This is bulls#! * It's becoming impossible to rank up out of iron because of players going afk and players who have never played before. I feel there needs to be a higher threshold in place before people should be allowed to play comp

If ive never played a ranked game of valorant, should i do my placement games/start grinding now, or am i better off playing normals till next season and then start playing ranked? Or maybe it doesnt matter at all?