Season 2 in Overwatch throws the skill rating out the window and changes many rules. We have the details for you.
“Season 2 will be a big step forward,” says Jeff Kaplan
The first season of Overwatch is nearing its end, and Blizzard is taking the opportunity to explain in detail what will change in the future. Jeff Kaplan addressed the players in a new edition of the Developer Update and goes into many new features.
The new skill rating ranges from 1 to 5000
The biggest change concerns the abolition of the previous skill rating system, according to which players were previously categorized. This will be replaced by a new system, where players will be categorized on a scale from 1 to 5000. This means that after a match, you will not only “fragmentedly” rise or fall but will always move in whole numbers upward or downward.
Also new are “Tiers” or “Divisions” into which players will be categorized. Approximately every 500 points represents a Tier, for example, Kaplan mentioned “0-499 for Bronze” and “500-999 for Silver.” These “Tiers” are also the basis for rewards at the end of the season. Once you have reached the rank of “Gold,” you will also earn the “Gold Reward” at the end of the season, even if you have fallen back to Silver or even Bronze in the meantime.
Changes to game modes
The best news is that the controversial coin toss is gone in Season 2. Instead, there is now a “time bank” on hybrid and payload maps, allowing teams to kickstart into a second round. Also new: if a team receives a “time bonus” because it has less than 60 seconds for the attack, then the opposing team receives this time as a bonus as well.
Finally, the costs for golden weapons will be multiplied by ten – but so will the rate at which you earn Competitive Points. Those who still have points will also have them multiplied by 10. The reason for this is that there is now the (very, very slim) possibility that a match ends in a “draw.” In this case, both teams receive a small amount of Competitive Points to reward them for participating.
The complete patch notes will contain many more changes. However, it will be a while before they are ready.
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