20 days have passed, did they fix SBMM?
Hi, first week player here, but due to plethora of bugs, problems and broken SBMM I have missed cca. 80% of seasons of Apex. Respawn announced SBMM overhaul 20 days ago so I wanted to ask if anythin...
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I have no idea what's going on, i don't know if I'm in one of the test regions or what. but for the last two weeks ive been getting nothing but bad teammates. Players way below level 100 or just not very good at the game. This has been a common problem for me, but lately its been so much worse. I feel like im being put in bot lobbies and expected to carry noobs to a win. Like, don't get me wrong, i like the idea of new players, and i want more people to pick up the game, but if I'm in the worst lobbies ive ever seen. Its just too easy for me, I keep feeling like I'm being actively punished for being slightly above average.
@TheIceDragon96I'd rather have that than what I get. I get teammates worse than me and put up against better players. I am nowhere near good enough to carry anyone, let alone against better players. I get steamrolled repeatedly and MM just keeps making the same matches for me.
This game seems to think I am so much better than I actually am. I am absolutely dumbfounded at how broken the skill rating system is.
Just to add my experience: no, the sbmm is the same as before, i get 1 decent game with 3/4 kills, the next game i'm going against predator players.
For a few days, a few weeks ago, I had the best matches I have ever had. It was glorious. Then all of sudden it changed back again. Horrible, low-level teammates that die before they even shoot back and high-level enemy. Awful.
SBMM is fake. EOMM can be manipulated.
https://wccftech.com/ea-matchmaking-algorithm/?ref=hackernoon.com
Stop playing for an hr or hot drop die few times and suddenly you're in an easy lobby.
Notice how your first game of the day goes really well....
However smurf accounts are held into easy lobbies until they reach a certain rank regardless of how well they perform. Eventually they will get mixed into harder lobbies as I think it is a match making mechanic to help new players ease in. But it's temporary.
I lost access to my PC account ages back because I used a work email I never got round to changing email login after I left my job and forgot password. I didn't think about Apex at the time.
I was always gaming on PS5 because cheating was more "minimal" compared to PC. PC cheats are more extreme compared to console based cheats. Got hit from infinite charge rifle without them reloading or they race car speed. No argument console has less cheating than PC.
No cross progression yet. OK for now I create a new PC account and have access to only season 1 legends, fair enough. After 1 week playing on PC account, all the champions when starting lobby were never Master or Predator badges. All low < 20 level accounts. All bot players. Just in 1 week alone I come across so many team mates I have to tell them colours of armor they need to pick up.
So therefore if a person is willing to sit through 15 min tutorial and restricted to top row legends only, they can technically stay in easy lobbies indefinitely.
I'm sure this isn't the way to play the game. I spectated a level 8 player with default skin get 21 kills and 5K. His level 8 means he has been playing a week at most...So maybe 2-3 hrs a day for a week?
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