Thanks for the update
Please consider doing the most simple and stable solution from here on out:
Detaching Rated PvP rewards from Current Rating.
- Due to the way inflation works, a lot of players refrain from queuing until later in the season to get rewards. They know it’s easier to get rewards attached to current rating after months of inflation.
- Most players are not above average players. Any healthy ladder needs most of the rewards to be earned as a participation mechanic, not reserved for a small group of participants.
- If you attached exclusive rewards to alternative ranking systems, such as rewarding players based on their in-season ranking among characters of the same spec, then people are incentivized to play whenever they want, if not earlier in a season. I.e. Instead of Warrior Elite Armor fully unlocked at 1800 current rating, it could be unlocked whenever a player enters the top 50% of Arms Warriors over 1500. So the reward could be unlocked at lower CRs when the ladder is more deflated.
Also, please comment on intended timeline and changes for Rated Blitz 