Valve has shipped a new update to Counter-Strike 2, and it aims to address an issue that many players have been facing since the release of Premier Season 2.
Recently, social media forums have seen a number of CS2 players expressing their frustration on being unable to queue with their friends in matchmaking. According to some players, friends who they had queued with during Season 1 were no longer eligible to join their party in Season 2 due to newly implemented rank restrictions.
The February 6 CS2 update seems to address this problem.
CS2 February 6 Update Patch Notes
While the new CS2 update isn’t a massive overhaul, it brings some much-needed fixes to the competitive shooter.
The biggest and most important change in the latest patch is undoubtedly the change to the Premier matchmaking in CS2. The update addresses this issue by refining the matchmaking algorithm that determines the acceptable CS Rating differences between party members, ensuring that only those with significant disparities are prevented from queuing together.
“In most cases, players who used to play together as a party in Premier Season One will be able to party together in Premier Season Two,” the patch notes state.
There are also a few other minor changes and bug fixes included in this new update.
Here are the detailed patch notes of the February 6 CS2 update, as confirmed by Valve:
[ PREMIER ]
- Adjusted the logic that determines when players are too far apart in CS Rating to participate in matchmaking together as a party. In most cases, players who used to play together as a party in Premier Season One will be able to party together in Premier Season Two.
[ UI ]
- Added “Get Service Medal” UI element directly to the main menu profile card.
- Fixed a case where main menu profiles were missing display medals.
- Updated Dust II radar image to be more accurate.
[ MISC ]
- Fixed a case where inspect or reload button presses could cause prediction errors.
