Marvel Rivals plan to reset ranks mid-season hastily abandoned in the face of player revolt
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Summary
Chinese games maker NetEase planned to reset player ranks in its popular Marvel Rivals game twice per season, but has abandoned the idea after a wave of gamer complaints.
The company had wanted to introduce a rank drop of four divisions, with the idea being that players could rank up again to unlock new season-specific rewards.
However, gamers complained that this imposed a high time cost on players in a relatively short game, which felt like a cheap way to drive up engagement.
Yesterday, NetEase relented and announced that it would not go ahead with the rank reset, with players only needing to complete 10 matches at the maximum rank to earn further rewards.
The game is currently 7th in the Steam Most Played charts.
