Every other Friday, Aaron Keller, the game director of Overwatch 2, usually shares updates with players through blog posts on the game’s official website. However, this week, fans were left disappointed as Keller announced a delay in his regular post without providing any specific reasons. Instead, he expressed his intention to engage in discussions about the game’s ranked system, which has faced criticism from players.
Keller took to Twitter to inform fans that this week’s post would be postponed. He mentioned the ongoing conversations surrounding Overwatch’s ranked system and expressed his team’s desire to join in on these discussions in the upcoming post.
The exact nature of the conversation Keller referred to remains unclear. The ranked system in Overwatch has been a topic of discussion since the game’s inception, and it underwent changes with the release of Overwatch 2 last October.
Many fans have expressed frustration with the new ranked system in Overwatch 2, as it removed the visibility of skill rating in favor of a system more commonly found in other competitive PvP games. Players feel that Blizzard may have overcomplicated things by implementing this updated system. On social media, players frequently voice their dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency in the current system. Although Blizzard has made efforts to improve transparency by providing rank updates after a certain number of wins or losses, it has been challenging to revert to a system where players knew their exact skill rating after every match.
Overwatch fans can expect to hear from Aaron Keller again next week when he addresses the ranked system and joins the ongoing conversation.
Source: DOTESPORTS
