Blizzard have announced the Overwatch schedule through a blog post on Battle.net, revealing that Season 2 ends in one month and Season 3 kicks off shortly after. It was also revealed that some small changes are coming to Competitive Play, affecting how to calculate Skill Rating and Skill Tier placement.
The second round of Overwatch competitive matches will last until 00:00 GMT on November 24 and Season 3 will start just one week later, on December 1. Scott Mercer, Principal Designer, says this decision has been made "based on community feedback", who asked for shortened waiting time between seasons.
Blizzard is already testing out some changes on the PTR to "provide the fairest matches" between teams because they "provide the greatest chance for you to have fun in Overwatch". Developers also want to avoid unbalanced encounters due to the ranking system.
"Another area of Competitive Play we're trying to improve for Season 2 is how we distribute everybody into their Skill Tiers (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, etc.) based on their SR [...] We're testing a different way of determining your starting SR for Season 3 on the PTR. We're leaning more towards trying to keep things fair rather than giving everyone a fresh start. We're also going to initially tune your SR to be slightly lower to start. In turn, fewer players should start the season having their Skill Rating drastically drop despite having close to even wins and losses."
Are you ready for more action? Do you think Overwatch is going to die down in popularity any time soon?