Im tired of getting obliterated by 3000+ RP apex predators in Diamond lobbies. Ive gotten halfway through Diamond IV in ranked and was almost at Diamond III, but then every single lobby i queued up in had 2000+ RP Apex Predators as the champions... What the heck. Why do I have to keep going up against these no life's every game. Apex predators should have their own separate ranked lobbies. Yea the server queue times would be long as hell, but its unfair that they can just third party diamond players every game and laugh their way to thousands of RP.

@EA_Blueberry Come on man. I can't get through Diamond on Ps4 if every game the Champion squad consists of SoaR Kobi, BackOffMyJankz, CujoThaGod, etc. Give predators their own separate lobbies because they are just massacring everyone in these supposedly Diamond lobbies. Very fair ranked mechanics when queueing up for Diamond to go up against Streamers and content creators that have 30,000+ kills with one character.

I've a feeling Diamond tier is the 'perfect storm' of:1) The game's most skilled players2) + The game's most well funded players (2080ti, 1440p, 144Hz *is* a competitive advantage)3) + The game's most numerous cheaters, both for themselves, and as smurf accounts boosting friends.There's nothing Respawn can do about 2), but more proactive action against 3), and better matchmaking graduation to address 1), would definitely improve ranked for the 2% who reach diamond 4 then stall/quit.

@FaIIenAngeI777 wrote:I think theres not enough people to fill the lobby so they merge togetherThis. It’s very difficult to get to Apex Predator level. The problem is there’s just too much grind. The road is too long, therefore there’s only a scant few players who achieve it. The result is there just aren’t enough players to maintain solid lobbies. A solution would be to reduce the RP needed to advance each rank, considerably. Otherwise, we’ll just have what we have now. Mixed ranked lobbies the higher you get.

OK i will try break this down real simple for everyone to understand (i hope it works)- The battle pass season is only x long (they keep changing the length) and the ranked season runs alongside/ inline with the battle pass season.- There for your Ranked experience is only for that season and then everyone goes back to gold 4...I personally think that getting to Predator in ranked is the ultimate goal, so once you get to predator that's it. No more actual ranked for that season for that player (i.e no more RP games)upon getting to Predator they unlock "Predator" trackers to track how many predator kill's & how many predator game wins they get ect.. Then if they go into ranked lobby (before season ends) and Q, they only Q with other Predators and get put in a predator only match. The Q time might be longer for them for a little while at the beginning, but as the players in Diamond will have a fighting chance to get to predator without getting wiped by predators (as they are now) the predator lobby will fill up quickly. We need to keep the incentive for predators to want to play in raked but also have the responsibility to keep matches fair (its only good sportsmanship imo, please think about this Apex Devs)

@Dpsoccer96 i think the same. makes the grind so much harder.

3000+ RP Apex predators in Diamond lobbies

17 Replies

Slippy-Sneak
6 years ago
@Dpsoccer96 i think the same. makes the grind so much harder.
Dpsoccer96
6 years ago
@EA_Blueberry
Somindu321
6 years ago
Actually true. They just cruize through the lobbies. It's so hard for us diamond players due to this. Also, we play on different server regions cuz my servers don't have enough ppl to play ranked. And with that Lag issue due to high ping and these predator players killing us off before we get to top 10 makes me hate the game so much
GreenxxFire
6 years ago
why you quoting the blueberry man?
TheJumpingJawa
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
The matchmaking definitely needs adjusting so that there's some difficulty gradient between the grades of each rank.
e.g. In Diamond IV, you shouldn't be facing the same quality of opponents as Diamond I.
At the moment the grades of each rank mean absolutely nothing, beyond how long you grinded at that particular rank.
OhhhBABYOhhh
6 years ago
@Dpsoccer96 The problem is massive not only in ranked. Apex has no matchmaking system thats why you can be Apex Predator and your random guys to be gold or silver. Apex predator is for exceptional professionals and no life players.
SirDrunkPaddy
6 years ago
@OhhhBABYOhhh Incorrect,
A large majority of Apex Predators are bad players who spent most of the games hiding and third partying or teaming. Rank 22 on PS4 got there by teaming. On console teaming is so bad it is funny. You can have teams standing side by side in the final circle and they wont touch each other.

I had more enjoyment when I was in gold than I have in apex lobbies.
Benchwarmerbrew
6 years ago
If I play late enough at night I'll get put again preds while I'm plat 4. Huge disadvantage because I almost always get people my rank but go against pro players. So I just need to not play ranked past a certain time on the weekends or else I'm just wasting my time
Professor_Doggy
6 years ago
@GreenxxFire That alerts Blueberry to come here and look at this thread and maybe respond. He will get an alert that someone has "called' him, basically.
Professor_Doggy
6 years ago
Ranked is a flawed environment anyway. I played it to hopefully have teams of players who were all about the same skill level as me, hoping to not run into a juggernaut who will ROFLSTOMP me, and not looking to mow down newbies. Just looking for balance.
The wait times for full lobbies and the ensuing lagging issues made ranked not fun, so I don't play it anymore. Having higher level players drop down into my rank would not make it any more enjoyable, for certain.