At current, a bronze player can't play with anyone above gold and vice versa. I think this should change. There are currently thousands of players in bronze that could easily keep up in gold or plat but by solo queueing without their friends they can't make the climb.
I think by having these it adds a lot to toxicity and people's negative behavior because they feel they're stuck there unjustly (and rightly so) and are forced to solo when they could be playing with friends.
As a bronze player who feels he is lower than he should be (and is currently in promos to silver), this is a terrible idea. On the one hand, you can attribute toxicity to people feeling they're stuck where they are unjustly, but it's just that kind of behavior that they need to learn to control before they're ready at higher ranks. Even if they could keep up mechanically or with rotations and other things that just don't exist in bronze, they NEED to learn to control that toxicity, as that is what's keeping them from climbing.
In addition, removing the rank caps in combination with Dynamic Queue would be the ultimate way to make the boosting industry extremely profitable. The higher ranks would suddenly be inundated with people who don't belong there, people who paid to be boosted or were boosted by friends to a much higher rank than they deserve. The average rank of players would first shift up, then shift down because the people who deserve to be higher up would be losing games because of the boosted bronze players.
yeah a lot of players that could be boosted by their friends cant because of the rank cap. sad times
Ummm no? As someone who climbed out of Bronze by myself last year and will likely get placed there this year too (and plan to climb out myself) I would find it disturbing if they removed the ranked caps. Last thing I need is Bronze facing Plat 'cause he/she was carried there. I do not think they can immediately keep up either, that is the minority of Bronze players. After a few dozen games....maybe...immediately--not likely. Their team would always start on the back-foot and the enemy team would get less LP if they win due to the low opponent skill level (that's how LP is calculated) so it would make it a living hell for Plat/Gold etc. to climb. Gotta look at both sides.
If I saw a god damn bronze player in my rank games, I would just give up.
Lot of complete ignorance in these comments.
