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10 months ago

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Ranked Ladder - Cost of Entry Issue

Hello devs and fellow gamers. I would like to address the issue that I noticed during first 3 ranked ladders. I've seen a lot of people complaining that that their rosters consisted of lower rank pl...

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ArgulKit
7 months ago
I don't know if contributed anything to the matter, but my main issue with Ranked Ladder has been resolved since 16.09.25 Wild Iron Event update - https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/wild-iron-event
RANKED
Ranked Ladder Scoring Changes
Entry Cost no longer included in Ranked Ladder scoring
Dev Note: One of the key goals for the Ranked Ladder is to create a fair comparison across players of similar skill levels. By removing Entry Cost from the scoring, we ensure that performance in matches (not rank-specific costs) is the only factor that drives your Ladder RP. This levels the playing field for all players competing on the same leaderboard.
P.S.
In season 26 "Showdown" I've noted that at first split at first Ranked Ladder, entry cost already been not counting towards scoring. BUT! Second Ranked Ladder had entry cost enabled again. Prob some AB testing or something. But now it should be fair game for everybody.
Thanks, devs.

ArgulKit

7 months ago

I don't know if contributed anything to the matter, but my main issue with Ranked Ladder has been resolved since 16.09.25 Wild Iron Event update - https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/wild-iron-event

RANKED
Ranked Ladder Scoring Changes
Entry Cost no longer included in Ranked Ladder scoring
Dev Note: One of the key goals for the Ranked Ladder is to create a fair comparison across players of similar skill levels. By removing Entry Cost from the scoring, we ensure that performance in matches (not rank-specific costs) is the only factor that drives your Ladder RP. This levels the playing field for all players competing on the same leaderboard.

P.S.

In season 26 "Showdown" I've noted that at first split at first Ranked Ladder, entry cost already been not counting towards scoring. BUT! Second Ranked Ladder had entry cost enabled again. Prob some AB testing or something. But now it should be fair game for everybody.

Thanks, devs.