Marvel Rivals De-Rank System Causes Some Major Issues According To Fans

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has just undergone its first-ever seasonal reset, and some players aren't happy about what it's done to their ranks. In seasonal, live-service games like , players' performance in ranked matches is measured in seasons. That means that they have a limited time to climb through the ranks. At the end of the season, progress is reset, and players typically go down a few ranks to give them a goal for the new season and test their skills against any new heroes or balance changes.

The idea is that the cream will always rise to the top, but that doesn't always hold true. Players like ayo_dudeski on Reddit believe that ' first season has set ranked players back by much too far. This has led to imbalanced matches, no matter what rank you're in: players in the lower tiers, like Bronze and Silver, are currently finding themselves in matches against those who finished at a much higher standing last season, like Platinum and Diamond.

It's not uncommon at all for any game with a ranked mode to have a seasonal reset that takes players down a few pegs.It's the extent to which players have been de-ranked that's the problem: it appears that ' Season 1 refresh automatically decreased each ranked player's tier by seven ranks, regardless of where they finished in Season 0. uses a pretty typical rank and tier structure, with ranks ranging from Bronze to Diamond, followed by Celestial, Eternity, and One Above All as its three highest tiers. Each rank except the latter three has three tiers within it.

Marvel Rivals files allegedly show five new heroes might be coming to the roster, including some hard hitters like Professor X, Locus, and more.

So, conceivably, a player who finished in one of the lower Diamond tiers could find themselves ranked Silver, and a player who finished Platinum could find themselves in Bronze. These high-rank players have grown frustrated at the skill level of their new teammates. One player, Ralo_2, is disappointed at the far lower quality of their ranked games,