[2020] Making the game easy to play for beginners is not going to make them come back, its going to make the good players quit.

Originally posted by UbiMorning

I appreciate you explaining your thoughts! In your opinion, what kind of tools would be helpful for newer players trying to get into the game? Is there anything you wish you had info on when starting to arena-shooter-style games?

Originally posted by LightPunderland

arena shooters are already very intuitive. stop trying to make the game more appealing for new people, and focys on making the game good. if it is good, people will play it. word of mouth is still very much a thing, and it is a lot stronger than it seems.

Originally posted by NAITSIRK_ELO

I think it would be nice to have a specific lobby for people who have played less than a certain amount of games.

Lets say you are new to the game, if you have played less than 30 matches, you have the option to play against people who also have played less than 30 games. It does not have to be 30 games exact of course. I also think its important to make that an option so that its possible for newer player to play in normal lobbies if they want to.

I think between 30-50 games should let new players learn a lot about the game without having to worry about experienced players dominating every lobby.

The main problem with this however would be experienced players making smurf accounts to get into lower skilled lobbies. I do think this could be stopped by simply making it so you have to set up 2-step-verification so that you need a phone number in order to gain access to these beginner lobbies. This way (unless you have multiple phone numbers) it would make it harder to make multiple accounts.

After you have played your matches, you will then have to play in normal lobbies.

Originally posted by LightPunderland

yeah, skill gaps have always been a big issue in br games. do you think a ranked mode where people only get matched up with players of similar skill would split the playerbase too much? if not, that would solve a lot of problems, even if ranked queue only split people into 2 categories of more skilled (top 50%) and less skilled (bottom 50%). maybe you should even get rid of unranked entirely or just implement this sort of system into the game as it is right now without showing any visual ranks? also, as much as people are criticising the game on this subreddit, i appreciate that youre still willing to listen to it

Originally posted by WildGoose_Chase

Make the game good. I wasn't going to play anything but this game up until this patch. All my friends are on console and they were going to play too. Obviously skill based matchmaking is the best way to separate casual players from sweats, but I know making that is not as easy as saying it. However, an addictive fun game will grow.

You can't expect to be COD or Valorant. Modern Warfare was already established as was the CS community. The game needs to grow slowly on a loyal player base that loves the game.

Lowering skill curves is horrible. Fortnite, COD, and Valorant all have massive skill curves. I only mention Valorant because of the common release comparison.