Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Overwatch 2 players are mad at seemingly nonsensical changes to the game made by Activision Blizzard. At this point it is a tale as old as time: Blizzard changes something, fans get upset, and the cycle repeats. The latest problem comes in Season 4’s new competitive rankings, specifically with the phenomenon of rank decay. Typically, a player’s competitive rank will go down at the start of a new season, encouraging them to climb back up the ladder. But for some players, that decay heading into Season 4 felt like too big of a freefall.
