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[LaunchpadMcQ]

Maybe you should edit some explanations of why they're doing the 10x points and that a player's current amount will also be multiplied. A lot of people seem bewildered for not having all the facts (even though they're in the video.)

 

[Stone Ocean]

What is up with your rank decaying if you can't pkay for a week? Hopefully, those grandmaster ranks are really high because I won't have the time when college starts. Seems easily overridable though.

The removal of sudden death/coin flip is very welcome. I've lost too many good matches because I've had to attack even though our team capped way faster than the other.

Ranked decay is to keep the upper parts of the ladder fluid, otherwise people could just get a really high rank and stop playing.

 

[jediyoshi]

Will people stop dropping from games? No? Pass.

RIP online gaming

 

[Alucrid]

No regrets trading this in after only reaching rank 10.

I'll check back in a year or so. See where things are at.

uh, what? you're either level 10 or you're absolutely terrible at overwatch

 

[Orochinagis]

Maybe you should play the game because you enjoy it instead of trying to get a skin no one will ever see or care about

Thats Quick Play for you, not being able to reach your reward after playing Ranked matches a lot can be a little disheartening

 

[timetokill]

I really need to get back into this game. I haven't played in too long.

 

[Interfectum]

Thats Quick Play for you, not being able to get your reward after playing Ranked matches a lot can be a little disheartening

They are multiplying your current comp points by 10.

Competitive point gains and gold gun costs multiplied by 10. Also applies to your current point bank.

 

[AsakuraZ]

Overall the changes aren't bad. I feel like Season 1 was a good test bed for them to see what worked and what didn't work. These changes feel a lot more LoL like and for most of the changes I am fine with but curious to see how it plays out, especially with the payload time changes in the rules.

I always hated the idea that we steamrolled the team and had all the time in the world but the other team barely got it, got the coin toss and won. Things like that would make me extra salty.

I didn't really invest a lot of time in this season but I did enjoy it and enjoyed the challenge of the higher ranked games. The only things Im iffy is on not being able to play with friends depending on the ranking. I have a few friends that were at least 10 rankings below me, so I'm wondering how that will translate to the silver,gold,etc, system.

 

[Symphonic]

No regrets trading this in after only reaching rank 10.

I'll check back in a year or so. See where things are at.

Is this related to the Comp Season 2 changes at all or are you just bitter?

 

[maouvin]

They mention in the video your Season 1 points you earned will get multiplied.

Praise Kaplan.

OP should edit the info then, I am gonna try to reach 50

OP is a scholar and already edited it in.

 

[Orochinagis]

They are multiplying your current comp points by 10.

OP should edit the info then, I am gonna try to reach 50

 

[KarmaCow]

I guess more granularity in skill ranks is good but man potentially dropping hundreds of ranks after a loss will be devastating. Though I'm confused, will they still be surfacing your actual rank now that they have the tiers?

 

[Interfectum]

OP should edit the info then, I am gonna try to reach 50

It's in the OP.

 

[ekim]

What are skill rating tiers?

Edit: do we have a date for season 2? And S1 ends this Thursday, correct?

 

[AaronMT86]

What are skill rating tiers?

Edit: do we have a date for season 2? And S1 ends this Thursday, correct?

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, Grand Master

 

[ekim]

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, Grand Master

So for example:
1-1000 is bronze
1001-1750 is silver

Etc?

 

[Symphonic]

So for example:
1-1000 is bronze
1001-1750 is silver

Etc?

Kap said 500 for each rank.

Only thing I'm worried about is limiting the grouping to 500 rank difference. I think all my friends are relatively in the same area of skill, but that's pretty close with a 5k system.

 

[AaronMT86]

So for example:
1-1000 is bronze
1001-1750 is silver

Etc?

Something like that, yeah. I'd imagine they've taken inspiration and ideas from the StarCraft 2 team.

 

[xealo]

I guess more granularity in skill ranks is good but man potentially dropping hundreds of ranks after a loss will be devastating. Though I'm confused, will they still be surfacing your actual rank now that they have the tiers?

Id be surprised if they haven't done changes to how much a loss takes from you when increasing the amount of ranks by 50x, respectively for if you win.

 

[IKizzLE]

So atleast 60 was top 6%....yea, masteroverwatch and overbuff has no where near the right amount of players logged in.

I'm guessing 65 and above was top 1%..hence the 300 CP payout.

 

[Interfectum]

So for example:
1-1000 is bronze
1001-1750 is silver

Etc?

You also don't drop tiers unless it's the two highest.

So once you reach silver, even if you drop in a lot points you wont be downgraded to bronze.

 

[LiK]

7 days is pretty generous in preventing decay in rank. You could just play once a week after you reach top tier so no biggie.

 

[Gaz_RB]

0-5000??

That's crazy. Gonna be hard to tell how good people are. Glad they're reining in the sandbagging.

 

[KarmaCow]

Id be surprised if they haven't done changes to how much a loss takes from you when increasing the amount of ranks by 50x, respectively for if you win.

I'm exaggerating with hundred+ rank loss since that would be multiple levels in the current system but still seeing whole numbers instead fractional amounts is a big change.

 

[Alucrid]

watched the video. sounds good. wonder if this will help with all the smurf accounts?

 

[dity]

What do you mean no one will ever see?

You can totally rock that bling bling in game. That dude dunno what he talkin about. It's solid gold baby!

 

[exYle]

0-5000??

That's crazy. Gonna be hard to tell how good people are. Glad they're reigning in the sandbagging.

The number ranks are also separated by tiers, so it should actually be easier to tell how good someone is.

 

[KarmaCow]

watched the video. sounds good. wonder if this will help with all the smurf accounts?

Smurf accounts are a tiny fraction of players but the 500 ranking limit for grouping should mitigate some of that.

 

[dity]

The rank tiers are awesome. Like, now there's something to work toward other than gold weapons. When you finally reach the next tier it'll feel so cool.

 

[Gaz_RB]

The number ranks are also separated by tiers, so it should actually be easier to tell how good someone is.

That's true. I guess the biggest change for me will be matching up my idea of a level 60 player's skill with whatever the equivalent is in the new system.

 

[Azoor]

I am guessing we're going to see a lot of draws next season with the coin flip gone.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

RIP online gaming

He's probably talking about wanting a bigger penalty for leavers for this season, not that he wants leaving to disappear completely.

 

[Melchior]

Great changes looking forward to season 2. Maybe they can bump down the frequency of Volskaya being picked

Spoiler

or just remove it from the game

 

[ekim]

You also don't drop tiers unless it's the two highest.

So once you reach silver, even if you drop in a lot points you wont be downgraded to bronze.

So I can be Gold but on rank 1? But the matchmaking only goes by the rank number I guess?!

 

[Heel]

So there's no change at all? What's the point of this?

That's what I'm wondering. Genuinely confusing

Wait... Why? It'll still take as many wins and as long to get the weapon but just more points? Do they really need to inflate numbers like in WoW? Wait till Season 5 where you need a billion points for a gold wep but don't worry, you still get 1 million per win.

In the video, he says there are "for reasons they'll explain soon" as to why they're multiplying everything by 10, including the points you've already earned.

https://youtu.be/Nqh8tnHhIjg?t=5m18s

So, there is a reason. Curious what it'll be.

 

[Interfectum]

So I can be Gold but on rank 1? But the matchmaking only goes by the rank number I guess?!

I guess but that's such an extreme example I'm not sure they should even take that into account.

 

[User 85168]

In the video, he says there are "for reasons they'll explain soon" as to why they're multiplying everything by 10, including the points you've already earned.

https://youtu.be/Nqh8tnHhIjg?t=5m18s

So, there is a reason.

One of the reasons they mentioned is due to the possibility of ties. They want to give some points to both teams in case of a tie.

 

[Interfectum]

In the video, he says there are "for reasons they'll explain soon" as to why they're multiplying everything by 10, including the points you've already earned.

https://youtu.be/Nqh8tnHhIjg?t=5m18s

So, there is a reason. Curious what it'll be.

I think they are leaving themselves the option to award everyone who stays the entire game 1-2 points. People who assume they are going to lose might be inclined to stay through the entire match if they know they'll still get some points.

Though that could introduce an AFKer problem.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Can someone edit the OP to say:

• Sudden death is gone, matches can end in ties now (will be much more rare with expanded time bank system)
• Ties will award each team 5 (unconfirmed, but probably 5) Competitive points. (this is the reason for the x10 point system change)

 

[Heel]

One of the reasons they mentioned is due to the possibility of ties. They want to give some points to both teams in case of a tie.

I think they are leaving themselves the option to award everyone who stays the entire game 1-2 points. People who assume they are going to lose might be inclined to stay through the entire match if they know they'll still get some points.

Though that could introduce an AFKer problem.

Hmm, makes sense.

EDIT: Whoops, yeah, he does go on to say they will give teams "some competitive points" in the rare case of a tie. I must've glazed over it on the first listen.

https://youtu.be/Nqh8tnHhIjg?t=10m

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

There is nothing more annoying than playing a good competitive game, and then someone on your team leaves. They either need raise the penalty for leaving after one time or so significantly, or not punish you for losing if your teammate leaves.

 

[KarmaCow]

In the video, he says there are "for reasons they'll explain soon" as to why they're multiplying everything by 10, including the points you've already earned.

https://youtu.be/Nqh8tnHhIjg?t=5m18s

So, there is a reason. Curious what it'll be.

He says it in the video later on. Not sure why he decided to split up the info like that but he just seems to be talking with a couple points he wants to hit on rather than anything fully prepared.

 

[ScaryShark]

Just excellent and well thought out changes all around. Good timing too before the onslaught of MP games hit this fall. I know this is going to motivate me to stick with the game.

I love the game but the old system just felt punishing/grueling. This is much more pleasant.

 

[AaronMT86]

I guess I'm a little disappointed that he didn't talk about leavers just yet, maybe they'll be in the release notes though.

 

[SmartWaffles]

So I can be Gold but on rank 1? But the matchmaking only goes by the rank number I guess?!

Same as other games with similar systems (SC2 and Halo 5), your MMR not rank tier determines matchmaking.

 

[styl3s]

Nothing about the leaver penalties? Cuz people still leave and it's annoying.

I thought there were already penalties for leaving in competitive including a full season ban if you leave too many games?

No point in putting any real penalties in casual mode because it's casual mode.

 

[Kor of Memory]

The reason for making the 10x for cost/rewards is so they have room to differentiate.

Since ties are going to be a thing now, they need a value between 1 and 0 to award that appropriately.

 

[RandomExpletive]

Nice changes, glad to see coin flip gone

 

[Brazil]

Thank fuck. Sudden death is such a stupid idea.

 

[bender]

Huzzah to the coin flip going away.

I thought there were already penalties for leaving in competitive including a full season ban if you leave too many games?

No point in putting any real penalties in casual mode because it's casual mode.

Whatever the penalties are, it doesn't appear to discourage the behavior. I'm still seeing quitters in about 20% of the ranked matches I'm in.