Summary
Overwatch 2just teased some more updates coming to Competitive Play in Season 10. The ranked PvP mode may have just received some huge updates in Season 9, butOverwatch 2already has plans to make more improvements in the near future.
Season 9, titled Champions, introduced amassive overhaul to Competitive Play inOverwatch 2. All fans found their Competitive ranks reset, with each player’s rank now updating after every match with a detailed view of how and why it changed. The game also added a new Champion rank above Grandmaster and introduced Jade weapons as an unlockable reward for hardcore gamers who wish to show off their prowess.
However, it seems like even more changes are coming to Competitive Play inOverwatch 2soon. In a recentDirector’s Take blog byOverwatch 2, game director Aaron Keller teased some of these changes fans can look forward to later in Season 9 and 10.Overwatch 2is removing grouping restrictions based on skill rank, allowing all players to team up in Competitive Play. To compensate, wide groups – those with a large range in skill among their team – will only face other wide groups, while narrow groups will strictly be pitted against other narrow groups. Fans can also look forward to new features on the Competitive Progress screen, including Match History and a Scorecard, plus role-specific titles, a scoreboard rank range, and a small set of Top 500 improvements in the future.
Overwatch 2 Season 10 Competitive Changes
According to Keller, the Season 9 Competitive changes have been hugely popular. So far, Competitive Play comprises 45% of current total gameplay hours, up from the 35% it had before Season 9. This has placed Competitive as more popular than Quick Play for the first time inOverwatch 2– but Keller clarified it was not that fewer people were playing Quick Play, but that more weretrying out Competitive Play inOverwatch 2in Season 9.
These aren’t the only changesOverwatch 2teased in this Director’s Take.Overwatch 2is getting faster bots with shorter game times in Push, as well as a speed boost in Flashpoint and during defender setup on Hybrid and Escort. Players can expect these changes, along with the Competitive improvements, throughout the rest of Season 9 and into Season 10.
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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
