The post VALORANT devs explain queue dodging rank penalties and talk about knives appeared first on Dot Esports. I was already playing bad and it was my Derank game.. seeing 2 players with no mic’s wasn’t worth it.. VALORANT is a free to play 5v5, character-based tactical shooter. The game hasn’t even started!!. This week, we address the Rank Rating penalty for queue dodge, and look at the knife hit detection. VALORANT is a free to play 5v5, character-based tactical shooter. If you're the type of player to occasionally drop out of queue because of toxic teammate, this penalty isn't going to wreck you or your rank. The latest Ask Valorant is here with Riot addressing questions and concerns around Rank Rating penalties for queue dodging and more. The latest developers’ AMA on Reddit answered numerous questions on MMR, ranked ladder decay, AFK and character select screen dodging penalties, and much more. Stick with it. Riot wants to issue some MMR penalty, for character select dodging whether they are dodging the map or because the player's main character got picked. Is it better to just wait it out and not select? Riot Scruffy starts the blog by explaining why Riot feels the punishment for dodging champion selects needs to change. 25.02.2021 By Jef Van den Bosch One of the penalties for queue dodging is a Rank Rating penalty, which not everybody is happy about as to some it feels like too big of a punishment. These ranks begin at the iron level and go all the way up to the radiant rank. I queued up with 2 players with voice bans (who shouldn’t even be able to play ranked) and I decided it wasn’t worth the risk to play with them and alt f4... got hit with a 30 minute penalty come on riot. Unlike other Valorant maps, Icebox has several vertical angles and corners where players can hide. Valorant developers recently took a deeper dive into the upcoming queue dodging penalty of Rank Rating in competitive game mode. The rank rating reduction is only three points, ensuring there will only be a serious impact for repeat offenders. The game operates on an economy-round, objective-based, first-to-13 competitive format where you select a unique agent to play for the entirety of the match. For me its 2 minutes, then like 10 or so, etc. Idk why they made it so long; it used to be like 3 minutes, If you’re in the player selection scene, the penalty shouldn’t be bad. Following an announcement earlier this month about a new penalty structure for AFK violations, VALORANT developers have responded to specific comments Dodging League of Legends lobbies may become a thing of the past. it shouldn't be 30 minutes the first time. They’d like to improve on the “static, unintuitive” hitbox that’s only active for a brief period of time, but they said other weapon balance issues take priority. If you're worried about some sort of punishment for leaving a Valorant match, don't get too worked up. In their initial post on Feb. 15, the devs outlined a list of potential punishments for repeat offenders, including XP denial, rank deductions for in-game AFKing, and smaller deductions for pre-game dodges during agent select or queue. We're backing away from dodge penalty increases. Questions about bypassing the queue have been answered. Don't quit your game of Valorant, it's not worth the penalty. Riot Games have time and time again proven their commitment to listening to the VALORANT community’s feedback in shaping the game’s experience. According to the latest patch notes, ranked matchmaking has been added to Valorant, but we can't actually join a ranked match yet.