has had its first rank reset with the launch of Season 1 on January 10. With the truncated Season 0 over, wherein every player began their journey at bronze, players have received new rank starting points as they enter into Season 1's competitive mode.
The system for placing players into a starting rank, however, has created ranked matches with a crystal clear imbalance in player skill levels.
As expected from Season 1's competitive mode, without the implementation of a thought-out system such as placement matches, the beginning ranks of are full of games where sweeps are more common than truly competitive experiences.
The current implementation of ranked system has a major flaw that, while left unresolved before Season 1's start, must be sorted out in time for ' next rank season.
Most PvP games with a competitive game mode will run into a level of rank imbalances at its launch. As everyone shared a starting point, players with experience in hero shooters could blast through the ranks, leaving a wake of imbalanced matches on that journey.