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FPShogun

4 years ago

Arena is unbalanced.

Arena is totally unbalanced. Not fun.

gameplay discussion

EA_Blueberry

Community Admin

4 years ago

We'll let the development team know how the community feels about matchmaking through the in-depth discussions on these boards. If you want to go into more details about your experiences with arena that always helps paint a broader picture of what's happening. From the pictures below, what I'm getting is that you don't feel you have a chance against people that have been playing the game for a long time. Or are you talking about the weapon balance?

TheApexLegendNu

4 years ago

@EA_BlueberryAll I have to say is that the matchmaking for Arenas is absolutely terrible... between the terrible matchmaking and penalties the game mode is unplayable and whenever it is playable it usually isn’t an enjoyable experience

I thought by introducing penalties the game mode would of been better but now you are just stuck in games with AFK Teammates, stuck in games against smurfs, aimbotters, 20 bomb 4k players you have no chance against, teammates who sabotage the match by instantly destroying your walls, traps, fences, etc... the worst part about the penalties is that the player who actually deserves the Penalties never gets punished while the teammates who are stuck in the match with them are the ones getting punished... I haven’t touched Arenas except for event challenges and plan to keep it that way until it isn’t just a sweat or be sweated game mode

Speaking of balancing in Arenas... the weapons need totally rebalanced cost wise and certain weapons like the Spitfire for example should be care packaged or removed all together in Arenas because of how easy it is to just mindlessly hitfire and 1 v 3 the entire enemy team I hate having to run spitfire just because the enemy team has 2-3 of them

EA_Blueberry
Community Admin
4 years ago
Thank you for clarifying with the specifics, we'll share this feedback with the team.

Matchmaking is always an area of the game that is closely observed. The team will always make changes when they find it necessary through community feedback, internal data, and their design direction. There's been changes to Apex Legends matchmaking in the past so anything can happen.

I understand your concerns, specifically for the solo queue players. It's tough to go against another team of players that are grouped up together while you have randoms who may quit or have no intentions to work as a team. Keep in mind though that arenas is competitive and you'll be going up against coordinated teams more often than not. Definitely utilize those LFG channels before queuing up solo to see if you can increase your chances of winning. Communication is key.

Anyone have additional thoughts on weapon balancing to continue driving the conversation?

Thank you, @TheApexLegendNub @FPShogun @papahandsoap @IMightKickAss
- EA_Blueberry
  Community Admin
  4 years ago
  One more thing I wanted to highlight, ranked Areas will be coming in Season 10. This should help level out the playing field.