Update 0.50 EB is here! And along with it comes a total ranking overhaul, new ranks, Valorant Operator Scope Variants and a slew of bug fixes!
Ranking overhaul
You've probably noticed that your rank in Aim Lab has changed since the last major update - For some of you it will be lower, and for others it will be higher. This is because the fundamental calculations behind how rank points are given has changed.
Prior to Update 0.50EB, rank points for things like Flicking or Tracking were assigned based on Accuracy, rather than real performance. This meant that players with insanely high performance that suffered a few misses would have less rank points than a player that shot a target once in a round. This system, as many pointed out, was fundamentally flawed.
After Update 0.50EB, rank points are given based on your score and performance in a round. This ties back into the scoring overhaul that we pushed live just the other day - As scoring is now far more indicative of performance, ranking has been changed to use your score far more than an individual metric.
As a general rule, every rank point you get is equivalent to 1000 score, averaged across the category. Rank points of 100 in a category would mean that your average score in said category is 100,000, whereas rank points of 50 in a category mean that your average score in said category is 50,000.
This system will be receiving constant, and consistent balancing tweaks to ensure that normalisation and score assignment feel appropriate, so expect more changes to follow.
New Ranks!
Previously, the ranks you could earn in Aimlab progressed as follows - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, with each subsection going from 1-4. 1 being lowest and 4 being highest.
Update 0.50 EB brings three new ranks to the table - Ruby, Emerald and Grandmaster.
You can now expect ranking to progress as follows - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Master, and finally, Grandmaster. A final, prestigious rank will be implemented at a later time, so expect to hear more about it down the line.
Furthermore - The way ranks progress has been changed a little. Before, a rank of Diamond 1 meant you were at the lowest portion of the Diamond rank. Now, inversely, a rank of Diamond 4 would mean you are at the lowest portion of the Diamond rank, whereas a rank of Diamond 1 would put you at the border of Master.
And lastly - You will now notice a rank emblem beside your scorecard, you can view every rank emblem in the game (As of Update 0.50 EB) here!
Valorant weapon scope variants added
- Stinger
- Spectre
- Ares
- Bulldog
- Odin
- Phantom
- Vandal
- Guardian
- Marshal
- Operator
- Operator Double Zoom
Changes and fixes
General stability and performance improvements
Hotfix 0.50.1EB
- Fixed sliders - Arrow keys now resume from last mouse drag position
- Changed default preferences - Muzzle Flash and Recoil are now disabled by default
- Added more descriptions for options in the "Graphics" tab
- Fixed missing descriptions, overlapping descriptions and dropdown notifications
- Removed raw input option temporarily