By no means thoughts, your rank is protected from the upcoming midseason patch in Marvel Rivals. NetEase has cancelled its plans for a shock rank reset after gamers criticized the change on social media and the sport’s Discord server.
“After the discharge of Dev Speak 10 concerning the seasonal rank adjustment, we acquired a wealth of suggestions from the group,” NetEase wrote in a Dev Speak submit at present. “A typical concern was the stress related to having a rank reset each half-season, which has made taking part in aggressive mode much less pleasant.”
Subsequent week’s patch gained’t reset your rank, and midseason patches going ahead gained’t both. The beauty reward — on this case, the Blood Defend Invisible Girl pores and skin — for reaching Gold will probably be handed out and changed with a brand new one, however everybody gained’t must climb again up from Bronze to earn it. The beginning of seasons, nonetheless, will nonetheless embrace a rank reset.
Shortly after the announcement on Monday, gamers on Reddit, X, and Discord mentioned how a midseason rank reset would discourage attempting to climb, particularly for anybody who doesn’t have plenty of time to play. Kicking folks to a decrease rank each six to seven weeks would additionally harm the standard of matches as gamers settle into their correct ability ranges. “This the form of factor that simply kills my vibe for the sport,” one Reddit person mentioned on the time.
With the change now reversed, gamers are glad they had been listened to. “Very impressed to see how they dealt with the criticism, I’m truthfully shocked,” wrote on Reddit person. “A dev group that makes changes virtually instantly, not like my teammates,” wrote one X person.
The midseason patch will go reside on Feb. 21 and can mark the debut of the Factor and Human Torch on the roster, in addition to an inventory of steadiness adjustments.
