Uninstalled. Matchmaking solo pubs went from bad to sadistic.

They killed the game for me. I am stuck with predators and masters when I was barely able to get to the diamond the first seasons. Now its not even a game, its a job that I have to do because I cleared every battle pass since the start. Honestly, I hope they will fix it , if not I hope the game will die quickly to be freed from this.

As a 20-bomb sweaty player myself, I have the same experience.  There's no casual mode.  Haven't played even half as much this season and for damn sure stopped spending money.

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@MekaSquid wrote:

Been playing this game since launch, with over 3,000 hours played. Skill capped at slightly above average, stuck around .7 kdr and 280 damage average. Play solo pubs and game has consistently been getting sweatier. Now, with whatever was done in Season 18 it is completely unplayable for me. Very sad that golden cohort and elder players are getting shafted. I really want to keep playing, but going against mutliple 20 bomb predator squads in nearly every match, while getting low level inexperienced teammates just ruins it for me. Hope EA / Respawn find whatever they're searching for, but it obviously has nothing to do with players like me. BTW... spent nearly $1,000 in the game over the years. So good job folks, that money train is switching tracks to some other game. Good luck with your super secret matchmaking algorithems, they sure are gud...

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This game isnt for the casual audience. There used to be a time where it was, but that was long ago. Honestly, apex is meant for people who dont work and have lots of free time to practice and get better (so kids basically) the game just isnt for us anymore, man. Its the hard truth we have to swallow and either deal with it or just move on from it 

It’s not hard just grindy.

climbing is still relatively easy Overall you just can’t W at everything you see anymore 

In this game now, as it stands... a 0.8 KD is considered average, maybe even slightly above. 

Not back in season 0-5, but since season 15 on... if you can hold a KD of 1.0, I would say that is well above average. Especially if you are an average Joe that plays casually for fun and your playing every match against 20 bomb, 4 K badge sweat pro streamers and cheaters. 

They are not gonna switch back or fix this because this is "work as designed" you just better of leaving the game as many already done.

(Sorry this is a bit of a rage vent post but I am really disappointed with Respawns take on ranked)

I just recently started to play this game again after a long break. After my placement matches, I ended up in Bronze 1 which is supposed to be a low elo rank. I have now played about 10 matches and all my matches has been approximately like "old rank system" high platinum in terms of skill level of teammates and opponents. Ive started to check EVERY players name of the enemy squad that killed me on Apex tracker and also my teammates if its possible and they are almost always gold to platinum.

So based on this, and also based on Respawns own words about MM based on a hidden MMR and not your current rank, we can assume that my hidden MMR is somewhere between the average gold and platinum player. But now lets just stop and think what implications this have on the competitive integrity of this game. This means that my way through bronze will be objectively harder than for another given bronze1 player who is much worse than me and therefore has a hidden MMR around the average bronze players MMR. Or in other words; our two journeys through bronze will he OBJECTIVLY no the same but SUBJECTILY the same.... Am I the only one who is baffled how stupid and childish this system is?  Its like some daycare center teacher designed it for children that cant handle fair competition. Imagine if this was real sports; its like designing a world cup like this: for Argentina, who is the reigning world champions in soccer, to advance through the group stage, they must beat every team with at least a 3 goals margin because they are good, whereas Lichtenstein that sucks will advance even if they draw all matches..... Come on Respawn.

What they SHOULD have done if they weren't so childish game designers, they should match the ranked matches on a hidden MMR just like now, but compensate for the difference between your current rank and your actual MMR which you are being matched based on. So for instance, If I am bronze 1 but has a hidden MMR of average gold2 and therefore mostly play against players currently in Gold2 give or take, then I should get a huge LP reduction if I do badly and a huge LP bonus if I do good. If the rank/MMR difference is smaller, like a player who is Gold2 but plays on a platinum4 MMR, he might only get a small reduction and bonus.  And the same way around; if you happen to be Gold1, but plays very badly and loses alot of hidden MMR, much faster than you lose rank and therefore start to play against much worse players, you should ofc get a huge LP loss if you keep losing and a smaller LP gain if you play good. The goal is to, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, match every players hidden MMR with their current rank. 

This is how all other serious games design their ranked, but Respawn must ofc be the special kid in the class.... Guess its back to Skyrim VR hrmmm

Easy relative to what? I'd argue it's the hardest stage it's ever been at, because you only face people equal to your hidden MMR. Your rank is simply an indication of how much you have played that season, since your diamond lobbies and my diamond lobbies might not be the same. Not only that, if you've played solo queue I can certainly tell you the MM system isn't working in your favour. Constantly getting placed with silvers when I'm diamond 1. They might roughly be the same skill, but I lose -75 LP while my teammates only lose -50. Do you think that will create discrepancies in playstyle?

Why is it so easy, then? Because you're sitting outside zone with medkits until top 10?

 Please tell me again how it's relatively easy to climb...