Why I'm posting

I had a conversation in the PVP channel just now that had me thinking. Someone was asking for people to queue solo ranked, but I'm only slightly less garbage than a total newbie to PVP and have no business queuing for that. I'm valor 61, have my appropriate gear, stats, tactical, and all the trimmings that I need. I do well in unranked warzone objectives, but I'm still not nearly as effective as I should be in 4v4. What I really need now is practice. Practice that I cannot honestly get.

 

The Problem

In the current system, you need to queue for warzones with no way to control if you get an objective-based warzone or a 4v4 arena style. These two styles of gameplay are drastically different, and it creates a problem for those who are trying to individually, or even as a 4 man team, get better at PVP. I know I need to learn how to prioritize targets, how to manage CC, when to cloak out, when to come in, how to work with a 4 man team, etc. I can't do that properly in a warzone, those are objective-based games that require different skillsets (although, yes, many overlap). The reality is that this only serves to encourage kill-farming premade 4-mans that just make unranked warzones hell.

 

Proposed Solution

My suggestion is that devs give us a separate queue for unranked Group and Solo Queue 4-man arenas.

 

Rationale

I understand pre-season gives some time for practice without ranking consequences, but there's a need for more space for intermediate skill level teams that want to learn, and there's a big need for individuals who want to queue without pissing off ranked players that don't want scrubs in their teams. There's a lot of hate directed towards the PVP community for being "Toxic" towards people solo-queueing in ranked without knowing what they're doing, but I don't think it's toxic to want a space where a higher level of competition is expected. We just need more options for those who aren't there yet. The proposed solution provides options for those who want to try and are doing more than just farming for POs or CP.

I agree with this 100%. I need a way to get experience for ranked pvp without having to q ranked and just get destroyed right out of the gate. We do need an intro to ranked warzone.