>>58789617Think about the start of a new season. Everyone gets their placement matches, and then gets exactly matched to their rank based on their skill.
Realistically, you're not going to get much better in the 3 months of the season so your rank will barely change, which is not fun because no number go up.
Instead, Apex makes rank about commitment instead of skill. As long as you play and do average, your rank will go up without your skill changing.
But then means Apex then needs to ignore rank when matchmaking, so two good players will be matched, even if one is silver and the other is plat.
