. It's not unique to GW2. I do wish close games hurt less than full-blown stomps though (250+ point gap, lose more rating than a 1-point gap). Right now they are valued the same...which makes ranking up more of a luck-based-grind for those not in HS/freshman in university/one with no responsibilities and able to stay up 4-7AM to verse people 400 rating below you. :bleep_bloop:

However, let's take the closest example of a game that is very objective-based and heavily focuses on teamplay: Heroes of the Storm; which in my opinion has the best Solo Queue in any game I've played that has A) Objectives and B) Teamplay (you can't solo carry like other "MOBAs")

• Heroes of the Storm (HotS) handles Solo Queue (Hero League) extremely well. If you never played Ranked before (Hero League), and If you have an Unranked MMR (played Unranked), it takes that into consideration for your placements in Ranked. If you don't have Unranked games, it takes your Quick Match MMR. Quick Match/Unranked never get reset. While Ranked does if you skip a season. This makes "ranking up" in HotS actually compliment where you are skill-wise in all modes. For example, I placed in Plat 5 and ended in Plat 1 Season 1 2017 (HotS). This current season, the placement matches would pair me with people around Plat, and go up/down from there. The highest you can place is in Diamond (if you played the previous season and no matter your previous ranking), and the highest you can go is Grandmaster (where the leaderboard starts).

Does HotS still have problems? Yes, even with all this you still run into players that just try to micromanage everyone else. There are a lot of Heroes, a lot of maps, and a lot of possible playstyles for heroes. Some maps are better suited for certain heroes over another. A bad Hero pick on a certain map is almost as handicapping as a Thief running deadeye rifle.

At the same time, GW2 doesn't have that many factors for placements:

• Every season everyone gets a soft reset: (Previous Rating + 1200) * 0.5
• Unranked doesn't matter

This makes placements especially bad when coupled with the matchmaking algorithm. You can play at the right time and go 10-0, or play at the wrong time and go 0-10. Neither really accurate of where one should be placed. I've seen really good Plat players place in Gold 1 or really bad players placed in Plat. Eventually, they'll drop as long as they continue playing games...but there are many who just sit where they placed and play very minimally or off-hours to pad their stats.

That being said, there's a time for beasts and there's a time that you likely are more valuable helping your team capturing points before taking beasts. At the end of the day, the most decisive factor to rating up is: You. Sure it isn't easy to solo queue (literally all I do), but you can really see the limits of what you can accomplish this way and that's something most players ignore and just blame the team instead.

[Shooka.9712]

I know this is unpopular but you ranking up is entirely up to you, the enemy team will have just as many 'bad players' as your team does, you just cant or choose not to see it. If you're consistently playing better than your current rank you will rank up, and quite fast. In gw2 even more than other competative games, you have a lot more influence in every match than you maybe think.

[Mogar.9216]

never ever expect teammates to do what you want. Just play your best and try to carry.

[Morwath.9817]

Excuses, people always give Quaggan excuses.

[Nilkemia.8507]

PvP, good for nothing but reward tracks and dailies.