A New PVP Ratings Hotfix Incoming
by JR Cook - 10 years ago show comments
We reported previously on the PVP ratings issues that have cropped up since 5.4.7 went live, but there are some new developments. Community Manager Lore has hit the forums to drop some new information:
The intent of this change was to fix a bug that was allowing some players to boost their personal rating far above their matchmaking rating. Unfortunately, the change we made inadvertently affected many legitimate players as well, causing them to see a personal rating gain of 0 in some cases.
To correct this, we’ll be relaxing the boundaries at which the system will attempt to limit personal rating gains (or losses) in relation to a player’s individual MMR. Once this hotfix is live, you should once again see ratings gains or losses as normal as long as your personal rating is within 100 points of your individual MMR rating. Note that your own MMR is what matters here, not the average for your team (which is the number displayed at the end of a match).
In addition to stating that they are working on getting the hotfix live as soon as possible, and that a blog to cover the issues in more detail is unlikely, he later added these details in the forum thread:
Once the 100-point buffer is in place, most players should not notice much of a difference (if any) in point gains between how things work now and how they worked a few days ago. For the handful of players that are outside the 100-point boundary, it will take a few games for their ratings to correct themselves, but as long as they weren’t doing anything shady it shouldn’t take long even in those cases.
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We’re currently not planning a rating reset, although we are continuing to monitor the situation and will make further adjustments if they prove to be necessary.
We also currently don’t have any plans to display personal MMR, but we definitely understand why that can be frustrating and are discussing it.
So it seems like Blizzard is confident that relaxing the system will help to remedy the issues caused by the bug and the earlier hotfix. Your snarky analogies about taking one pill to manage the symptoms of an illness followed by taking a second pill to manage the unsavory side effects of the first are likely very justified at this point, but that doesn’t mean the medicine isn’t necessary. Further developments as they happen.
