MMR should decay with inactivity

Nella

For context, I'm a final year university student who needed to stop playing games for a while to give all my attention to my studies. Good news is that I did really well and I am very hopefull that I will pass and graduate with my degree in January.

However, as such, this means I haven't played DBD since just before the release of Alien.

Yesterday, I came back to DbD and tried to play a bit, queuing up my old favorite, Doctor, and play a couple of games. However, I immediately noticed that I was extremely rusty, but I still went up against survivors that were at my previous skill Level.

I know muscle memory comes back with time, but after 4 games of getting absolutely stomped because my lunge prediction and game sense was not what it used to be, with some matches featuring some unpleasant survivors, I'm demotivated to play.

I really feel like mmr should decay due to long stretches of inactivity to accommodate this. Theoretically it makes sense as while being rusty, I should perform at the level of newer survivors, and as I get my old mojo and muscle memory back, and perform well, my mmr should naturally increase to what it once was.

Do you think this is a good idea or should I just suck it up?

Seraphor

It sort of does.

It doesn't decay, but it becomes more volatile. Essentially after an extended break, your MMR will change more than if you were playing every day. So your first lost game will drop your MMR by a lot more.

It gives the benefit of the doubt to the player not being rusty, but corrects for the eventually that they are.

Nella

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3590048#Comment_3590048

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