The Thing and Human Torch will finally make their debut in Marvel Rivals next week, NetEase Games confirmed in a new dev update today.
The final members of the Fantastic Four will go live as part of the update, with Human Torch (Duelist) and The Thing (Vanguard) increasing the game’s hero total to 37 midway through its first full content season. But that’s not all that’s changing.
“After careful observations and consideration, we have concluded that players’ ranks during the first half of season one are the best indicator of their competitive skills within the season,” NetEase said.
NetEase will be introducing a rank reset at the midseason point, and all midseason points moving forward. For season one, players will be dropping four divisions as part of the update, meaning those who finished Diamond 1 will drop to Platinum 2, Gold 3 will drop to Silver 2, and so on.
Since season one is longer than normal, the rank drop-off will be different than normal, too. In future seasons, players will drop six divisions at the start of the season, and four at every midseason, so players will have to continue playing to keep their ranks up.
The second half of season one will also introduce a new reward for players who reach Gold, and new Crests of Honor to recognize players at Grandmaster and above.
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