Blizzard are not dumb are they. They know so many of the accounts here are Smurf accounts and by hiding the fact that you can see other players progress just shows that they want to hide the Smurf accounts. Hence why they removed the phone option. They knew full well what they was doing with that move
- You can give them a working number and not be able to play
- “Smurfs” can be legit new accounts from suspended or banned players
I don’t think it’s a conspiracy to stomp new and unskilled players. Once the system picks up on their skill level they won’t be able to play you (hidden mmr).
i dont like the whole private profile thing. i can understand streamer mode and maybe they could figure out youre a streamer from your stats, but at least give us the ability to inspect the ranks and top heroes