For context I was gold 1-2 last split. First time i ever played ranked beyond placements. I couldn’t quite get to platinum(lost promos 4 times). I wanted to improve and get to plat this split, but because of emerald it got handed to me, felt completely meaningless. I then got to emerald 4 it dosent feel like an accomplishment because i cannot tell if i improved. I have two other accounts i play different roles on and they are now both gold, which was my goal for them. However getting it feels meaningless because i didnt actually improve to gold skill level with those roles. gold is now just the new silver. anyone else feel lost in the new ranked system unable to tell if they actually improved at all?
If you care that much, look at your top percentile on websites like op.gg. Old plat was like top 9-12% (i think?) so a good goal for you would be top 10% maybe.
Yeah It’ literally designed to make former silver players feel better about themselves. I’m in plat and it’s like “cool I’m pretty much gold again”.
this is why you should keep track of your percentile placement each season
op.gg gives a fairly good idea and if you are diamond one season and masters the next, if you are unsure about whether or not you actually improved, you can just look at the percentage you reside in
If you improved you will be in Diamond, Emerald ll is old Gold 1 - 2, D4 to E1 are old Plat and everything else is just normal Diamond.
Look at rank percentages.