Leaderboards and ranking question.

#1 - Dec. 3, 2013, 9:33 p.m.
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Firstly, I want to say I’m genuinely confused about this, it’s not just a gripe for something different.

I’ve been an active Solo Q’er since it came out, and I understand that you won’t divulge exactly how the leaderboards rank is formulated, but I’ve noticed something in the last week that doesn’t really add up.

I’m rank 50 and have a win ratio of ~60% which is by no means great, but it has always placed me in the top 400 or so, and after a few win streaks, it would bump to the top 25 and decay down if I didn’t keep playing. Great, seems to work pretty much exactly how it was listed. (And it seems that for some people, this is still how it works.)

About a week ago, I checked up on my standings about found that for no discernible reason, my rank dropped to the low 900s. After a few wins and losses (losing ~.02 from the ratio) I dropped off the board completely to 59%.

Ok, so that seems odd to me. The final kicker is that other folks in my guild are a much higher rank with a lower pvp rank and win ratio.

Agian, not trying to complain bout a rank I don’t deserve, just seems like the board is acting weird. If not, could someone more knowledgeable than I shed some light on what might be keeping my rank down? Is the pool of active Solo Qers just 10 fold lager than it was a month ago?

#2 - Dec. 3, 2013, 9:36 p.m.
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We reset MMR and the leaderboards during the last release. Could that explain your drop in position?