Now in game: New Ranked System

Friends!

A new Ranked Matches season started with a lot of changes and novelties. The Ranked Matches mode has been totally revamped.

Key Changes

Leagues and Divisions

Every 3 months there will be a new Ranked season with new rewards and 7 leagues instead of 21 in the Ranked Matches progression. The first 5 leagues (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond) consist of 4 divisions each. Next come the leagues for the strongest players – Master and Grandmaster. To enter a new league, you have to gather 400 Rating Points (RP) in your current league – 100 Points in each of the four divisions (except for the Master and the Grandmaster leagues).

The Master and Grandmaster leagues have no divisions. In the Master league, you need to collect the required amount of RP to proceed to the top Grandmaster league. This league has no restriction on the maximum number of Rating Points. Anyone with a "balance" of over 2300 RP will be able to enter the league.

The leagues with no divisions have inactivity penalties – the player will lose 50 RP each day after a few days of not playing Ranked Matches. The penalty will be active until the player loses enough points to be rolled back to the Diamond league.

Additionally, every league has penalties for losing. That means that in case of a defeat you lose points instead of gaining them.

Advancing through Leagues and Divisions

Each new season for the player will begin with placement matches. At the first launch of a reworked Ranked Matches season, everyone starts with the same number of points. In the following seasons, the number of points will depend on the league, in which the player ended up in the previous season.

For the placement, the player needs to play 5 matches. Each victory will add 50 points and each loss will subtract the same amount. These points will determine the league and division in which the player will begin their Ranked Matches journey. Thus, if the player achieves the highest number of victories at the placement stage, they will start from the Silver league, otherwise – from the Bronze one.

After the placement matches, it is time to conquer the top! To advance through each league (except for the Master and the Grandmaster ones), you have to gain 100 points in each division. Upon reaching the required amount for the next league, you have to prove your skill by winning 3 out of 5 matches. If you fail, don't worry, you will remain in the current league; however, the number of RPs you gathered will be slightly reduced, so you can quickly get back to the placement matches.

Example: you are in the last division of the Silver league; you have gathered 800 RPs but did not manage to achieve 3 victories to advance to the Gold league. In this case, you will remain in the Silver league%E2%80%99s top division but your RPs will be slightly diminished. To redo the advancement trial, you will need to gather 800 RPs once more.

Advancing through the leagues gradually becomes more difficult. The penalty for defeat in the Bronze one is very low and victories bring more points. The next leagues give you less points for victories and have stricter loss penalties.

For experienced players there are also bonus points for their place within the team – depending on your place after the match, you gain extra points. The system is loyal towards players who did well in the match regardless of their team's loss or victory. Meaning that the top player of the winning team will receive extra points, while the one in the defeated team will lose less.

Matchmaking

To select players for a match, the system takes into account the number of Rating Points the player has. The players matched into a room fall into a 100-point difference range. For example, if a player with 2020 RPs starts searching for a match, the players selected to match them would have 1920-2120 RPs. If there are not enough such players, the system starts gradually expanding the searching field.

If the player has invited friends into the match, the team building will be based on the highest number of points among the stack members. For example, if the players with 1400, 1600 and 1700 RPs start searching for a game, they will be matched against players with 1600-1800 RPs.

Motivation and Rewards

Currency and Shop

For your successes in the Ranked Matches, you will receive a rating currency. It is earned both for victories and for advancing through the divisions and leagues. But bear it in mind that you can only acquire the currency when you get into a new league or a division for the first time.

For example, if the player started off in the first division of the Silver league and made their way to the fourth division in Gold one, they will receive a reward. Advancing further to the third division, they will get the rating currency, but if the player rolls back to the fourth division of the Gold league and then returns to the third one, they will not receive the reward again.

Furthermore, after the placement matches, you will automatically receive currency for all the leagues and divisions you have skipped. For example, if you were placed in the Silver league, you will receive currency for all the previous leagues and divisions. The rating currency is given out each season.

The rating currency is given out each season.

In the Ranked Matches Store, using the currency you have acquired, you are able to obtain unique items that are solely available during Ranked Matches seasons. Among the items you can find:

• weapon camos;
• skins;
• weapon charms;
• achievements and other articles.

Be sure to share your thoughts about the new feature in our social networks. This is a big and important update, so your feedback will really help us in our work.

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