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Seasoned Ace

4 years ago

SBMM and the average to below average player

The SBMM in Apex is the single biggest issue with this game, followed closely by the spotty positional audio. After getting banned for a rant against SBMM that violated the terms here, I started tra...

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Solim66

4 years ago

@HappyHourSumwur Yeah, they will never share this information. But even though we don't know exactly how this MM system works, after all this time we pretty much have a good idea on how it works. Basically, you can anticipate on what the MM system is going to do. And I stop playing when I get in the top tier lobbies where I'm unable to do anything. The system will somewhat recognise that my "retention factor" drops down when being put in sweaty lobbies. It's not a night and day difference but it seems to be an improvement.

HappyHourSumwur
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Solim66I know they'll never share the details of SBMM, but I also know I'm not alone. How can they possibly be OK with a large portion of the player base getting their @$$3$ handed to them 3/4 of the time? The game is Free to Play, so WTH is that garbage?
- Solim66
  4 years ago
  @HappyHourSumwur The answer to your question is quite simple I'm afraid: people keep playing. There are so many people complaining about the matchmaking, but it's also those people who keep playing under these poor MM conditions. So there is no real incentive for the developers to rework/improve the matchmaking system.
  
  I really wish that it will change for the better in the near future, but I don't think it's ever going to happen.
- Littumulkero
  4 years ago
  I think one big fat factor is winrate.
  They will try to make it so that you are winning just the right amount of games that you keep coming back.
  
  They make it happen by lowering the overall skill or then trying to pair really good players with not so good players.
  - HappyHourSumwur
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @Littumulkero I'm actually OK with the win rate. All other things equal, you should win around 5% of the time in Trios. Mine is a little below that so it is in line given that I am not the best and I solo queue most of the time.
    
    What I do have an issue with is how I get killed the remaining 95% of the time. Usually I die so fast I barely have time to react or I die to someone with godlike movement, perfect aim, and full knowledge of where I am at all times. Those happen about 75% of the time and when it happens 10 times in a row, I want to scream at my computer.