Summary
Marvel Rivals, despite being pretty fun overall, has a lot of problems. It can bea little greedy when it comes to its monetization, I personallycan’t stand being thrown into bot matches in Quick Play, and the game does little to nothing to try and combat smurfing,choosing to go without placement matches. It can be very frustrating if you’re just a casual player.
Thankfully, it appears as though NetEase is finally attempting to do something about its rampant smurfing problem. While it’s not placement matches,a Reddit user called IntoTheRain78noticed that NetEase appears to have recently updated the report system in Marvel Rivals, as players now have the option to report someone for smurfing.
Marvel Rivals Is Finally Trying To Deal With Smurfs
To do this yourself, you need to head to the player you want to report - you’re able to usually tell if it’s a smurf account if it’s a particularly low level yet high rank. You’ll then need to choose the option to report someone for Negative Behaviour, and you’ll the see the Smurfing option right there. Hopefully, this will ease the problem a little, though we have no idea how NetEase is going to police things.
There is speculation that NetEase will police accounts via hardware, which would allow anyone jumping from PC to a console to avoid being unfairly flagged as a smurfer. IntoTheRain78 also claims that they’ve seen more details about smurf reporting on a Japanese website, claiming that you’ll receive a first warning, though they don’t share a link, and it’s impossible to verify.
That being said, all you need to do is report people you suspect are smurfing and then let the system work as intended. If we get placement matches to go alongside this new reporting system, the more competitive Marvel Rivals scene could start looking a bit healthier.
