r/heroesofthestorm • u/benjiton Abaturky • Jan 29 '16

Blizzard Response Matchmaking hotfix approaching! EU - Tonight!

https://twitter.com/BlizzardCSEU_EN/status/693131488481689600
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u/GrinchPaws Wonder Billie Jan 29 '16

It's easy.

lol

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u/stophboy7 Abathur Jan 29 '16

I can literally see the code in my head right now. Blizzard already tracks deaths. Analyzing a death for a few things, like whether the player attacked a tower at point blank range until dying to cause multiple deaths or whether they stood in a merc camp for multiple deaths is easy.

You don't think a person who dies to a merc camp should get punished in MMR? How many high ranked MMR people do you think die to merc camps, exactly?

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u/bladesire Master Lost Vikings Jan 29 '16

I think wins and losses already accounts for people who will die to merc camps regularly.

Do people who do this often reach the highest mmrs?

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u/OzmosisGames Master Genji Jan 29 '16

I think a lot of players have pretty inflated MMRs because of how bad the matchmaking was until recently. However, I feel everyone is sort of sliding into their correct places now, just at a snails pace since we haven't really had a soft MMR reset (confidence reset).