So that’s the deal with skill rating, but Overwatch Competitive Mode is changing in other ways, too.
One of these is the skill rating system, which Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan once described as a mistake.
Once you reach a particular skill tier, you won’t drop out immediately if your skill rating goes down – gold Overwatch players are gold Overwatch players, even if they have a bad day.
Speaking of points, everything in Overwatch Competitive Mode is being multiplied by ten: you’ll get ten times the points, but everything costs ten times more.