Took a break because it was very frustrating. Came back a couple days ago and it is worse than it ever was. I don't think I've played a game in Ranked without butting up against an obvious smurf. The champion squad shown at the beginning of the match is almost always at least one smurf, usually two. Pubs are...a little better, it seems, sometimes, maybe. But not really. Of course there, there's less chance of matchmaking giving you a fair shake - but of course in Ranked right now there's 0% chance of that because everyone and their mother is a smurf from higher up the tiers.
This game is not fun for me. It feels like a chore and a grind to play. Just rampant smurfing everywhere, and nothing done about it. I haven't seen Respawn respond about the issue at all, anywhere. I'm a glutton for punishment so I'll try to ride the end of the season out, then it looks like time to give up on this game for good.
Ran across a ton more smurfs in the last few days. Is Respawn ever going to respond to this issue in any way, anywhere, at all, ever? It's rampant. You can see folks in the Apex subreddit discussing how Ranked is basically dead - all the low tiers are just smurfs crushing non-smurfs.
It's incredibly frustrating, and the problem has only gotten worse as time has gone on. Looking forward to Respawn at the very least acknowledging that it's an issue, which they haven't even done yet as far as my googlin' has been able to tell.
More smurfs today, of course. Particularly in ranked. It's constant and flagrant. These are only the ones I spectate that literally don't bother to hide it too - the ones that flaunt the badges, or leave their kills and level up so it is incredibly obvious.
Respawn, I'd love to at least know if you have decided you don't care about smurfs and are going to let them continue unabated or not. I honestly cannot find a single place where they've been addressed at all, either saying you don't see it as a problem, or that you hope to do something about them eventually.
The new announcement mentions 'changes to ranked' so I hope something gets done, or as said before, I'll sadly have to give up Apex which would be a bummer.
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