For some background, I've been a diamond player at my best and I'm fine with that. So, I wouldn't expect to find myself in lobbies seeing every type of jump trail you can achieve. These top players are in my lobbies non ranked and ranked. I have no idea how players that have achieved a jump trail in a season can somehow be in a silver lobby that same season but they are. Can't do it anymore. Anyone else experiencing this?
I know that there always is some disparity in rank in matches, meaning that you'll be seeing many differently ranked players in a lobby to compensate for certain other players in the match.
This of course won't really function well if they land with lower ranked users.
We have 2 things that would explain this:
Hopefully we can at least get some insight into the matchmaking systems, that way it would be easier for us to judge what should be judged.
I’m currently located in the Dallas/Fort Worth TX area so a solid connection and player pool are not factors.
Thanks for the replies..
Until the past two seasons, I've never encountered jump trails other than diamond trails and that never occurred until I pushed into the platinum rank. Even at bronze and silver tier these players are dropping in my lobbies after I have one good ranked match or a match where I have no encounters and last until the end because of a lucky ring closing. I know they are not trails from the past because these players move like water across the map, run tightly together, and overall have something indescribable other players don't. They almost always appear as the champion with sweaty stats. I took a screenshot last night of a guy with 3 predator badges from different seasons as my death recap. I guess I could understand running into these players in a non ranked match but never in ranked. I'm only frustrated because I like this game and it feels like I'm YouTube fodder. Like and Subscribe!
I must note the 3 predator badge player was in my non ranked match but why would this guy ever be in any lobby of mine? It can't be challenging for them.
Yep, I’m now reading through all these forums and reading the same things I’ve stated. Time to just put the game down because it’s just not…fun. Too much setup to get a good fight going, just to have it go south real quick because of elite squads. Hahah, it’s kinda like real life and special forces. Good luck, I’m hoping they fix it but in the world of capitalism you don’t have too. Someone will make something else.
@liber8mymadne55The matchmaking in Apex has always been bad but it is at an all time low this season. Absolutely horrific. Doesn't matter if you are higher rank/skill or a trash can like me, you are going to get completely garbage lobbies. "Playing with and against others of similar skill" is an absolute joke.
You nailed it there. I just want to play someone with similar skills and that’s not happening. I used to only play ranked to keep those people out of my games but that doesn’t work anymore. I can recall a season where those players were pairing up with new accounts to get lobbied in a lower ranked match. And it still wasn’t this bad! Good luck to all, I hope it’s fixed sooner than later. That stat sweaty player on my champion leaderboard with 20k kills and a jump trail needs to leave my ranked game!
Community Manager
