Updates to Hero Pools

Competitive Discussion
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cool, now bring back SR Decay.

cause players in top500 are very low quality after RoleQ specially doubleshield meta

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33

I absolutely love this change. It just made my day

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34

That’s really not. They exactly explained why in the post.

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35

SR Decay should only be added back to higher ranks imo.

I don’t play much competitive on this account, and I’m happy with it sitting at 3100sr. I don’t see a need for me to lose 100sr due to inactivity when I’m not affecting anyone.

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36

Your trust is misplaced, throwing may be one thing. But like I said, this incentivises smurfing even further and it’s never addressed. I get it though, I’m glad the pools will be gone in my rank too.

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37

thanks for all of the feedback in the thread so far!

just as a reminder, we’re always open to iteration. we’ve changed this system quite a bit since we first implemented. if someone is causing issues, we’ll keep a close eye on it and make sure to address it.

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38

No, you learn by playing people at your skill level or SLIGHTLY above. I learn nothing from being instakilled the second I step out of spawn.

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39

Thank you guys for listening to the community in a problem that has been bothering a lot us of for a little bit.

It means a lot to at least try something and then if it that something does not work you can go down a different path.

Thank you again!

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40

Thank you for giving us the chance to reply with our thoughts!+

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41

So no fun allowed when you are master? Why do you need to keep it for ranked?

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42

this is swag, I am only typing more so I reach the minimum message length

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You guys have been communicating a bit more, quite a good change! We really appreciate that you guys are willing to change some things around.

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44

Thanks for this change ! Even if the incentivizing of smurfing may become an issue, I think this iteration is my favorite so far !

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45

I just suggested the hero pools should only be for the highest level of play yesterday in my plat comp game. HA FINALLY THANK YOU.

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46

Please look at the very feed in this forum that has over 300 comments, several people admitting to smurfing and giving reasons as to why. This change is good but making pools only affect the high tiers will only serve to further incentivise the smurf players to stay at low ranks and throw if they don’t like the bans. At least address the problem that’s all we ask, either by going after the players who do it or the reasons they do it.

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47

Good changes. Thanks for listening, dev team.

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48

Oh yes let’s add to the smurfing, makes the game great

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49

PLEASE delete them, xoxo

otherwise thanks for listening i guess…?

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50

Does this mean hero pools could come back mid Season 22?

51

While this seems like a step in the right direction, it really isn’t. Just remove Hero Pools entirely or only keep it in OWL only. Removing player agency in one of the most unique games on the market is unacceptable.

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