Can someone explain to me why the matchmaking is so jacked up? It makes no sense how I get matched with level 20-50 players and the champion has people that are actually their skill level. Kinda messed up seeing as all my friends are too scared to play this game.
Why are pubs being regulated the same as ranked? What is the point of having two separate modes with the same matchmaking?
17 Seasons of steady K:D and win rate improvement, only to be put up against non-stop lobbies of equally-skilled or better-skilled players in the name of equity. Haven't seen stats like these since Season 1.
So if we're good at the game, we get the same level of satisfaction as someone who is a beginner. Doesn't matter if you're better than 99% of the players when you are only allowed to face the top 1%.
The implementation of this matchmaking system has been the first time I've not enjoyed Apex pubs. What's the point in playing pubs if it's just ranked without the credit?
Define pub stomping for me.
So wait, you're upset because you can't win fights against people at your skill level, and you want to be able to fight against players who are new/worse at the game? LMAO
Weird take. While you're laughing, explain why pubs should be regulated the same as ranked, and why there should be two separate modes.
@Midnight9746"The matchmaking needs to be fair in all modes" Well what do mean by fair exactly ? Are you advocating that everyone wins at the same rate and has precisely the same experience in the game no matter their effort or skill, and no matter the game mode? What's the point of a ranked mode and a non ranked mode? What's the point of becoming good at a game if it's seen negatively as "pub stomping" when faced with a random sampling of the population?
To me, it be fair if in pubs, you face players around your skill level, or at least not too far off, such as a plat player being in a lobby with masters. Its not fair if you're a high skilled player and you're put into a lobby with players who are new to the game or don't play a whole lot. As for rank, the differences between everyone's skills should be as close as possible, such as a gold player playing with plat players, and not diamonds and above or silver and below. Then with mixtape, it shouldn't be a pro player in a match with casuals. Mixtape is more of a fun warm-up mode, you can't really do that when you're getting destroyed by high ranked players.
TLDR;
Pubs - Skills varry, but its not a new player vs pro match
Ranked - Skills slightly varry, players more at each other's skill level
Mixtape - Skills varry, however teams are balanced so its not just one sided, (its not fun in games like control and TDM)
I don't disagree. Truly fair is a free for all in my opinion, if we're all playing the same game, the best rise to the top. Different platforms mixing, control methods mixing, and the forming of teams muddy the waters of fair so I can see the justification for some SBMM.
But the level of of SBMM has been pretty much what you described up until the last week, and that was fine. Ranked felt like a non stop sweat fest once ranked up, and pubs was much more varied. Rarely did I ever run into truly new players. Now with the new system, pubs is a non-stop sweat fest just like ranked is, so my question at the start of this thread remains.
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