I've been thinking about an option... I was going to make a separate post for it, but oh well.
A public game with a gold buy in...Rank 15+ .... 4000 gold? (I don't know, something that's not crazy and still makes the game profitable.)
Gold is disabled in the map.
Winning players don't win gold... but instead get to choose a previously closed season badge as a victory reward.
A buy in will keep players active because they have skin in the game... and the victory reward isn't trivial, but something that players can obsess over collecting.
A public game with a gold buy in...Rank 15+ .... 4000 gold? (I don't know, something that's not crazy and still makes the game profitable.)
Gold is disabled in the map.
Winning players don't win gold... but instead get to choose a previously closed season badge as a victory reward.
A buy in will keep players active because they have skin in the game... and the victory reward isn't trivial, but something that players can obsess over collecting.