Ok this will be an unpopular opinion, and people probably can't wait to tell me that noone here cares about OS. And the same would apply to me if OS didn't determine wich spots I'm able to pick. But sadly it does, so unless I'm willing to literally throw game after game by playing spots I have no knowledge about, I'm stuck with careing about my OS. Also it's just not fun playing something when you know you'll disappoint your team.
This wouldn't be a problem if there was a realistic way to play this game unranked, but there simply isn't. And no playing against AI or some funky lava T4 shenanigans won't teach me how to play new positions on supreme. For some reason noone (especially chev1-3) is willing to play a normal unranked lobby. Even on the weekends it takes like 1h to fill one just for it to die after literally the first game. I've tried and failed countless times.
So I find myself in this loop where I want to play, but being an eco/ geo main half my games are super frustrating as when I come online I'm already down 3 lanes (wich btw is 7min on geo and 15 on eco, it's not like I play SimCity). But there's no way of learning new spots because I can never find an unranked lobby.
So my only options now are to throw games and get sold by my mates until I've lost enough OS or keep playing only these 2 spots and get frustrated whenever we have poops on front or seas. And if I choose the first option I won't be able to play my actual main spots until I'm back up to like 22 OS
This game either needs an actual matchmaker or some incentive to play unranked, because the way it is like now I can't recommend anyone to start playing who's looking for a fun PvP experience.
And trust me I tried. "All Welcome" lobbies are hell because you have a chev1 VS. 30 OS chev6 on front and are one player down after 2min. "Mid" lobbies are filled with players that either perform 10 OS below or above their actual OS and are toxic as hell (still the best option tho). And in 30+ lobbies i would have to play sea or front every time unless I dodge half the matches (wich I hate doing) and they are even more toxic.
I'm open to suggestions but I think It's best for me to take a break. I really love this game and imo it's the best modern RTS out there, but with being forced to play ranked it's just not enjoyable for me.
Edit: I can't even make a new account, because I'll get banned. But somehow half the chev3's I see have like 25 OS. They are probably just fast learners right? :) Like what even is the point in trying to prevent smurfing when you don't have a matchmaker, your game has different ranks for each mode and the game/ Community wants you to not care about a rank anyway?
Edit2: I do realize how this is more a complaint about the community and not actually the game. As I said I think giving an incentive to play other modes than ranked (where OS gain is the incentive) might be a easy fix, but people could also just start playing unranked lobbies on their own terms.
Thanks for reading