So there’s a lot of discussion going on about r70s who played a lot beeing rewarded with nothing at all. I dont want to join this discussion, I want to point out something else.
The problem I see with the new “reward-system” and the fact that r80 now is equal to r55:
My guess is many of those people who just hit r55+ (=80) will complain about no more goals or no more things to achieve in pvp soon. Yea I know there will be the new reward tracks and rank-up boxes beyond r80, but that’s just about gold/materials/skins and stuff like that. Then there’s the ladder, but beeing in a top spot on the leaderboards doesnt reward you with anything, other than your name beeing on a ranking that’s not even visible ingame!
I dont mind r80 beeing an almost unreachable goal for most people (including myself). Rank doesnt mean anything, but it still has a purpose. It’s like a carrot on a stick that keeps you playing. So if you take that system out of the game, you’re taking away some people’s incentive to play pvp.
I’m currently at r59. I got my legendary in pve and played at about top100-150 soloq and teamq, but I’d say I’m a “competitive casual”. I dont want to be instant r80. I dont want my rank-ups beeing changed into another method of farming for another legendary or lvling up another alt… anyone can do that by just playing the whole game. Rank is not the reason I play for, yet it gives at least some kind of “progression” I can look at at the end of the day.
My point is, if you cut ranks and still dont reward people for playing competitive, it just kills the incentive to play pvp even more.
