Forum Discussion

Rising Scout

2 months ago

Feedback on what makes an ideal teammate

Hello. In the “Apex Legends™: Matchmaking Test Update” you’ve asked for the feedback on what makes an ideal teammate, so I would like to share my personal opinion. Based on my solo-queuing experienc...

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sashazyryanov

Rising Scout

2 months ago

Personally, I don’t want to have matchmaking based on the survey results. Sometimes you just have a bad day and play much worse than you normally do. What helps me to bounce back from these losses is the knowledge that each new match is a fresh start and my performance in previous games has no bearing on the next one. With teammates’ feedback this will no longer be a thing, which would make losing a bit scarier than it needs to be.

Also, even though the vast majority of Apex Legends’ community are great people who will not provide purposefully inaccurate responses out of spite, people tend to leave feedback when they are not happy and don’t do so when everything is fine. So, I have doubts about the quality of the data that would be collected with such approach.

reconzero

Seasoned Ace

2 months ago

I think you might be misunderstanding what I mean by "ask the players." I'm not saying you should be pigeon-holed based on teammate feedback. I'm saying that the developer should ask YOU directly to give them some information about your own play style, and then they should use that information exclusively when assembling your text team.

As an example, a player who self-identifies as "cautious, risk-averse, avoids fights until other options are exhausted" should NOT be matched with teammates who self-identify as "hot dropper, pusher, aggressive." That's an extreme example, but one worth using because it happens to me EVERY SINGLE MATCH I PLAY. And it doesn't need to. It shouldn't.