No Skill Rating changes

[thornographer]

With a 60%+ win rate and mostly-consistent top performing stats (sometimes I poop the bed) with friends (SR between Emissary and Archon) my skill rating has not changed from Initiate I...
When I used to play during Ranked matches I was high Emissary, so I assumed my MMR was just reset and would climb quickly...
My buddies ranks are changing after every match, all climbing somewhat, and here I am with the lowest possible rank...
I didn't want to complain and chalk it up as a bug or something but I've been playing a lot again recently and I haven't seen my rank change once, so I am getting a little concerned as to why that is.
PLEASE HELP!

 

[KELBErkawi]

Yup. I'm having the same problem. Won 8 games in a row and still initiate I

 

[vipmrtiger5]

similar problemAttach files

 

[PaveMentman]

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Echoing from some other threads mentioning this same issue:
This could simply an end-user UI/HUD-issue since there are still chances of being matchmade into "higher rank"-lobbies.

E.G. me who supposedly is still "unranked" have been match made into "Low Seeker" and "Low Alchemist"-lobbies, respectively:
https://statlocker.gg/match/38957320/summary
https://statlocker.gg/match/38878069/summary

Rest of matches I've participated on to those interested in:
https://statlocker.gg/profile/25016464/matches

At this point it's probably best to ignore the "ranks" for the most part.
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[luxelelios]

Yeah, exactly the same issue, I described it in a private post:

"I returned to Deadlock after a few months and started playing with a group. We have played nearly all games together this patch. After I got demoted to Initiate I due to a single loss of my initial game in my obscurus rank + the decay after months long absence, my rank stopped updating even though the rank of my teammates updates constantly after our wins and losses.

We play the same games, in the same lobbies, together, we win together and we lose together - their rank updates, and even moves up after wins, mine does not move at all. We win against teams of higher average rank - higher Initiate and Seeker - my rank still does not update, despite being the lowest rank in the game."

At this point it's probably best to ignore the "ranks" for the most part.

It is impossible to ignore though. I am designated to be Initiate I and I get constantly put with and against completely clueless players who I just end up stomping. I just had a game where at least 6-8 players out 12 were completely new to the game and these were their first few games ever in Deadlock (one of our teammates explicitly said so), likely because they just wanted to try the new patch.

It is neither fun nor interesting to stomp new players or for them to get stomped, it also is not fun to have to play with completely clueless people who barely have a basic understanding of the game. If ranks did not affect the quality of your games, that would be one thing, but they clearly do.

 

[adrianbejan]

It has nothing to do with top performing stats. The rank system is disgustingly poor, they refuse to fix it. You can be mvp every match (highest k/d, highest damage, a million assists, a million objective damage ) but if your team looses you still downrank.
My advice is to completely ignore the rank and stack the lobbies as hard as you can. Might be the only way to play this game for now