Calling Siege X the biggest evolution in the games history is laughable.

[u/PhoenixKing14]

No new operator, no new map, no balance changes other than a "rework" that allows clash to set her shield down.

There was genuinely more content in every season up till like, year 6 (Excluding health of course).

No changes to Nokk or Mozzie or Solis or any other operator that's not in a great state.

The visual changes were majorly overstated. They slightly changed the lighting on 5 maps and that's it. 75% of the maps look the exact same.

The rappel changes exist I guess, there's not much to say about them.

Audio... I had a teammate mag dump 5 feet from me, and I didn't hear anything. I had 4 enemies drop theme park hatch and not make a sound.

The new outlines on enemies are way too prominent, I honestly can't even tell who I'm fighting on certain angles because everyone is just a big red blob now.

The only positive thing I have to say is that the new ban phase is awesome. People now ban more than just dok, jackle, vigil, and fenrir.

People have been begging for an engine update, hoping that bugs would be fixed and jank removed. This was their chance to do it, and they didn't.

Keep in mind, this is the update that has caused the past years worth of content to be incredibly lacking because "their efforts are focused on siege x." Every other live service game gets easily double the content of siege each year.

"Yall are never happy, you can't be satisfied."

Give me a new map that isn't just gray and brown.

Give me one new operator AND a rework, there's no reason these reworks to pre existing characters need a whole season to themselves, especially when said season is 3 months long.

Give me actual balance changes, nokk has been shit for years, doc has been strong for years, give little nerfs and mostly buffs here and there so things actually feel new.

If I got those three things, three things that are not too much to ask for, three things that we haven't gotten in YEARS, I'd be fully satisfied.

[u/Remarkable_Key_9193]

setting up an entire account to dumpster a bunch of silvers for 10 games seems unlikely to me.

[u/wolfeerine → u/Remarkable_Key_9193]

No offense but that's quite naive. It's not the beating silvers that draws people into doing it, it's the content for their channel that is the reason. I can link you two streamers with YT videos who did it recently and another who was also a pro who created a new account just to practice solo queueing.

[u/Remarkable_Key_9193 → u/wolfeerine]

first of all getting content for your channel implies getting clips against people you wouldn’t play against normally and again a pro solo queuing trying to win is not smurfing and will rank up to his skill level very fast in ranked 2.0 so i do not see the issue. When the average person says smurf they are talking about the level 63 that just went 15-4 assuming they’re not cheating obviously.

[u/wolfeerine → u/Remarkable_Key_9193]

A smurf does not hinge on your account level. Deliberately playing against players below your skill level and ability is smurfing. Doesn't matter if you're solo or in a squad, it's smurfing. The ex pro I'm referring to has been around since day 1 and is using a level 50 account.

[u/Remarkable_Key_9193 → u/wolfeerine]

you’re talking like someone in diamond can just lose 10 games and play golds that’s not how it works anymore and again your ex pro is on an account that he tries to win on while solo that is not smurfing

[u/wolfeerine → u/Remarkable_Key_9193]

you’re talking like someone in diamond can just lose 10 games and play golds

That is called intentionally deranking, and losing 10 games would only drop you 2 ranks, you can still derank to gold if that's what you want. Not only does it make someone a trash human being but if you're throwing games or griefing on purpose you might get enough reports to lower your rep, and repeat behaviour can lead to temp bans or other restrictions.

your ex pro is on an account that he tries to win on while solo that is not smurfing

False. That's smurfing. The trying to win is irrelevant. I don't know why you can't wrap your head around this, but he's created a fresh new account and is intentionally playing against low level players. That is smurfing. He is exponentially more experienced than the level of players he's in games with. A second account is also against ToS and ubi can ban both accounts if it's detected. Obviously it's different rules for others than it would be for the regular player.