Splitgate Season 2's Revamped Progression System Outlined

gamespot.com:

We're just a week away from Splitgate's Beta Season 2 launch, and developer 1047 Games has given players a taste of what's to come in the free-to-play first-person shooter's upcoming season. While there is tons of new content coming to the game this season--including a remastered Abyss map, three new game modes, and updates to the in-game map creator--one of the biggest changes is a reworked leveling system.

1047's senior product manager, Ben Fruhauf, gave Splitgate players an update on the new system in a recent blog post detailing all of the leveling tweaks that will be implemented when Beta Season 2 goes live. The 1047 team focused on three goals while developing Season 2's new leveling system:

Here's a breakdown of how these goals will be implemented in Season 2.

Leveling up will now be faster, and once players reach Level 100, players will earn their first Pro Tier. There are 10 Pro Tiers, each of which has 100 levels, and each Pro Tier grants a permanent 2% XP boost. These boosts stack, so completing all 10 Pro Tiers will grant you a permanent 20% XP boost.

Each tier also comes with a special badge players can use to show off their skills, and once Season 2 launches, their current level will be integrated into the new Pro Tier system. According to Fruhauf, the Pro Tier system will be implemented as follows:

«On your first login after Beta Season 2 launches, your level will be adjusted to the new Pro system,» the blog post says. «For example, a player at level 254 has a total of 5,972,100 XP. That XP puts their new level at Pro 2 Level 61. The same player can continue to level up right where they left off and it will be easier since now they have a 4% boost to their XP. This also means the handful of players who