I think that Inflation is the biggest problem with solo shuffle. I believe it’s a direct cause of the insane q timers right now.
Think of it this way, generally the game makes players play with others of the same rating, apart from the differences between healers and dps. So when the cap is 3300 rather something like 2700 the players are generally going to be a lot more spread out making it harder for them to get matched into games.
Here’s an example. Lets say right now you are 2700 and someone else if 2400. As it is right now, those two players would never be able to q into each other, even if the skill level isn’t too different. But lets say the current cap was 2700. Compared to the current 3300 we have right now, that would be about a 20% decrease in rating. So the 2700 player would now be 2160 and the 2400 1920. This is now a lot closer to being able q into each other.
Sure it wont be as fun for the players currently benefitting from how inflated the bracket is, but overall I believe it would make q’s a lot faster. Since there would be more players in a particular rating bracket giving them more players too q into.
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The most likely answer is that the inflation of solo has been caused by the shear volume of people who play it.
What we need to know is what the mean and median ratings are and I don’t think anyone has calculated that yet.
The mean is usually starts around 1500 but drifts upward during the season
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i think the biggest thing is they had no idea how popular the bracket was going to be, and even based on the beta numbers weren’t anywhere near as inflated. The insane inflation caught them by surprise and before they could really do anything about it, it was already too high.
I do believe there is a super high chance next seasons going to be a lot less inflated for solo shuffle. Which could be the solution.
But if not, what they’ll have to do is increase the range of players you can pair with. They did this with healers and it helped improve q times immensely.
They need to figure out a way to make the average q time 5-10 minutes or else players will get fed up with waiting for too long and just decide not to play the game. They may have to completely rework mmr for the bracket to make this work. Honestly for solo q related games a system like overwatch where you have points per division is one of the better ways to handle mmr.
If shuffle rating isn’t literally free and super convenient then that makes 2v2 and 3v3 a bit more appealing.
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Yeah for most people why would they q 3’s at 1600 when they are 2200 in solo shuffle. It makes players think they are better than they are, and also make them not want to play 3’s because it causes them to realize the actual skill level they are at.
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It also gives every reward outside of glad for free which is also why most of the shuffle players are desperate for a glad mount to be added in.
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I don’t understand the desperation, either. Its so weird.
Its like if M+ players were to demand the Mythic Razageth mount for accomplishing something
Not by much… the issue with 2s and 3s is you end up fighting the three same comps in a near scripted cc chain.
Solo is fuĺl derp mode but it leads to more interesting matches… interesting is the key word there. I didn’t say better.
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I think its more they want their own color or variation like mythic plus has vs ce.
It’s likely to happen… unless blizzard refuses to let go. I was more in defense of the mount remaining a prestige item until I started running into glad mounts every single game in rss from 1200 and up.
I never realized how bad the arena carry sellers are.
Dang only 3 comps? What are they i sure would love to know what they are.
Wait a scripted cc chain, so an incredibly obvious and potentially interruptible cc chain?
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Exactly. That isn’t interesting nor compelling to most people and its a massive barrier to entry finding people willing to do that over coms.
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What are you talking about
Or maybe people dont’ want to fight against the insane amount of boosters, carries and streamers that are in the low 2s/3s brackets?
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2s and 3s are extremely unappealing to people without an existing team. Worse the end game of organized pvp is a cc fest…
Its why pvp wasn’t popular for a decade.
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hm so people don’t like 3’s because wow pvp is wow pvp?
Play a different game at that point?
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alright man, you clearly cannot comprehend anything I’ve been saying so I’m just gonna leave it at that.
don’t propagate falsehoods please.
You just showed everyone you have no idea what you are talking about.
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Provide anything helpful please. Or just leave.
I did and then you proved you have no idea what you are talking about.
Also spoiler: No one has to leave just because you don’t like what they are saying. 