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Is Killer Specific MMR Copium?
Yes I'm aware it supposedly still looks at your main mmr so you arent just destroying new players if you're a generally higher mmr player, but mmr is such a nebulous thing in this game. I've been trying to branch out from my mains and give some more mechanically demanding killers a try, but the survivors I'm running into feels exactly the same caliber as usual. It's just frankly demoralizing given how prevalent BMing is in dbd. I'm not asking for survivors so inexperienced I 3k+ every game, I'd just like to PLAY the game instead of 5 hook states max, tbagged at every gate. Just tanking the BM to learn tougher killers is not my idea of fun.
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One thing that might potentially help, are you going against the bloodpoint bonus? I have noticed my games are usually harder if I go against the bloodpoints for either side...
Which makes sense, if there are not enough players for the other side, the pairings aren't gonna be as even.
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Pro tip: The matchmaking completely falls apart when there is any kind of big disparity between the amount of killers and survivors queueing. But the real pro tip?
The time of day you play determines how hard your games are as well as how much BM are in them. At least for killer, here's how it goes:
If you play in the morning, around 7 AM to 12 PM, the games are pretty solid. Decent survivors, but not overly difficult, and overall matches are pretty balanced. From 12 PM to about 6 PM, the games are extremely easy. For some reason, super casuals that are having a day off play during these times. Between 6 PM to 12 AM, the games are slightly harder, but overall fine. Probably the most "balanced" time to play.
But if you play after 12 AM, aka at midnight… The games are hell. Absolute hell. BM. The worst post game chats you've ever seen. People showing up to your house after, trying to break in because they hacked the server to find your IP and tracked you down in real life after you killed them. Threats on your family, with them sending real pictures and addresses, as well as purchased travel tickets to find you.
Unless you're ready to experience hell on earth, don't ever play after 12 AM if you value your sanity, safety, and autonomy. Because they will find you. They will catch you. And they will destroy you. Both in game, and out of game.
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The problem is that we can’t even be sure whether MMR is a copium
BHVR could turn off mmr or implement another system and we wouldn't even know about it unless there are some significant changes1 -
Believing that MMR exists in any capacity is already Copium
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This made me laugh because of how accurate it is! I started playing this game for the first year or year and a half only being able to play really late like 11pm - 3am. So I kinda started in the trenches most of my matches I didn't get a single kill while getting all the BM and ggez and a load of other things. It wasn't until last year I was able to play during the day light hours and oh boy was I surprised literally night and day lol.
Now to answer op question so I have a p100 huntress (my main) and p100 (retired nurse). I've found that huntress provides my hardest matches, while nurse it takes around five or six wins in a row to get to my huntress matches.
When I play Drac or Freddy (p6 and p13) my matches never dip below those nurse level matches. So I would assume that mmr decays to a particular cap when you don't use them often but never drops below that. So your survivors will typically be near the middle of your skill level at the lowest unless matchmaking is crazy off (I've had matches with people less than 100 hours and that's even with playing my main).
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I think BHVR needs to come out with a statement, because I really have no clue if MMR is a thing anymore or not, and others feel the same. How can you do that? How can you have a game where your players don't know if there's a matchmaking system or not?
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For me, the games usually start to go down the drain around 6-7pm. I usually stop playing after 2-3 games around that time because I get queued with people that are waaaayy over my level. Especially on weekdays.
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Agree on matchmaking mostly. But late at evening after 10 PM my matches start to be lot tougher if I happen to play killer. For last part are you serious because that sounds like some horror movie.
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It certainly exists but it's really only noticeable at the extremes IMO.
I have 3-4 killers that I only play when I'm trying to win and the rest I generally just mess around with. I'll 8 hook and then farm or meme or do whatever which means a lot more people escaping.
There is a very noticeable difference between the killers I'm trying to win with vs the killers I don't.
For the killers I try to win with, the groups vary in skill; sometimes they're bad, good or just kind of meh. For the killers I'm not trying to win with; they're always bad outside of a suspected backfill lobby.For most people though, I doubt the killer specific MMR will even make much of a difference since they're probably all in range of each other anyway.
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no wonder im such a good killer i play around 3 to 10 pm
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i suddenly wanna pull an all nighter with a bat at my side
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for the previous statement i said
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