I’ve already made a post about it and bumped my old one from s1. I’m not going to spam create the same topic because they read every thread and forward it to the departments the threads are about.
In an expansion that has had great communication so far, it seems weird we have not heard anything about season 2 MMR and inflation yet. In the past 2-3 weeks, every time I’ve opened Twitter or went to the arena forums there’s been posts asking what is going on. Even AWC chats were filled with questions about it.
At the creation of this post, Rank 1 is currently still lower than Gladiator (2369) and there’s only 37 people in NA above 2400. You guys said you would keep an eye on inflation this season, but the only thing you’ve kept an eye on was Solo Shuffle getting super inflated ratings, and ignored rated 2s and 3s that’s floundering.
I think people would appreciate an acknowledgment and that something is being done. Everyone that PvPs just feels ignored right now.
On the topic of Inflation - As noted in the above post, we did start inflation earlier this season, having started this past week (Week 5). We have noticed that a smaller amount of players are hitting the higher end of ratings compared to the same time as Season 1, which also has trickle effects on the rest of the ladder. To help improve this situation, we are taking the following steps:
- With next week’s reset, the inflation rate will be substantially increased for next week
- This increase will be gradual throughout the course of the week
- The steadier inflation rate will continue for the remainder of the season
I tell efx to do his job and make an updated deflation post and pvp gets saved instantly
crazy how that works!