If you prefer to play at night in Overwatch , you will receive a better skill rating – due to lack of competition.
In Overwatch, the 3rd Season is slowly coming to an end, so many players are still trying to quickly obtain a high skill rating – as this is rewarded with additional “Competitive Points”. Some players resort to unscrupulous methods, which is part of everyday life – especially cheat programs and hacks are widespread. But there are also much simpler methods to achieve a high skill rating: You play at night and in the early morning hours with a good team.
Night teams climb to the top of the rankings without competition
Especially in regions with generally lower player numbers, such as Brazil, you encounter significantly fewer players late at night. This leads to the matchmaker pairing players whose skill ratings are far apart. There have been several instances where the average skill rating of the teams was more than 1500 points apart:
In such encounters, it is not surprising that the full 6-player team with the higher skill rating essentially had a “Free Win”. However, that is not truly deserved.
A lower player count during the early morning hours also favors “Win Trading” – where one team simply lets the other win so they can quickly climb the skill rating.
Other players complain on Reddit and the Blizzard forum about such nighttime activities. They find it unfair that teams reach the top without ever playing against real competition.
Cortyn says: I find the problem difficult to solve. In the case of “Win Trading”, it should still be relatively simple to prove, but how do you “punish” players who only play at certain times? As a comment on Kotaku said: “What should Blizzard do? Should Jeff Kaplan say: “Please go to bed, okay?”
It would certainly be conceivable to implement “curfews” for ranked matches in different regions. Some MMORPGs have similar measures for PvP matches to prevent distortion. However, I doubt that this would be suitable for Overwatch.
