Me and my friends play roughly the same amount of games, have the same amount of wins and perform at similar levels. I’m a Support player, one of my friends plays Support and the other plays Tank. Despite our similar results, we’re progressing through Stadium ranks at completely different rates.
Whenever I win, I skyrocket through the ranks. I’m getting around 240 points per win and have climbed all the way to All-Star and even Legend. Meanwhile, my friends get 80 points at most per win, yet also lose 80 points or more when we lose. How is that fair? We’re playing the same matches, winning the same games and performing similarly, but I’m climbing several times faster than they are. It’s gotten so bad that I’ve ranked up too far to play with them because we’re hitting rank restrictions. A system that’s supposed to encourage competitive progression is actively preventing friends with similar results from playing together.
Before anyone says it’s because of predicted rank, I’ve tested that too. I switched to an alt account that I hadn’t used for Stadium. I started at Rookie, but the exact same thing happened. I’m getting disproportionately high point gains and I’m already approaching All-Star on that account while my friends are still stuck in Pro. How does that make sense? If predicted rank is the explanation, why does the same thing happen on a fresh account? Why are players with similar results being pushed into completely different ranks so quickly? And no, this isn’t a matter of individual performance. My friends perform just as well as I do. We have comparable stats and win rates, and we’re playing together. Performance alone doesn’t explain why I’m receiving three times as many points for a win.
I’ve also seen other players reporting similar problems with Stadium progression, including fixed 80-point gains, missing bonuses and inconsistencies between players. So clearly, this isn’t an issue that should simply be brushed off with a generic explanation about predicted rank. I want Blizzard to investigate how Stadium Points are calculated and explain why these discrepancies happen.
I enjoy Stadium, and I want to keep playing it with my friends. But when we’re achieving similar results and one person climbs so much faster that we can’t even queue together anymore, something needs to be addressed. Players shouldn’t have to guess why their points are being calculated differently, especially when the system’s behaviour seems so inconsistent.
Please stop dismissing these issues as differences in skill or predicted rank without properly investigating them. Explain what’s happening, acknowledge the reports and fix the system if it’s broken. We deserve a clear answer.