Can you make the SR decay from dia to master? i dont see whats the reason to put sr decay from maser and below, i know 1 of the reason for sr decay system is to prevent player from top 500 to make many account and just do placement then leave it there but i dont know about master and below.
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Since I’m on mobile I can’t see his sr but I’m gonna take a wild guess and say it’s diamond
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me? i`m just gold
(for 20 characters requirements)
Can you explain why it should me upped to masters instead of diamond?
because i don`t see a reason for it to be in diamond above?
OK. For the sake of having an augurment I want it so you can decay to 2500 instead of 3000 can you tell me why you disagree with it? I don’t actually want this I just want to know your reasons for the change
ok man first of all i just want to see if people will agree or disagree with me, and with your questions your just making this complicated you… yourself know that 2500 sr decay is not right lmao
I know that you can’t decay to 2500… I’m asking as to WHY you think it needs to be changed from what it is right now.
Yes, decay beyond top 500 is absolute nonsense.
What it should do - Make sure players deservers their rank if they take break, force players to play
What it truly does - Less players playing, half of my friend list including me is just waiting for the last week to finish placements because we dont want to bother with stupid decay.
Removing it below top 500 would he a good step imo.
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It only affects around 15% of the player-base. Why does it really matter?
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Because its annoying and literally stops me from playing comp whatsoever?
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oh ok i think i got it now when you said “force players to play” i think i know the reason , maybe if there is no sr decay in diamond up many players will just don`t play the 2 months comp and that may affect overwatch ratings?
but
diamond and up is just 15~20%(not really sure) of overwatch population and the rest of us are in plat below which are not decaying.
i don`t really get it
Yes, that is actually the main reason why they added it, players stopped playing when they got certain rank they wanted, but now its even worse imo. A lot of players are avoiding decay by playing in a smurf or not playing at all.
It needs to be tweaked atleast.
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Wait. Decay is annoying and literally stops you from playing comp whatsoever??
Decay only occurs if you don’t play 7? games in a week??
So the mechanic that only kicks in when you don’t play for a week is LITERALLY what keeps you from playing comp?
well in a 3rd world country sr decay is really a pain , especially if you want to play not only overwatch if you know what i mean
Well yeah, i know it sounds like my problem but i know many who feels the same and do the same (playing last week).
It can be connected also with personal life or something i dont know. I know SR doesnt matter irl at all but i absolutely extremely hate to be forced to do something. Its against my skin and that feeling that i need to play game to avoid decay even if i dont want to or dont have time just scares me.
If there was no decay, i would play whole S9, now i will just finish placements in the end, it may sound like iam total weirdo but many do it like this because reasons i mentioned…
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I’m just going to say this:
If you are worried about maintaining your rank and can not take a combined estimated total of 90 minutes in a week to play 7 games, win or lose, that rank wasn’t that important in the first place.
I apologize that you can not climb to 4000 and just avoid taking the risk of losing that SR simply by not playing comp at all. Blizzard seems to believe you will happily defend your rank by playing each week at a rate of at least 1 game a day. Maybe they will reconsider changes if you shine light on the subject as you are doing now.
Hope it works out for you ![:slight_smile:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=5" ":slight_smile:")
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Decay felt so crappy to me I stopped playing comp 100% once it was implemented. I don’t like being told I have to play a game when I don’t feel like it. As if Overwatch is some lame free to play cell phone game you have to check in every day for your reward or something.
As for why it was even added into the game, just look at the thread for SR spread. Diamond is only 10%, Masters 3%… There is just NOT enough 3k+ players to have decent match making with out forcing the player base to play/grind more games. At least not when match making has to find a game 24/7/365 over 3 platforms and world wide locations.
My own personal feeling on this is that is sort of backfired as a I suspect a lot of people just got 2nd accounts to now play them in total “who cares?” mode. Decay? One trick? Whatever, doesn’t matter being it’s just one of a few cheap 1/2 off sale accounts. Then as others have said, break out a main account near the end of the season only.
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Yes, decay helps to keep players at correct SR.
But then add it to every rank, why diamond+ then? You dont make any money or it is nothing special. I was top 500 in 2 seasons and its same sh ithole like everywhere else. It doesnt mean anything at this point.
Add it to every rank then if its so good at determining correct rank.
Pretty much exactly. Decay just added more smurfs and made less main accounts play comp. Well done.
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