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5 years ago

A Matchmaking Rant

Right, my son loaded up today, four or five games in he ends up with a player who is ranked #13 on Apex Tracker for Kills. He got LASERED across the map by said player with a R99. My son has played 1...

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pastaclown

5 years ago

SBMM tries to match players of "equal" skill with each other in matches. However no one really knows how the match maker calculates how much skill you have. What we do know is that it's not at all based on levels, playtime, or actual competitive rank. Lots of people have been doing independent tests to see how SBMM actually works as well, but I haven't heard anything definitive yet.

I have noticed however, that if you queue up with a premade group (so let's say your son or you grab 2 friends) it'll change up who you play with, but not who you play against. My friend started playing on PC recently, and they're sub level 40 and not very good. Every time we queued up our teammate would always, and I mean for 12 games in a row, ALWAYS be sub level 60 whilst we fought against level 200+s / Pred / Diamond players.

BaldWraithSimp

5 years ago

@pastaclown From my experience, the matchmaking takes into account factors like placement, kills, etc. in your previous games. If I win a match in a somewhat easy to moderate lobby, next match it will 100 % put me in diamond or pred lobby. Same way if I just die or place poorly in 2 or 3 matches, it will again put me in easy to moderate lobbies.

MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
@BaldWraithSimp Yeah i've noticed that. Especially if you get a win in what would be considered a difficult lobby. The matchmaking then proceeds to crap on you from a great height lol.
Won a match with 2 predator trail players in? Here have a match with 8 predator trails instead!
- PhoenixForce55
  5 years ago
  @MandatoryIDtag i know right? Whenever i see 8+ Pred trails i usually just split away from my JM because i know they will land with the enemy Preds and i don't wanna subject my self to getting absolutely Stomped immediately XD