Problem getting into a higher league

also note: I started thinking of this recently because i started squadding again and realized that when i was put in a champions/experts league match i was quite easily holding my own against players in several league levels higher than myself, and i have higher lvl bots and better Avg-D than many of them did. thats when I thought, "wait, what am i doing wrong if this guy is in champions?"

If you are winning more than you are losing, and finishing near the top all the time, your rise is inevitable. Sounds like you're having fun as well, so good on ya!

If you want a yardstick, my hangar was around 7/8 when leagues started, and I was placed at the top end of silver 2. I climbed through silver and gold very quickly, running close to 76% win rate. Diamond 1 appears to be where I have topped out, as I have been here all month. Gear is currently 10/10, working on starting weapons up to 11. Most of my matches now feature masters and experts. Win rate around 50%. Some games I'm the hammer, and some games I'm the nail.

Mostly I agree with the other posters. Why rush the journey when there is NOTHING to benefit from going up leagues except harder matches and less rewards. Oh you do get a small one time promotion bonus but it isn't worht it for that.

My guess is that you aren't doing enough damage to rise up. Let me explain my assumption: you are winning and kicking but YEAH!!! but you usually don't take top 3 damage enough (you mention that recently you have so I imagine things will change quickly) so your wins in league points are not terribly spectacular but your losses are probably larger than your wins thus you can have a greater than 50% win percentage and still not progress. Look at your average gain/loss of league points and that should tell you the real story.

Also to a lesser extent I am guessing you are getting a speed bump since where you are playing not all bots have maxed speed, so you are possibly winning by capping beacons before you can jump into a knifer and rack up damage.

Lastly, and I can't speak directly to this since I don't know your league might be artificially much tougher due to the artificial inhabitation of tankers making it more difficult for you to rise up. Ironically, a few leageus up might be easier for you if you can leave the 12/12 tanking crews behind.

Again though, will stress if you are having fun why screw it up?

I had average 6/7 for my hangers when the League started, I play 25~30 matches/wk and it takes TWO months for me from Silver 3 to Silver 1.
now I have all 7/8 ~ 9/8 for my hanger and yes I feel that it getting harder into a higher tier -
I guess it's because the hangers of the same tier stronger - if you ever had a look over the hangers of Silver 3 in the early days, much of them are just H 6/5~ 6/7 but when I left Silver 3 I did see a noticeable raise of the average power.

there's one more thing, and happened to me when qualify either for Silver 2 or Silver 1 : when your win rate is raising you may lose more for the following matches; I don't know if there's any particular matchmaking to make this but my recommendation is whenever you won a few and almost there, stop, and then back to the game some hours later; don't rush.

sometime I miss the old MM, I can play it just for fun and use those funny weapons as I like.


  

Just keep on keeping on, youll get there as long as you try. I hovered between expert I and master III for what seemed like an eternity before finally breaking through. Now it's getting from master II to master I...... ugh.

Just keep pounding it. End of and beginning of leagues is always fraught with turbulence.

Dont sweat it.