Different MMR for Different Queues

Gavran·8/3/2014, 8:24:59 AM·2 votes·1,398 views

What's the explanation for this? I'm sure Riot is aware that getting pubstomped by top-tier ranked players in Normals isn't very fun for anyone. So there must be a reason that you haven't implemented the simple solution of unifying MMR (or at least making Ranked MMR influence the others.) What is that reason?

The only thing I can think of is that high MMR players have longer queue times and you don't want them to have long queue times but... that's kind of awful if you're sacrificing everyone else's matchmaking quality for that. (Not that I particularly believe you are. I just can't think of any other reason.)

So yeah. An answer would be great. Maybe Riot gave one in the past and someone can point me to it? Maybe someone has better theories than me? I'm all ears. Or eyes.

10 Comments

Angry Monster8/3/2014, 9:12:54 AM2 votes

Merging MMR would not solve all the problems. In normals as a Diamond player you can q up with as many of your bronze friends as you want. 2 bronze players plus a Diamond might equal silver rating. YOu will still end up facing a diamond at some point.

The fact people can be friends with different skill levels is why ranked MMR does not count. Plus other social interactions aspects of interpersonal behavior.

D O N K 0 6 6 6 8/3/2014, 8:47:46 AM1 votes

I like having a different MMR for normals. Really, if you lose it goes down anyway, so why change it? Your skill and knowledge influence whether you win or not and your wins influence your MMR so it makes sense to me. There are usually different mentalities between the 2 queues too so combining the 2 wouldn't solve anything for you really...if you have a problem with normal queue (I personally don't prefer normal) then just solo queue more.

Doumz8/3/2014, 8:56:27 AM1 votes

Normal games aren't Ranked games.

It's like saying 5v5 mmr will also be your 3v3 mmr.

It doesn't make sense. The game isn't played the same way. They will eventually get matched higher if they are better.

It's also kinda simple, if you want to play with people in your rank average then play ranked games not normal games.