

Valorant 2.02 patch update#
The new update promises reduced queue time while maintaining match fairness for players. According to various professional players, they sometimes had to wait for hours to find a match in Valorant.
Valorant 2.02 patch Patch#
The developer also resolves the final competitive issue of long queues in patch 2.02. In this update, players who surpass their own record performance will be awarded extra RR, expediting the process of ranking up. Riot Games redeems itself in patch 2.02 by introducing bonus points. Higher-ranked players were clearly not a fan of new ranked system as they freqeuently complained about being “hardstuck” due to the stringent system’s effects. After the update, silver players who perform as though they belonged in platinum will move up to a rank that better reflects their skills. This is the developer’s way of ridding the game of the smurfs plaguing lower-ranked matches. “We wanted to be a little conservative launching the new ranked system, but believe in some cases you were having to play too many games to reach your intended rank.” comms associate Jeff Landa said.
Valorant 2.02 patch full#
Click here to read the full Valorant Patch Notes 2.02. Other bug fixes that were reported after the previous patch have also been addressed in Patch 2.02. Minor Bug Fixes in Valorantįixed a lot of minor bugs where players could plant the spike without it making noise along with the bugs with few agents where they couldn’t go back to their screen after using some ability like Cypher’s Cam or Sova’s Owl Drone. The rule of Solo / Duo queue now also applies to Diamond 3 rank, as the player now needs to prove their base to climb to Immortal / Radiant. Players from Iron to Diamond level will receive bonus rank rating for their exceptional performance. It’ll help the players as well as the legit smurfers to rank up quicker. With the increase in effectiveness in the Rank Rating Convergence, players will now reach their deserving ranks faster than before. Competitive Update / Rank Rating Convergence in Valorant This is a change to the game which players were asking for for a long time now. Run and gun is still possible though, just very rare and difficult depending on the range of your enemy. These changes make it less likely to be killed with someone running around trying to spray you down.

8 > 1.1Ĭrouch-moving Error across rifles increased. Running Error across rifles increased 3.75 > 5.0

The developers have finally addressed one of the most annoying things in the game- movement accuracy. Rifle Movement Accuracy changes in Valorant There are also Rank Rating Convergence changes and much more. So, finally Patch 2.0 nerfs the Rifle Movement Accuracy in the game, to make running and gunning more inconsistent. Additionally, there are also changes to the ranked game mode and several bug fixes.Įver since the beta, players around the world complained about the annoying running and gunning accuracy of the rifles in Valorant. The free to play online 5v5 game is getting major changes with this patch, especially when it comes to run and gun mechanics in the game. Riot Games has come out with Patch 2.02 for Valorant.
