Quote Originally Posted by Noutaja View Post
Exactly this. Infact I bet unranked would be even more popular, and It wouldnt hurt the amount of ppl participating in the ranked season, ranked for the serious business when everyone is playing their best and are experienced enough.
That's a very optimistic outlook ... but realistically it would really depend on how SE handled rewards.

The problem is that this is a MMO. People never queue for something if there isn't an incentive. That's the same for PvP as it is for PvE. Ranked matches have an added incentive just by the nature of them being ranked. SE would have to offset that in some way for an un-ranked game mode to make it appealing. The first, readily available, option is a greater tome bonus ... but we've seen that before. It turned FL and the early first season of Feast into a cluster f*** of tome farmers. It was anything but enjoyable and queues actually suffered as a result. Yet, without that incentive, people might not queue at all, because, historically, no one wants a game mode in a MMO that doesn't offer them at least something for their time.