Teammates is a big factor in the game and I too face the same problems you described. I usually have k/d ratio between 2 and 3 whereas the teammates I get are new guys with 0-50 kills and have no clue how to use tacticals and ultimates or even how to shoot with the gun. Most of them get busy looting and providing no support to othes. Most of them start rushing out for no reason, for instance a few games ago i played a game where both my teammates rushed to 4th party a fight and i constantly screamed stop and what happened next was that amongst the 4 teams my 2 teammates died first. These keep happening again and again. EA should assign teams more carefully instead of randomly pairing anyone with anyone. Atleast check k/d ratio or even number of total kills to determine the team making.
Played numerous games yesterday, as a duo, and routinely faced off against squads who were obviously pre-made trios.
That means the random 3rd assigned to our squad, an individual who queued solo, was being matched against 3-man pre-made squads?!
Due to the mechanics of Apex (long TTK, relatively small mags, easy revives, quick heals, etc etc), squad coordination & teamwork plays a far greater role in the game than individual skill.
Thus matching solo players against pre-made trios makes a complete mockery of whatever SBMM is trying to achieve.
Here are my suggestions:
Skill would then reward success, rather than what we have atm which is largely loot luck & matchmaking luck.
@TheJumpingJawa Idk if you had noticed in duos that numerous teams used to team up and play duos, even i had been assigned randomly to one of those squads where 4 teams including mine were working together to take on other enemies. So, placing duos permanently will result in these teaming up scenarios, also that'll delay matchmaking.
@FaIIenAngeI777 A simple report doesn't fix it mate, the report system doesn't work perfect. Most of the time the cheaters aren't banned from game.
@SnuggleyPuffs yeah i would definitely love if bad players are paired with bad players and goods with goods. This is so important in Ranked matches, I played all 3 ranked seasons and could never reach ahead of Gold I due to crap team most of whom do not co operate, have no idea where to go and how to plan the game, they just rush and end up wasting my precious RPs.
Even in casuals it's no fun when you have to carry 2 teammates without any support and them busy looting every player you down. So I'd love if such change is made in the matchmaking system, atleast it'd be enjoyable playing and sharing the load of the win.
Plus I see no reason to team a 14 level guy with a 300+ level guy in a casual match. This is where it needs to be improved. If I am having 400 kills in a character then my teammates should atleast have 250-300 kills or even badges that they can wipe out a single squad or were winners as kill leaders or something to show that they ain't useless in a fight. People have bad games, I do too and I don't mind carrying till they keep helping me but 9/10 games be like where people simply have no idea what/when/where to do. I do hope this part gets improved because it'll drastically help randoms to climb rank more fluently and make casuals fun too.
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