Casual Lobby
The idea is to put a toggle into the settings similar to the cross play toggle. It would allow players to move between competitive gameplay and casual gameplay. In competitive gameplay everything would work as it does now. In casual gameplay, the MMR and Rank progression would be disabled. While in casual you wouldn't gain or lose rank progression. It would also allow you to go up against randomly skilled players also in casual. Allowing for breaks from the grind. It would also give new players a place to get used to DBD without worrying about overly competitive players that aren't worried about how fun the match is. The only down side would be the effective doubling of lobbies. This would be offset by retention and possible growth.
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This is not a truly competitive game. It's the players who make it so. Splitting the lobby would not be offset by retention or growth because most players still want to 'win' and not 'lose' so unless you are running customs, you are not going to be going against players that have any obligation to give you a a 'casual' match.
It sucks, but its' the nature of EVERY PvP game that they are this way.