Scott Mercer from the Overwatch team has posted this blog post.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753625906
A few highlights:
Season 3 Data
Bronze - 6%
Silver - 22%
Gold - 34%
Platinum - 23%
Diamond - 10%
Master - 3%
Grandmaster - <1%
Scott Mercer:
Some interesting notes:
- Median maximum skill rating is not 2500, it’s actually a little above 2300. So if you have a maximum skill rating of 2350, you have a higher SR than 50% of the population!
- If you do a breakdown based upon the more volatile current skill rating, there’s even fewer players above 3000 SR than listed above. Only around 8% of the population was above 3000 SR for season 3 at any one time
For me I found this shocking that Master & GM accounted for only 4% of the playerbase in season 3. It felt much easier to hit those ranks than previously and I expected a much larger number.
Matchmaking/MatchFinder change going live soon.
Scott Mercer:
...we’re not going to compromise as much anymore. The matchmaker will no longer create a match above a certain win percentage threshold, and we’re going to turn this new behavior on very soon. When we do, you could possibly wait a very long time or even not find a match at all in extreme cases. To find fair matches quickly, try to play during prime hours for your region. It also easier to match you if you’re solo or in a smaller group. In a future patch, when we think we can’t find a match based on the current matchmaking population then we’ll warn you that the wait might be a very long time.....
I found this bit interesting. I'm in favor of having longer queue times for more competitive matches. However, I hope it doesn't become detrimental overall for the experience. It would be very upsetting to sign in and have the UI tell me there are no available competitive matches. OffSeason is the only time I ever wanna be touching quickplay.
Anyways, Just wanted to see what everyone here thought about this post and these changes from blizz.
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