The Chronos Shield system has been in Marvel Rivals since launch, allowing players to avoid deranking once the shield is fully charged. Until recently, the only way to charge it was by losing, so you were still guaranteed to lose some of your progression by the time it came in to protect your rank.
However, a recent update has changed that completely. Now, players can unlock Chronos Shield Cards by competent event-based missions This gives you an instant Chronos Shield, meaning that you can suffer a loss without consequence. Fans are not pleased with this, and are fearful that it will only encourage throwers and rage quitters to ruin competitive games for everyone else.
Despite these fears, it doesn't seem that the Marvel Rivals devs think this will be a problem at all. Replying to a fan, executive producer Danny Koo argues that leavers will always plague the game, but admits that harsher penalties are being considered.
This was spotted by Marvel Rivals Intel, who highlighted this recent comment from Koo in light of the backlash against Chronos Shield Cards.
"With or without, [there] will be throwers," says Koo. "There is [an] in-game reporting option for that. Chrono shield...
