VALORANT’s Act III Competitive matchmaking begins Oct. 13 and the video above is the best place to hear our plans for the new ranked experience—straight from Game Director Joe Ziegler and Systems Design Lead David Cole. You even get a peek at Episode 2!
The long and short of it? We’re going to take a step back and simplify our goals with ranked, which you’ll see over the course of Act III, into next year in Episode 2, and beyond. Act III is about moving quickly—we want to bring back more competitive integrity to the queue, and get you focused on what matters: winning.
Here’s a summary of all our planned changes:
TIGHTER RANK QUEUE
To help with a more even matchmaking experience, we’re limiting the Rank tiers you can queue with from 6 tiers to 3 tiers. Experiences with your friends outside of your Rank circle are still important to us and we’re working to carve out more places for this.
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