Lets Talk About 'Skill-Based Matchmaking'?

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@FlynmonkypooTTV wrote:

SBMM has ruined my experience of this game in quick play. My account is level 54 and in tanked I'm only silver one (PC). I am a little bit better then the average player because I have played BRs for a long time and my game sense is better and I've been working on my aim for 5 years, how ever when I que into quick play lobbies I don't ever see anyone below level 150 or there is 3 pred squads and 7 diamond squads in my lobby. most games I cant land and cant live longer then 30 seconds because these guys are gods and well I'm not, that's for sure. other games I land out far and play slow but then get into my first fight and its a pred squad that lasers me and I'm down in the blink of an eye. I have never made a smurf account but, In the end I uninstalled apex and probably wont reinstall it until this is addressed because this is actually killing the game and I noticed it today when it took 10 minutes to get in to a "casual" game (quick play)

my suggestion is maybe give the new players till account level 20 or 30 to give some experience and time to learn the basics but then after that its time to put the big pants on and get group with the first 60 people.

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@FlynmonkypooTTV 

This is an interesting perspective to hold - I wonder how players who are good at aiming / good at BRs respond to picking up Apex fresh. I wonder if they do not have time to learn the proper mechanics or nuances of the game because they perform better on average. Where are they left when they end up playing against platinum+ players who know the game better and have an equivalent level of FPS / BR skill? 

I think doing this by levels may not be so good, my recommendation is similar to yours except it just continues to use the SBMM instead of levels. I appreciate your post and explaining your feelings on the current state of SBMM! You have provided this thread with a new insight.