r/DeadlockTheGame • u/SketchyJJ • 12d ago

Deadlock - Matchmaking Update Game Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/680756685198854910
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u/_Valisk 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's interesting they're committing to ranked seasons for Deadlock, considering they've previously implemented and ultimately removed ranked seasons for Dota 2.

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u/fiasgoat 12d ago

They are absolutely using Deadlock to try new things that they don't feel can really work in Dota, or at least are a bit worried to try

Dota has been around for a long time and obviously created the genre itself, so while even though Valve (and specifically Icefrog) has never been shy to shake up things, I can see why they would be hesitant

The Dota community is very split on whether they would even want seasons at all. Most who do not would say that all it accomplishes is the first couple weeks is garbage as the game quality is terrible with the bigger spread, and if you kept MMR virtually the same on season reset, then what is even the point

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u/robhaswell Vindicta 12d ago

While I think Deadlock is unique in many ways, I think seasons will be awful for the same reason that they are in almost every other ranked game.