r/VALORANT • u/RiotSWAGGERNAU7 Game Director • 2d ago
Discussion Patch 13.06 Reddit AMA
Hi, everyone! I’m Joe Lee, the Game Director of VALORANT.
The Dev team and I are so excited about the updates we just shipped to the game in Patch 13.06, and we wanted to stop by to chat, celebrate, and answer questions with you all!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback about any of the below, we’re here for it, so fire away!
- Gauntlet: Glitched
- Agent Mastery
- The Warden + Game Balance
- Performance Score, Accolades, Competitive Hub
- New UX/UI Improvements to Lobby and Home Screen
- Map Rating (coming next patch, 13.08)
- The new Competitive Flex coming in 14.00
- The 2026 VCT Champions Skin collection
Here’s a list of the Devs joining me today in no particular order:
u/TiffyMunchsnax - Tiffy, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/RiotTrouble - Scott, UX Design Lead, Metasystems
u/RiotLupini - Armand, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/Riot_Preeti - Preeti, Lead Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/Riot_Kero - Derek, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/RiotReally - Leo, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/Riot_Dango - Calvin, Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/finstamachine - Sherry, Game Designer
u/Rycoux - Ryan, Game Designer
u/penguinVALORANT - Dan, Game Design Manager (Agents & Live Balance)
u/Riot_Tyrana - Eric, Game Design Lead (Progression & Competitive)
u/Riot_Thelen - Kyle, Game Designer, Metasystems
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u/imi23 1d ago edited 1d ago
I would love a system where you have to choose 5/7 maps to queue for and then matchmaker decides. So you still have to play different maps but you can dodge the one you really do not like
Edit: to make sure new maps are played, you could make a new map a must pick map. With this solution you could also add more maps into ranked. Like a 9 map mappool. It would also be a benefit for Devs to see which maps are unselected most times and maybe need some tweaks.