Feedback: SoloQ Matchmaking & Map Variety

I would say that your observations of solos in pubs applies equally to ranked. The solo queue experience is poor in either hopper. But, as others have noted, the matchmaker has to work with what it has in front of it at any given time. Not sure there is any meaningful fine tuning or major overhauling that Respawn could do that would change the experience.

I too would love to see seasonal map overhauls. And a new map every third or fourth season? But, given the recent EA layoffs, this seems like a pipe dream now.

If I was Respawn and I wanted to address matchmaking issues for solo queue players then I would take a long and hard look at solo modes for the game. They've recently flirted with solos and while I hated it a lot of other people seemed to love it. But hate it or not, I think the over all health of the game is served when you give people more options to do things without the constraints, obligations, and unpredictability of teams. This game is crying out for an extraction mode. It's crying out for huge improvements to Bot Royale. It's crying out for anything that allows me to play without a team.

Whether it's pve with no other live players, or extraction with very few other live players, the opportunity for higher quality matchmaking goes up enormously, the possibility of running into cheaters and smurfs goes down enormously. And those are, imo, the biggest problems this game has right now. They're the reason everyone is leaving the game in droves, and the reason the matchmaker is left unable to properly do its job. Since there is no reason to believe that anti-cheat will start working any time soon, or that Respawn will put a stop to secondaries, then the only way forward I can see is to give people the option to stop playing with other people.