Unsatisfied Apex Legends Players Criticize Flawed Ranking System as Masters Tier Loses Significance

By Carlton Murphy Last updated Jul 2, 2023

Players of Apex Legends are once more venting their frustrations about the game’s ranking system as more people get promoted to one of the game’s highest ranks, Masters. Players of Apex Legends did not have a positive experience with the ranked competition during Season 17. As the number of accounts in Masters continues to rise, a growing number of high-level players have voiced dissatisfaction with how ranks are distributed.

According to a service that tracks rankings, around 17% of the total player base in Apex Legends is now in the Master’s tier as this article was written. Even gamers with no direct connection to the Apex Legends esports scene, such as leakers and managers, are beginning to enter the top ranks. ‘Minus tempo,’ a player-manager for TSM, said on Twitter that they have recently ranked up to Masters and referred to the ranking badge as a “participation badge.”‘minus tempo also shared their accomplishment. They remarked that the logo had lost all of its significance.

Players in Apex Legends criticize the game’s overblown Masters rank

The manager continued by stating that no professionals are interested in grinding in ranked anymore because their lobbies are frequently populated with players who are not genuinely at their skill level or by bots. “When you consider everything, ranked is essentially just pubs with more opportunities to snipe streams, and there is no ranked system. I shouldn’t even be in the master’s program. “At best, my shooting ability is Gold or Plat,” they remarked.

S17 Apex Ranked

1. Masters is a participation badge for those who sucked at the game and the badge is now meaningless.

2. System won't be hotfixed because it would invalidate the entire season till now.

3. We don't even know if they are planning to change it for Season 18… pic.twitter.com/WnVZrsoZdG
— minustempo (@_minustempo) June 30, 2023

Apex players who believe that the present system is in a good place are either delusional or deliberately lying to themselves, according to Minustempo, who cast aspersions on these players during his stream.

The community is on the same page as the manager, as answers to his article either support his position or provide personal anecdotes about how they worked their way up through the ranking system. One of the responses included the following: “I’ve been pushing masters for the past few seasons but wasn’t able to make it, and now I made it with ease, and it didn’t feel rewarding at all.” It made me feel like I had been cheated out of the opportunity to get my master’s degree.