Apex Legends reveals major Ranked changes for Season 18 after Season 17 problems Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment has revealed extensive changes for Ranked play in Apex Legends coming in Season 18, after a series of changes made Season 17 one of the most disliked Ranked experiences so far. Although made with good intentions, Season 17\u2019s ranked updates simply did not work out. Changes to the points system and matchmaking just resulted in over 20% of the player base reaching Master rank, as opposed to being evenly spread across all the ranks. It was clear changes were needed for Season 18, and with a few weeks until the reset, Respawn have outlined their plans in a detailed blog post for Apex Legends players to check out. Ranked changes in Season 18 of Apex Legends After revealing data about Season 17\u2019s ranked system, including the massive increase in \u201cratting\u201d (hiding to earn a higher placement rather than fighting enemies), Respawn laid out some of the headline changes they have planned: Decreasing overall LP gains per match to combat the overall shift in the rank distribution. – Adding a ruleset that only applies to Diamond+ to properly dial in the top of the ladder. Players in these ranked tiers will have increased stakes and losses, and decreased rating bonuses and loss mitigations. Be ready to put it all on the line. – – Adding a minimum elimination bonus increase based on the player\u2019s MMR and buffing elimination bonus in general. Eliminations should always be a contributor to your rank. – Increasing action in the ring by adjusting ring damage. – Adjusting ring timings to create more mid-game encounters and less pre-finale lulls. – Updating matchmaking to better handle players that are actively challenging their MMR, for more competitively challenging matches that mirror their ranking. – The exact tuning of these changes is still to be determined, and Respawn is also asking for feedback from players, by hosting an AMA on Reddit, on July 21. \u201cWe want to deliver the best Ranked BR experience in the world,\u201d Respawn said, \u201cwith the tightest matchmaking and the sweatiest competition at every rank tier. \u201cSplits will not be returning for now as we\u2019re focusing on monitoring and further finetuning. We look forward to sharing more updates on Ranked and how we plan to achieve our goals, especially as we approach Season 19\u2014which is already in motion!\u201d While Respawn does admit they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d with some of the Season 17 changes, they also say \u201cWe hit some aspects of our goals.\u201d Season 18 of Apex Legends is due to release on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. We should see the changes in full just before then, when patch notes for the season release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends reveals major Ranked changes for Season 18 after Season 17 problems Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment has revealed extensive changes for Ranked play in Apex Legends coming in Season 18, after a series of changes made Season 17 one of the most disliked Ranked experiences so far. Although made with good intentions, Season 17\u2019s ranked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}