My friend and I play hots 3-4 times a week (~3-4 games per session) with a little more on the occasionally free weekends. We were plat/diamond. Now that we’ve hit master/diamond we cannot play together which makes us ask “What do we do now?”. Yes, we will try some unranked but it doesn’t feel the same.
We prefer ranked for 2 reasons. Games are played more strategically and with points they feel more impactful.
A simple post explaining a (edge?) case where party restrictions might not be perfected yet.