Dont think that its that much we disagree on tbh. And yes, you can ofc calculate someones performance in 10-20 games when playing in the "normal" lobbies, or even the last 2-3 games and then put them in a "easy" lobby among other players who also did very badly in their last 10-20, or even 2-3 last games.....But I think its exactly this the current matchmaking is doing. It seems to me that you usually get a easy lobby after a 3-4 bad games in a row.. But then what? How many games are you gonna be allowed to play in this "easy" lobby if you get seeded into it? And what if a "diamond skilled" player have 4 bad games in a row, Is he also allowed play several games in this easy lobby wrecking havoc among true noobs? You see, Its not that easy to formulate the perfect matchmaking.
And perhaps bot lobbies is a good idea? I would never want to play vs bots but then again; I am not that unhappy with the current matchmaking. I take it for what it is and I can usually get a couple of kills every game, regardless of bad teammates or stacked premades... So perhaps this is a good idea.
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@XxColdFangxX
Best coach for free that I have seen so far: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasBgv7TlGUMP9G5CbmLfhw invest time, you will get a lot of solid info and improve.
Spoiler alert - you will know how to play the game better, yet implementing that in the actual game will be much harder. But at least you will know for sure where you f-up, especially if you record and re-watch your games.
Current gaming experience in 4 facts:
1. hackers - there is no / very weak protection even against heave aimbot in this game, diamond+ lobbies are full of hackers
2. smurfs - mainly people who get to diamond lobbies and don't want to feel the pain or sick people who just enjoy slicing through much weaker enemies
3. community values - praising 20 kill, 4000 damage, k/d ratio and other badges and stats that say a thing but the fact that you did hit a lot of shots, that mostly comes from either huge gap in skill difference and/or hacks, less so from teamwork, IQ, communication, outsmarting equally skilled players
4. matchmaking - it just is a big mystery plus it gets f-up even more thanks to the 3 above-mentioned points and players abusing the system.
My suggestion to you: watch Dan, like his videos, leave comments so those are shared in Apex community, he deserves the credit! -> go play ranked, ignore public games, those are just too random and full or very random people, get to Diamond and your mission is complete -> quit the game unless you find a squad and/or Respawn fixes the hacking issue, if lucky you might push Masters, Predators are just people who in addition to above mention have no life / earn money by playing this game, unless that is you don't waste your life.
@Eshshshss
Thanks for the video link, I'll have to check it out when I'm not at work. A majority of the streamers I watch play apex are using raging jar heads where its everyone else's fault that things go wrong.
Though videos can be quite informative, they only go so far. They can tell you how to play, what to look out for, the best stuff, but they can't really make up for missing experience. I can easily give ranked another shot, but quite frankly its going to be my team carrying me, and that's not fair to them.
5) Most of the time they play solo or with random teammates. imo you get way harder/better opponents if you play with your friends as premade squad.
@Sirportalezyes, but I personally think that pre-made good squad outways the consequence of having higher-skilled lobbies. At least in my experience - Diamond+ lobbies - I rarely finish in positive points when playing with randoms, given ratting in Diamond still gives you negative points up to 2nd place, while with set squad (when lucky) I do get steady progress overall.
That is also confirmed by the messages in forums and discussions in Discord, unless you are really so much better in fragging vs teamwork or play in lobbies under your level e.g. solid Master level player solo-q diamond lobbies.
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