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Can we get a confirmation on if ranked will be available at the start of every new act. Or if it will be disabled for the big patch changes?
Can we get a confirmation on if ranked will be available at the start of every new act. Or if it will be disabled for the big patch changes?
Our plan is to have Competitive Mode enabled at the start of Act II. We will assess how that goes, but no current plans to have it disabled for this Act or future Acts.
Starting in Act II, your friends will be able to inspect your Match History, including both your matchmaking rank and overall Act Rank progress.
Finally. No more/Less of inviting your iron friend and then having to embarrassingly kick them cause they are too low to queue with.
It definitely can feel not great. I've been on the receiving end of the 'too low rank,' situation before. Hope this helps.
This is so weird and new that I can't tell how bad/good it'll be until actually playing. Seems really cool though.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts once you check it out in Act II. It is a new system to your point, so we will closely be listening to you all, and adjust and improve it over time based on the community's feedback.
So at the end of act 1 we get no ranked badge and no border?
You are right, no badge or border for Act I. Your Act I Rank progress will still show in Match History and can be viewed by you or your friends. We felt it was important to clarify what the goal posts were for the start of the Act to earn a badge and border, so you all knew what was at stake, and had a full Act to compete to earn them.
I will never agree that with every "act" they demote you so you need to grind back up. That only benefits the company. Often times it takes 5-10 games just to go up one tier. If you are demoted a full division it could take 30+ games just to get back to where you were depending on your luck.
Our hope is that you don't feel like this is a painful grind. We don't want that either. As mentioned by some other players the placements will be shorter than your initial placements and your performance will be weighted higher during those matches.
If you play well in your (abridged) placements you should be fairly close to your Act I rank, and also be able to very quickly prove that you can play at that skill level in Act II. With Act II there are a lot of changes we are making, patch notes to come out on Act II in coming weeks, so its a new opportunity to prove your skills and rank up.