Battlegrounds should't reset everyone to brone III
With the changes Kabam doing to Batllegraund it is a lot better than the abomination they presented at the first announcement. Lots of positive changes, but still lots of things that need improvement. One in particular: I believe resetting everyone to bronze III is a mistake and I want to point out some reasons why:
*** I am talking about the victory track here, I wasn't able to have the time to reach gladiator's circuit ***
1. Seasons feel too much grindy and less of a competition,
2. Repetitive, after resetting you have to do everything all over again (same reason why players don't do arenas, AW/AQ)
3. Tiers don't mean much for the next season, they are only milestones, you lose the sense of progression, connected to point 1,2
4. If everyone is back at bronze III matchmaking is guaranteed to be unfair. Imagine you are just trying to test out this new mode, you get matched up with people who came back to bronze from Uru, match after match.
I suggest they should drop players by only a few ranks. I believe 10 victory tokens are enough. It roughly equates to one tier if you were gold you go back to silver, platinum drops to gold, and so on. this way people who don't have a lot of time to play battlegrounds still can progress in a span of few months maybe. After reset players have to win that 10 matches back. For average player that could be around 20 matches maybe even a lot more. also because its not just 10 wins but you need consecutive wins losing because of an unfair match feels extremely frustrating. losing is bad enough, you have to win extra match to compensate for that loss. If people reset according to their last season's rank, after couple of resets, tiers will feel more like tiers, bronze will have lower skilled players and getting to the rank that represents your skill level will be relatively smooth because you are less likely to get matched with people who are much stronger than you. When you hit a roadblock at some tier no worries, because next season you will not reset to bronze III you can stop playing and focus on improving your roster, so next season you can push higher.
I'm sure many people have their own vision of how battlegrounds should look like, some people love the grind, some people are more laid back (like me). I believe this mode can become something everyone can enjoy with few changes. Feel free to show me the points I missed.
