Skill Based Matchmaking System Plans
I am simply writing today to inquire about future plans to fix the current state of SBMM in Apex Legends as a whole. The current state of SBMM is quite frankly horrendous and it is destroying your game; I am a level 79 and am a student full-time while juggling internships etc... and I no longer find this game fair to play at all. I am consistently matched with players who are leaps and bounds more advanced, players who are ranked apex predator or masters, have thousands upon thousands of kills, and who clearly play the game religiously. I do not have this kind of time because I do real work for a living, but used to love playing this game as an escape from the real world. Apex legends was the first and only battle royale that I ever fell in love with. All the characters, the lore, the map design, and the casual fun I used to have playing against other players my own skill level always brought me back for more. I have been playing the game since its launch almost 4 years ago. However, now in the current state of the game, I, along with literally everyone I talk to who plays the game casually, finds Apex to be fully unplayable. Every single squad that I go up against is in a totally different skill bracket compared to mine, I no longer can win games, and I can barely even seem to get over 5 kills in a game. The point of this message, outside of just ranting, is to firmly ask what the plans are for fixing the SBMM system. On reddit, youtube comment sections, and on many other forums, everyone is saying the same thing: SBMM in Apex legends is incredibly sensitive, unfair, and bars the casual player who spends money on the game and supports respawn from succeeding in game and simply having fun. What I suggest is a more robust SBMM system that matches players specifically by a range of account level. For example, I am a level 79, as mentioned earlier, so I feel like I should only be playing against players who are within 50-100 levels of my own. I should not be in gun fights with people who are max level, 100k kills, 2000000000 hours played, etc. Again, this is truly ruining the player base in the game, it's suffocating the casual player, and the negative results are starting to show; The game is nowhere near as popular as it once was and the player base is dropping like flies. I no longer have friends to play with anymore because they all grew to hate the game as it is now, which means that I am forced to solo queue. All the new skins, cosmetics, maps, and game modes are cool and all, but with an incredibly absurd and brutal SBMM system, the fun in the game itself is fully lost and the battle royale that I once loved is becoming an absolute waste of time and money. So again, to reiterate my question, what are the plans on the SBMM system. Something needs to change, the call for change is very present (just look at the forums for evidence), and the game needs to be revived in a sense. Respawn cannot just cater to only professional players; the game was founded on 100 million players early after the initial stages of launch, majority of whom were obviously just playing for fun. I truly hope something about this issue is in the works and can be implemented fast. The current state of the game will not last and it needs more attention outside of cash grabs and pointless content. Hopefully someone can help educate me more on these issues and how respawn is planning on tackling them. Thank you for the time, I would appreciate any response from a human being, and I desperately want to enjoy playing Apex again one day. I want to play that game that I once loved again. I miss it dearly and it's sad that it seems as if there isn't much hope at this point. But maybe I am wrong. Please enlighten me.