Revealing the discovery of an audio bug, the devs had decided to play it safe and turn off ranked mode until a fix and stability is restored.<\/p>\n
Its just another example of how seriously Riot take competitive play, but it will leave many disappointed.<\/p>\n In a Twitter post Riot said:<\/p>\n “We’re shipping this patch with ranked entirely OFF, beginning with NA\/BR\/LATAM in ~10 hours (downtime at 6am PT, back up around 9-10am PT).<\/p>\n . . . KR\/JP\/OCE\/APAC to follow, then EU\/TR\/MENA\/CIS regions last.”<\/p>\n Adding, “We’ll stabilize this patch as quickly as we can, and then turn on ranked — but not before.”<\/p>\n Patch stability talk: we’ve already found one (rare) audio bug (on all maps) but want to get Icebox testing as soon as possible SO…<\/p>\n We’re shipping this patch with ranked entirely OFF, beginning with NA\/BR\/LATAM in ~10 hours (downtime at 6am PT, back up around 9-10am PT) . . .<\/p>\n — VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n And while few will be unhappy about being able to play the latest map, Icebox<\/a>, the changes to ranked mode<\/a> arriving in v1.10 including the tightening of matchmaking and the focus on team performance rather than kills (at higher ELOs for just now) were highly anticipated changes.<\/p>\n We likely won’t be waiting long. Valorant has seen its ranked mode turned off before<\/a> for “stability” reasons and while gamers thought they might be waiting a while to see it return it has been online within 24-48hrs.<\/p>\n Not tomorrow, bro 😔<\/p>\n
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When will ranked mode return in Valorant v1.10?<\/h2>\n
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