Overwatch 2 recreation director Aaron Keller addressed quite a few points with the sport’s ranked mode right this moment in his Director’s Take weblog publish on the official OW web site. And whereas he expressed sympathy for pissed off gamers, he stopped wanting saying that plenty of modifications are coming rapidly.
Referencing a YouTube video by the content material creator Eskay that outlines quite a few methods wherein the Overwatch 2 ranked system is problematic, Keller admitted his group is working to repair plenty of the problems gamers have with the present system. However we received’t see lots of these modifications come to the sport for a short while.
“I agree with plenty of what has been stated—and I need to share a glimpse into what the event group is pondering and the path that we’re more likely to go along with Aggressive sooner or later,” Keller stated. “The group has been engaged on modifications to our Aggressive mode for a while, however average to main modifications to the mode received’t discover their approach into the sport till someday down the highway. I received’t be capable of deal with each problem that individuals are discussing on this piece, however I want to deal with a number of the main ones.”
Keller was fast to notice {that a} lack of transparency that beforehand existed within the authentic iteration of Overwatch appears to be a sticking level for a lot of gamers. Cases of gamers getting demoted after profitable extra video games than they misplaced actually really feel unhealthy for these gamers, and that’s one thing the devs intend on fixing.
“Some suggestions we’ve heard in regards to the present system is that you simply’re not happy with how a lot details about the match, and your progress is hidden from you,” Keller stated. “Going ahead, we’re shifting our values to supply extra transparency to the mode. This doesn’t essentially imply that the older talent ranking measurement is or isn’t coming again. As we proceed to iterate on the chances, we very a lot respect your continued suggestions. We would like you to have a greater understanding of what your true rank is and why wins and losses trigger it to maneuver up or down based mostly on the final talent stage of all gamers in a match.”
Whereas the publish in its 1,000-plus phrase entirety got here throughout as understanding and apologetic, it nonetheless lacked readability on precisely what gamers ought to anticipate and after they can anticipate it. So it actually looks like Blizzard needs to do proper by gamers, however till we get dates and specifics on modifications, the feedback really feel like lip service for players who’ve been aggravated with ranked Overwatch for a while.
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