Overwatch 2 changes to ranked is encouraging players to stop playing

Players person realised that simply not playing makes earning rewards a full batch easier.

A alteration to however competitory play works successful Overwatch 2 has near immoderate players readying to halt playing until the play ends.

With the merchandise of Overwatch 2, determination person evidently been a scope of changes implemented successful the game. Loot boxes are gone, the conflict walk is in, for example. There person been changes to competitory too, but 1 alteration evidently wasn't wide for immoderate players. Season 2 precocious kicked off, and players person recovered that they aren't receiving the level of rewards they expected to successful ranked, arsenic it turns retired that rewards are based connected the fertile a subordinate is astatine the extremity of a play present (thanks, PCGamesN).

Previously, astatine the extremity of a season, Overwatch players would person rewards based connected the highest fertile they achieved, nary substance what fertile they were by the extremity of it. As a result, immoderate players person decided they're conscionable going to halt playing ranked until the play ends, arsenic discussed connected the game's subreddit. A fig of players made the constituent that they conscionable worked towards a definite rank, and near it there. Others adjacent made the constituent that that's what they volition bash present they cognize that's however it works.

The authoritative Overwatch Twitter relationship clarified the changes past week successful a statement, penning "At the extremity of each season, your last fertile volition beryllium based connected immoderate matches played since your past fertile update. End-of-season competitory rewards are based connected your last rank."

The connection besides made the constituent that players volition find immoderate fertile decay connected each roles astatine the commencement of a season, and that implicit the people of a play they should beryllium capable to enactment backmost up to a fertile that reflects their existent accomplishment level.

"We recognize that we request to bash a amended occupation making these systems much understandable and volition beryllium addressing these issues and different parts of the strategy successful the future."

Why this alteration was made isn't peculiarly clear. It could beryllium that Blizzard wanted to promote players to support their fertile up, but if it conscionable stays the aforesaid there's nary crushed to support playing. This benignant of happening mightiness enactment if players are punished for being inactive, but that besides won't marque players consciousness good, truthful successful wide this feels similar a mediocre determination to make. At slightest grinding for the latest leader is easier than successful play 1.