Q: If I missed one season, will I lose my star bonuses when I return?
A: No, you won’t.
Q: Will the value of my previous season’s MMR be exactly same as the new season?
A: Technically no, although the change will be very small and the “value order” will be kept (Player A whose MMR is larger than player B in the last season will still be ordered as such). Mathematically, a re-normalization process takes place at the start of each season to keep the distribution in a nice bell-shaped curve.
Quotes from the QA before the first season of it. Another blatant lie.
I made 4 games in standard last season, 2 in WIld for 5 wins.
In Wild I still have my 8 Bonus stars, Diamond 10. It's fine, everything ok. In Standard I dropped from 10 (Legend) to 6 Bonus stars (Plat 10).
So in the end you will lose bonus stars pretty fast if you don't play. Vice versa it means I will play even less because I won't play much to get to higher ranks because there are simply better games out there to waste my time on.
The worst thing about that is another false information from Blizzard, because I could have played more last season easily, now I am heavily punished. Of course I play against worse players now and might get more win streaks, but that's not for sure in this game if it wants you to lose.
Bonus stars aren't based on rank. I logged in and got 7 stars at Plat 8.
You probably fucked up your MMR and that's why you got less stars. You did not miss a season, you just played less, not the same thing
Bonus stars aren't based on rank. I logged in and got 7 stars at Plat 8.
You probably fucked up your MMR and that's why you got less stars. You did not miss a season, you just played less, not the same thing