With patch 6.58 coming in two weeks and no news on when Season 11 will start, we're potentially staring down a period of no Ranked Crystalline Conflict season for up to 8-9 months: there's unlikely to be a ranked season during 7.0 since everyone will be encouraged to play through the MSQ which makes 7.1 the likely target.

Season 11 could be squeezed in between 6.58 and 7.0, but this gets to my second complaint, which is that ranked seasons are way too short: the frequent rank resets sabotage the mode's ranking system and degrade match quality. Crystal Credit is supposed to be an MMR but is really more of a measure of player activity and late climbers are rewarded with favorable matchmaking while early climbers are punished.

It would be better (and less confusing!) if seasons were concurrent with series, which I hope SE considers. I'm not concerned about the potential loss of rewards, but if that's such a big issue, they could just be doubled. I already have a growing stack of unspent Commendation Crystals on my retainer.