Summary
During theOverwatch 2Deep Dive at BlizzCon 2023, theOverwatch 2development team announced upcoming changes to competitive ranks in Blizzard’s FPS. This change aims to bring more clarity to the way competitive ranks work inOverwatch 2, a frequent request from the community since the game’s release last year.
WhenOverwatch 2came out in October 2022, Blizzard brought various changes to the competitive system of its FPS compared to the original 2016’sOverwatch. Players who partake in competitive matches used to receive points indicating their Skill Rating, also known as SR. Depending on their SR, gamwrs were placed in a specific tier, ranging from Bronze for lower SR players to Grandmaster and Top 500 for the bestOverwatchplayers. This SR feature disappeared with the release ofOverwatch 2in favor of a more abstract system placing players in skill tiers and divisions with no indication as to their exact matchmaking score, leading to some confusion as to why they would be placed in alowerOverwatch 2skill tier than expected.
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TheOverwatch 2development team unveiled an upcoming rework to the competitive ranking to better showcase players’ progress in their skill tier. As players currently need to win 5 games or lose 15 matches to receive an update to their competitive rank, this new system will remove this requirement in favor of instant feedback on how a specific game impacted the overall player’s ranking. After eachcompetitive game ofOverwatch 2, a progress bar will show exactly how the player’s rank increased or decreased and how far along they are to reach the next competitive skill tier.
This upcoming change toOverwatch 2’s competitive system comes with two additional modifications. The development team teased anew rank above Grandmaster for the bestOverwatch 2players, called Ultimate. Those taking part in competitive matches will also be rewarded with new cosmetics, the Emerald weapons. The launch of this competitive rework will come with a rank reset for all players, with theOverwatch 2team promising an improved placement match system to better place each player in a competitive skill tier adapted to their current capacities.
Players have mixed feelings about this rework toOverwatch 2’s competitive ranking system. Several comments compared this update to the previous SR system of the originalOverwatch, wondering if Blizzard simply reverted to the old ranking system instead of bringing a truly improved experience. Others were satisfied with this announcement, as it will provide more transparency as to their progress in the grind to improve their competitive rank.
All Overwatch 2 Changes and Additions Announced At Blizzcon 2023
Besides this competitive rework, theOverwatch 2development team announced various changes coming to Blizzard’s FPS in the upcoming months:
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