Blizzard has revealed much more adjustments to Competitive Play in Overwatch.
Following on from yesterday’s big announcement of shorter season size, adjustments to Control maps and placement matches, Blizzard has now outlined two equally essential updates to the format.
The first issues talent tier updates. In Season 6, gamers in Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond shall be moved to decrease tiers if they’ll’t preserve the minimal SR required for his or her tier. The recreation will verify after each loss, and if their rating is decrease than the SR required for that tier within the final give video games, they’ll get demoted.
This received’t change how CP is awarded on the finish of a season, because it’s nonetheless going to be based mostly on the very best tier achieved that season, no matter whether or not or not you stored it.
Speaking of Skill Rating, the formulation that determines how a lot SR you acquire after a win, or lose after a loss, has been adjusted. “These changes should help address some of the anomalies players have been reporting, especially with heroes that have lower win-rates,” Blizzard explained.
Season 5 ends August 25. Season 6 begins on August 31, at 5pm PT, 8pm ET, 1am BST, 2am CEST (Sep. 1).
In case you missed it, Blizzard launched a new animated short yesterday starring Mei.
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