Some must fight so that all may be free.
Thoughts on low mmr
Likely the case for some
The idea that people keep spreading about how if you were unlucky the first few games of the season then you will get trapped in some negative mmr spiral is rediculous. If you have 1000s of games played or even hundreds, a dozen bad games isnt going to put any noticeable dent in your mmr, unless it was ALREADY bad to begin with
Only a brand new account could get affected so much from so few games
Most people with MMR are people who tried hard last season to get in either diamond or legendary. I know I did.
OMG let it go already! Some of us like to play non-meta build and yes, we understand it is a risky prospect but come on build =/= skill. The cheesemantalist I play now is ridiculously braindead ez (as are most meta build atm to be fair) to play as opposed to what I like to and still can do very good with. However the system doesn’t consider you taking a higher degree of difficulty when you presented yourself in a match when it rank you after you lost a match and it won’t suddenly augment my rating if a switch to braindead builds. I will have to reacquire victory while now plague by less than stellar teammates.
Had I play it safe from day 1 things might very well have been differently. They are not and I continue to pay for it. But there is zero question about the level of 80% of the player I am fed by the algorithm relative to mine. It is not up to debate by ppl like you.
OMG let it go already! Some of us like to play non-meta build and yes, we understand it is a risky prospect but come on build =/= skill. The cheesemantalist I play now is ridiculously braindead ez (as are most meta build atm to be fair) to play as opposed to what I like to and still can do very good with. However the system doesn’t consider you taking a higher degree of difficulty when you presented yourself in a match when it rank you after you lost a match and it won’t suddenly augment my rating if a switch to braindead builds. I will have to reacquire victory while now plague by less than stellar teammates.
Had I play it safe from day 1 things might very well have been differently. They are not and I continue to pay for it. But there is zero question about the level of 80% of the player I am fed by the algorithm relative to mine. It is not up to debate by ppl like you.
You only have yourself to blame for bringing suboptimal builds into ranked
Last night i got bored of playing the same classes in ranked, so i hopped on my mesmer because its my favorite class to play, but i queueed into UNRANKED because i wasnt going to burden my team or myself with a suboptimal build for ranked
Your low MMR is your own fault. Period, bad luck can only account for so much deviation from your true average MMR. If its below 50% and you have a few hundred/thousand games played, the trend over a long period of time is indicating you lose more often than you win. These last 2 weeks shouldn’t have a big enough impact on your mmr unlesss your brand new to pvp
OMG let it go already! Some of us like to play non-meta build and yes, we understand it is a risky prospect but come on build =/= skill. The cheesemantalist I play now is ridiculously braindead ez (as are most meta build atm to be fair) to play as opposed to what I like to and still can do very good with. However the system doesn’t consider you taking a higher degree of difficulty when you presented yourself in a match when it rank you after you lost a match and it won’t suddenly augment my rating if a switch to braindead builds. I will have to reacquire victory while now plague by less than stellar teammates.
Had I play it safe from day 1 things might very well have been differently. They are not and I continue to pay for it. But there is zero question about the level of 80% of the player I am fed by the algorithm relative to mine. It is not up to debate by ppl like you.
You only have yourself to blame for bringing suboptimal builds into ranked
Last night i got bored of playing the same classes in ranked, so i hopped on my mesmer because its my favorite class to play, but i queueed into UNRANKED because i wasnt going to burden my team or myself with a suboptimal build for rankedYour low MMR is your own fault. Period, bad luck can only account for so much deviation from your true average MMR. If its below 50% and you have a few hundred/thousand games played, the trend over a long period of time is indicating you lose more often than you win. These last 2 weeks shouldn’t have a big enough impact on your mmr unlesss your brand new to pvp
I do not dispute the “you only have yourself to blame” part. I blame the logic behind saying my skill level lies with the guys I’m now given. Hey, I still made it to ruby so far with a MMR that suffered from 2 seasons of me playing 60% on non-meta builds. Not too bad all things considered. Just don’t tell me I’m where I belong with the people I’m fed. It’s just beyond kitten.
If brand new players are awarded average MMR and mine was lowered to a tad above 50% (guesstimate based on winning overall more than I loose despite my builds) by playing riskier it’s not surprising that I’m paired with brand new players. The problem is, I’m not a brand new player at all and my MMR now continue to take a dive but not because I’m now a cheesemancer and I play as bad as my teammates but because I’m with sacs of potatoes who wants the shinies and the APs.
BTW. Had I known from last season that they were to change the way match-making would be formulated I would have been a lot more careful about pampering my MMR than I did. Sux to be me I guess.
(edited by Sirbeaumerdier.3740)