NICKMERCS claims Warzone \u201ccan\u2019t survive\u201d without a ranked mode Activision \/ YouTube: NICKMERCSWarzone has been around nearly two years and although the Call of Duty battle royale remains popular today, Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff believes its time in the sun could be winding down if a ranked mode isn\u2019t released soon. When Warzone released in March 2020, it instantly climbed through the rankings, cementing CoD\u2019s place among the most popular battle royales after Blackout came and went. 19 months on and it\u2019s still one of the biggest titles on the market. That could soon come crashing down if a few key things don\u2019t fall into place, NICKMERCS warned in his latest YouTube upload. Simply put, \u201cWarzone can\u2019t survive\u201d without a ranked mode. Players and content creators alike have been clamoring for a ranked component for months now. If it doesn\u2019t arrive soon, the \u201clongevity\u201d of Warzone could be in jeopardy, according to NICKMERCS. A handful of the internet\u2019s most popular streamers jumped ship from Warzone to Apex Legends earlier this year. A large part of that decision stemmed from that desire to play in a competitive mode. \u201cThat\u2019s why Apex got some traction,\u201d Nick explained during a recent stream while dropping into Verdansk for the first time in three months. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for ranked mode, I don\u2019t think Apex would even be that crazy.\u201d Letting players compete at the appropriate skill level and climb their way through the rankings \u201ccan really carry a game,\u201d he explained. \u201cA good ranked mode is what keeps the longevity of a game.\u201d \u201cIf you want to have a game stay around for a minute, that\u2019s all you really need, a good ranked mode.\u201d For now, Activision has remained silent on the possibility of a ranked experience coming to Warzone. Although Vanguard marks the start of a new era in the CoD BR, with Verdansk being replaced by a new Pacific map \u2014 something Nick himself can\u2019t wait to experience \u2014 there\u2019s still been no mention of the highly-requested ranked mode. \u201cWhen Call of Duty does something like this,\u201d NICKMERCS said before correcting himself, \u201cif they do something like this\u2026 That\u2019s what\u2019ll make the game [soar] and then it\u2019ll stay. \u201cThen you just do your content, you let it flow, but you work on that ranked mode, you incentivize it with skins, stuff people can get. \u201cThe blueprint is there, you\u2019ve just got to follow it. You can put your own twist on things, but just follow the yellow brick road and you\u2019re fine.\u201d Given Vanguard\u2019s release is three weeks away and there\u2019s no news on the ranked front, it wouldn\u2019t be wise to hold your breath. However, the longer players have to wait, the worse off Warzone could be from NICKMERCS\u2019 point of view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS claims Warzone \u201ccan\u2019t survive\u201d without a ranked mode Activision \/ YouTube: NICKMERCSWarzone has been around nearly two years and although the Call of Duty battle royale remains popular today, Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff believes its time in the sun could be winding down if a ranked mode isn\u2019t released soon. When Warzone released in March […]<\/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-30258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258","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=30258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}