@Evan Lesh
As of probably last season or prior to that, ranked PvP was left unlocked during the off-season, so players can still play ranked. Is that still going to be done after Season 5? and if so, how will skill rating be handled during the off-season? Would we still be able to see rating changes?
Presumably, the leaderboard will be frozen at whatever rating you got when the season ended. If skill rating continues to change during the off-season, I would also assume that the most current rating would be used for the soft reset, as opposed to using the rating obtained at the end of Season 5.
I would love to use the off-season to practice different classes (first in unranked, then in ranked), and would like to see my skill rating change to reflect improvements made during the off-season.