Overwatch 2 Developers Acknowledge Ranked Play Criticisms, Promise Improvements to MMR and Progression Transparency in 2023

Overwatch 2 ranked play has been criticized for removing SR updates after every match and lacking transparency.
The devs acknowledge issues with MMR decay causing unfair deranks and plan to improve transparency.
They are open to bringing back the OW1 SR system but haven't committed to it yet.
Ranked updates coming early 2023 will make progress contributions after every match.
Bigger updates like Top 500 leaderboards for all ranks won't arrive for a few more months.

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