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Ranked RESURGENCE is coming to Warzone is season 2 on Fortunes Keep I had the privilege of being able to play test season 2 early with several other creators at @Treyarch and here’s everything I learned -Ranked will ONLY be on resurgence this season. Battle Royale (urzikstan) ranked is coming but unsure when -We do not know if fortunes keep will be available for regular public matches at launch, it seems like this will depend on the weekly playlist -Unsure if ranked resurgence could rotate to other maps like Vondel (seems like season 2 will be exclusively fortunes keep though) -the map blueprint is very similar to fortunes keep in warzone 1 but several POIs have been updated -all water is swimmable -storyline is set 40 years after we were last there in warzone 1 -FK has been taken over by the ‘konni’ group and have been researching new weapons there -grotto underground area has been raised up and is not as deep, weapons lab POI here -the island has been hit by earthquakes with many cracks/fissures -winery cellar has dynamic water that can be flooded or drained -interactable bridges on the map (raise or lower) -no fog or dynamic weather. lighting and skybox was nice -moving boat with buy station (large yacht) that goes around entire map coming season 2.5 -RANKED Skill divisions will be like ranked previously, with 8 divisions, bronze to top 250 -SR for placements: 1st 100 Top 3 80 Top 5 60 Top 8 40 Top 12 20 Ranked will be trios, 17 squads for a total of 51 players With smaller lobbies, they expect matchmaking to be tighter and more appropriately matched against similar divisions It plays like normal resurgence in terms of uav pings, respawn, etc Kill SR depends on how many teams are left. For example, a kill in the final 3 teams is worth much more than at the beginning of the game Kills and assists are the same amount of SR You also earn SR for kills by squad mates (unassisted kills) but not as much as kills/assists “Tapping” or “Taps” will still be a thing at launch, although they’re actively looking at finding ways to address this -DEATH FEE- this is new. Based on what division you’re in, you lose SR everytime you die. The highest is -7 at top 250 -Seasonal SR challenges each season, there will be 1 time challenges to earn extra SR like 50 kills, place top 5, top 3, win, etc. this is intended to help you climb ranks quickly at first. These are only 1 time challenges though for the entire season (can’t be repeated for more SR) -rewards There will be unique ranked rewards like operators, camos, and emblems based on what division you finish in Spawn protection is reduced in ranked -set public events every match Loadout drops circle 2, fire sale circle 3, restock circle 4 -SNIPERS snipers will NOT 1 shot down in ranked but you can still use the same build as public matches. Meaning, in ranked only snipers will be capped to 299 damage and won’t 1 shot despite it 1 shotting in pubs with the same build -restrictions Most shotguns, riot shield, all launchers, and several attachments (including thermal scopes) are restricted in ranked play -redeploy drones ranked will have double the redeploy drones (8 vs 4) compared to pubs -2 new guns BP50 AR Ram 9 SMG -New dive setting ‘hybrid’ Functions like slide only but if you are actively pressing sprint (L3) and you slide, you will instead dive. If not pressing L3, you slide (seemed good but will take some getting used to) My personal thoughts: We played 3 matches and it was a ton of fun. Pacing felt awesome. End game circles pull hard and were intense. As a resurgence player, I’m hyped but I do feel for big map BR players and understand where they may be frustrated. Will be very interesting to see how it plays out this season Massive thanks to @CallofDuty for inviting me, my first ever cod event and it was amazing Gameplay in next post