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This is the issue. You should never lose rating for a leaver. I had two games just yesterday (as a healer) where a DPS was horrible and I got the first 3 games with him. Game 4 you finally realize oh yeah it’s not me, he just dies (as he dies in the opener). Then he leaves and I lose a bunch of rating.
This is even worse than before in some ways since previously a bad player could stop you from progressing, but they at least couldn’t make you do less than 3-3. Now a bad player who leaves can actually cost you points at no fault of your own.
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Well thats just rude.
Had an AFK healer de-ranking, I lost my first three games with him on my team, won one. Finally got kicked and I lost rating. If someone doesn’t move for more than one match how are they not kicked?
Make it make sense.
They lose MMR also now so I think they are just straight rage quitting.
I seen people have full blown meltdown in RSS lol. Healers tend to scream at me, I only start doing pvp when I has sum beer in meh.
I dont care about rating I just want to play
sitting a dps queue to have a healer rage quit 0-3 makes me want to uninstall
My incidence of leavers has gone wayyy down since the fix
Unfortunately I don’t think that will help you in any way. What this will do is increase queue times to 45 minutes or more in the end, and some leavers will still exist. The system itself is too punishing if you lose, and needs a re-desgin - maybe even ground up.
Put yourself in the shoes of a leaver. You are low self-esteem, trying to escape the real world and score some PvP kills. Unfortunately, you suck… you are aware of this, but want a way to improve. Inevitably you’re going to have times where you want to quit because it feels awful - maybe an incentive to stay would make it worth it… maybe some extra Conquest and Honor? Maybe Marks of Honor and a box.
Most of the issue revolves around 2 things:
- If you win only 2 matches, you LOSE. This has to feel INCREDIBLY awful for most players. I do not like it.
- If the MMR / CR of the opposition isn’t high enough, you can’t gain rating even with 6.
For healers, going 3-3 is a loss as it rewards 0 rating. This is the reality of 99% of games for healers. All healers need to have their dps buffed to disc priest levels so that we can make a meaningful impact on the game.
^ This.
Going 3-3 also brings your MMR closer to your CR. With so many 3-3 games, the healers’ CR and MMR are nearly the same. That makes it harder for healers to get a decent amount of rating when they do finally win 4+ rounds.
Forcing other players to lose should probably be pretty hard
The most frustrating thing about leavers for me as a healer is when I just had like 3 games in a row where I went 3-3 and I’ll get no rating right?
Then on my 4th game, I’ll get 4-6 or 5-6 and before I can win the last one or two rounds, someone leaves and my rating says “+12”. When it could have been at the very least like +60 to +80.
It’s like I either get creamed and just have to sit there for 6 rounds and accept it, or I’ll actually have an amazing game and someone screws me over like some cosmic force saying, “no you’re not allowed to climb”.
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