With the release of Episode Three of VALORANT on June 22, the ranked competitive mode will undergo a number of modifications. On a developer livestream today, competitive designer Jon “EvrMoar” Walker spoke with caster Rivington Bisland III about the upcoming improvements, which include a rank reset and changes to how ranks are computed.
Walker noted during the webcast that when the game first came out, the developers had a mechanism in place that altered matchmaking rating (MMR) depending on the number of games played in order to get players into the correct ranks as quickly as possible. After more than a year, the team has decided that the system is no longer needed and has been withdrawn.