I play solo squad ranked (FPP) most of the time (about 85% of the time, unless my friends are online after their work). As I reached Platinum about 5 days ago I realized that it was way harder than Gold. I had to be like top 30% at least to get points if I don't get any kills.

How much harder is it in Crystal? And do I need to actually get kills at this point to get +RP?

Thank you so much.