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Quote from fabjx71 >>

"Mind, I have never been legend, mainly because I usually don't play meta decks  but I can easily realise that my overall win rate now is a lot worse than it used to be with the old system. Just my two cents"

I don't think that you have never been legend because you don't play meta decks, lots of people don't do that.  It just means that you probably aren't legend material.  I'm not, most of the players who play aren't.  Nothing to be ashamed of.

 

 And? What does that have to do with anything?

Quote from Geoff >>

 This. With previous ranking system you would climb some, then started seeing more and more tier 1 decks and drop. The only difference now is that there is a floor below which you can't drop. So would you rather make it harder for others to climb, by deleting the floors, jsut because you happen to climb too high for your own potential? Then don't climb, concede the game, which would make you advance to the next floor.

 

What are you talking about? Floors have always been there. Maybe different but they prevented you to drop too much just like now

Ok I try to explain the issue a bit better. Common case scenario:

Win streak, and by win streak I don't mean a couple of wins but at least 4-5. It is obvious that at a certain  point I start losing again and my win rate is readjusted, this was the case also with the old system. What happens to me now regularly is that EVERY TIME I have such a win streak it immediately follows a loss-streak at least just as long. Now THIS is new. And this is unfair because the system matches me with better players REGARDLESS of my rank and not just once  but repeatedly. There is no other way to explain it.

Quote from The_Duke >>

The new system works with powerful bonus stars and more floors you can't fall below. 

If you're good and your deck is capable of climbing you should gain more ranks than lose. Especially if you play below diamond 5.

So you could say it should be easier with the new system than before. 

 Of course I mean after finishing the bonus stars. The bonus stars are there because everybody restarts from the same rank

Where do I say in my post that I want to make it to legend?

All I want to is not being overly punished for having a win streak. Seriously in the old system I never experienced the situation that whenever I had a win streak this was immediately followed by an inexplicable loss streak that pushed me all the way back. This is happening now!

It does two things:

1) It greatly disadvantages average f2p players like me

2) It kills the creativity of the game.

I play at platinum rank and mainly self-brewed decks that I find fun to play and I manage to stir my deck and win sometimes also vs similarly ranked players who play tier 1/2 decks. Now what happens is that as soon as I have a decent win rate the system immediately and repeatedly matches me vs legend players who play high tier decks forcing me into loss streaks that push my rank back and making it almost impossible for me to progress. Mind, I have never been legend, mainly because I usually don't play meta decks  but I can easily realise that my overall win rate now is a lot worse than it used to be with the old system.

So basically playing an off meta deck is a lot more punishing now and players are even more discouraged to do so than before. Also the fact that you're not matched to equally ranked players frustrates your effort to climb the ladder as an occasional player who does not play so often. 

Just my two cents