October Community Stream Recap

Whether you were able to tune in live (thanks!) or you're dropping by to get a tl;dr, we're here to give you a recap of some highlights from today's community stream:

MMR UPDATE As you may remember, back in 10.1.0, we updated how MMR is calculated. While kills and escapes continue to be an aspect of MMR calculations, they are no longer the only thing used to calculate these values. Now, we also factor in a wide range of actions that help progress the game – think, emblems.

Of course, certain aspects of the MMR have stayed the same. Namely, Killers keep their individual MMR ratings, Survivor share their MMR, matchmaking prioritizes wait times over exact MMR matching, and MMR gains/losses are calculated by comparing Killers and Survivors against each other in a match.

Since making this change in 10.1.0, we've been keeping a close eye on this system and recently noticed that Survivors' Altruism wasn't giving as much MMR as it should have.

To make sure altruistic play is correctly rewarded, we made an adjustment to our MMR system earlier this week (thanks to the adjustable elements of the algorithm), increasing this value. We'll continue to keep a close eye on how this impacts players' MMR and matchmaking before making any further changes.

UPDATE 10.2.0 RECAP Last update, we adjusted over 50 perks, focusing on improving generic perks and those that were affected by Diminishing Returns and could use an adjustment.

Watching the results of these changes, we saw some shifts in the usage and kill / escape rates for these perks. Here's a recap of which ones saw the biggest increases and decreases:

KILLER USAGE 📈 Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine 📈 Undone 📈 Help Wanted 📉 Dead Man's Switch 📉 Hex: Thrill of the Hunt 📉 Hex: Blood Favor

SURVIVOR USAGE 📈 Five Moves Ahead 📈 Spine Chill 📈 Resilience 📉 Windows of Opportunity 📉 Stake Out 📉 Slippery Meat

KILL RATES 📈 Help Wanted 📈 Ravenous 📈 Shattered Hope 📉 Hex: Thrill of the Hunt 📉 Hex: Blood Favor 📉 Dissolution

ESCAPE RATES 📈 Road Life 📈 Sole Survivor 📈 Spine Chill 📉 Shoulder the Burden 📉 Stake Out 📉 Self-Preservation